We’re back to the Diamine Inkvent calendar for this year’s 25 Days of Dupes. While I love Colorverse inks, the Colorvent calendar just didn’t do it for me last year. The biggest letdown was how dark and muted many of the colors were, especially given how bright regular Colorverse inks often are. The bottle shape was also a consideration. The Colorverse bottles are easily double the size of the Inkvent bottles, but only contain 3ml more ink. I just don’t have space for them. Last year’s Colorvent is still in its box. And, finally, the price difference matters to me. If anyone reading this is in the Washington, DC area and would be willing to let me borrow their 2025 Colorvent, I can dupe it around February next year. Just let me know in the comments.
What’s the Plan?
Per usual, I’ll be posting once a week with all of the inks from that week, with the day based on Christmas. Since Christmas is on Thursday, my posts will be on Friday this year. My first dupe post will be on the 5th, with the inks from December 1-4. My final dupe post will be on the 26th, with inks from December 19-25. And I’ll have a wrap-up/reference post on the 29th linking to the 4 dupe posts and listing the best dupe for each ink.
I’m also sticking with the Sailor Compass Hocoro Dip Pen. I used the F nib this year, since the finer nib seemed to be appreciated in my Inktober posts.
I enjoyed the Muji A5 loose leaf paper I used last year — it really is fantastic paper — but I’m trying to use up my stock of Kokuyo loose leaf paper, so this year I used that instead.