Category: Ink Review
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Ink Review: Berlin Noterbook No. 5 New Red
A little over a year ago I bought and reviewed Berlin Notebook No. 1 Blue. It was a deep and rich blue ink with a lot of copper sheen on certain papers. It was a beautiful blue and different from the more common super sheening inks. I mentioned in the review that Berlin Notebook also…
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Ink Review: Shosaikan Syosaikan Seiran Blue
Shosaikan-Syosaikan Seiran Blue is one of two Sailor-made inks from the Shosaikan pen shop based in Tokyo with the other being a green-yellow. They are both in the lovely Sailor Tall or Vase bottles. I visited the store in 2018 on my trip to Japan; it’s a beautiful and spacious store with lots to offer…
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Ink Review: Tokyo International Pen Show Blackness High Tea
Tokyo International Pen Show Highness Black Tea is a Sailor made ink that was, unsurprisingly, made for the Tokyo International Pen Show back in 2019. This ink is no longer available, as far as I know, and I was only able to get it via a friend last year. Two inks were released exclusively for…
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Ink Overview: Sailor Manyo Series II Part 2 (Sakura, Shirakashi, Ukukusa and Ume)
Sailor’s Manyo Series is a two-set series of inks available to the international market, not the Japanese market (there’s enough there already)! The series is based off Man’yōshū, or “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves” which is a set of 4,516 Classical Japanese poems compiled from a variety of source and people in 759. The first…
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Ink Overview: Sailor Manyo Series II Part 1 (Chigaya, Kakitsubata, Konagi and Nadeshiko)
Sailor’s Manyo Series is a two-set series of inks available to the international market, not the Japanese market (there’s enough there already)! The series is based off Man’yōshū, or “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves” which is a set of 4,516 Classical Japanese poems compiled from a variety of source and people in 759. The first…
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Ink Overview: Sailor Manyo Series I Part 2 (Nekoyanagi, Sumire, Yamabuki and Yomogi)
Sailor’s Manyo Series is a two-set series of inks available to the international market, not the Japanese market (there’s enough there already)! The series is based off Man’yōshū, or “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves” which is a set of 4,516 Classical Japanese poems compiled from a variety of source and people in 759. The first…
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Ink Overview: Sailor Manyo Series I Part 1 (Akebi, Haha, Kikyou and Kuzu)
Sailor’s Manyo Series is a two-set series of inks available to the international market, not the Japanese market (there’s enough there already)! The series is based off Man’yōshū, or “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves” which is a set of 4,516 Classical Japanese poems compiled from a variety of source and people in 759. The first…
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Ink Review: Ferris Wheel Press Lady Rose
Ferris Wheel Press have been drastically expanding their ink line which started with a few standard inks. Lately the colours have been getting more interesting and unique. Generally most of them are rather light and vibrant or dim and dusty like this Lady Rose.I purchased this ink from Desk Bandit.
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Ink Overview: Taccia Ukiyo-e Kitagawa Utamaro inks (Aomurasaki, Benizakura, Ume Murasake, and Usuzumi)
Taccia have a series of inks based on Japanese Ukiyo-e artists and selections of their works. The first two series are based on four works from Hukusai Katsushika which are predominantly landscape works and the other series is on four works from Sharaku Tōshūsai which are portrait works. The inks take inspiration from specific colours…
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Ink Overview: Taccia Ukiyo-e Hiroshige inks (Ainezu, Asahanada, Nakamurasaki, and Ruri)
Taccia have a series of inks based on Japanese Ukiyo-e artists and selections of their works. The first two series are based on four works from Hukusai Katsushika which are predominantly landscape works and the other series is on four works from Sharaku Tōshūsai which are portrait works. The inks take inspiration from specific colours…