Pure Pens Ink - Westgate Hotel

Pure Pens Westgate Hotel is a blue sheening fountain pen ink. A classic royal blue accompanied by a dark red sheen, sheening ink often requires the right mix of pen and paper, but the multicoloured effect is impressive to see. 

Westgate Hotel is part of our exclusive Chartist Inks series, released to celebrate our 17th Anniversary in 2021. It pays homage to the 1839 Chartist Uprising in Newport, South Wales - our hometown. Three colours are available and they all are sheening inks made for us by Diamine Inks in 30ml Size.

John Frost was the leader of a group of chartists who marched from the Western Valley to Newport and culminated in a massacre outside the Westgate Hotel at the hands of the army and police. The Chartists were fighting for 6 updates to the democratic system in the UK.

The front of the labels are unique to each colour, whereas the left side makes up the shield of the City of Newport and the right side shows a section of the Chartist Mosaic Mural. The mural was created in 1978 in Newport City Centre by renown mosaic artist Kenneth Budd and recreated in 1:4 scale in 2019 by Budd's son, after the original was destroyed. The trustees of the work of Kenneth Budd kindly allowed us to print the mural on the label and we have agreed to make a small donation from the sale of each bottle to the Stroke Association.

Established in Liverpool, England in 1864, Diamine is one of the world's premier ink manufacturers. Since its inception, the company has continued to use the most traditional methods to ensure one of the highest of quality inks on the market. Given the quality of the ink, it is suitable for use in all brands of pen, both modern and vintage.

Notable individuals to have used Diamine ink include presidents Obama and Medvedev when signing 2010's nuclear arms treaty. With dozens of colours in its range, Diamine inks are water-based, acid-free and non-toxic.