Tag: Blue Black

  • Ink Review: Kobe #07 Kaikyo Blue

    Ink Review: Kobe #07 Kaikyo Blue

    Kobe’s ever increasing list of inks were for a while only available from Japan. These were more easily available than some other Japanese exclusive inks because they shipped internationally from Nagasawa’s – the store that sells Kobe inks – Global Rakuten store. More recently they began being sold by some US stores such as Vanness…

  • Sheen vs Shimmer (and some good sheeners)

    Sheen vs Shimmer (and some good sheeners)

    Back in 2015 Brian Goulet made a video and accompanying article about sheening inks. I love sheen, in fact it’s a major deciding point on whether I grab an ink or not, so this should be something right up my alley, but it wasn’t. The article conflated markedly differing ink characteristics, and made quite curious decisions…