Tag: inkreview
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Ink Review: Noodler’s Pacific Dawn at the Golden Gate
Made for the San Fransisco Pen Show but curiously exclusive to Straits Pens in Singapore this ink is both very disappointing but also very nice and quite interesting. The ink tries to include red in a blue ink without becoming purple. It’s moderately successful.
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Ink Review: Kobe INK #38 Kitanozaka Night Blue
I was given a sample of this ink earlier in the year but it wasn’t until I eventually swatched it on Tomoe River that I decided to grab a bottle; I’ve never seen an ink sheen quite like this one. As a Nagasawa Sailor-made exclusive, the ink isn’t the cheapest to acquire from outside of…
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Ink Review: Bungubox Valentine’s Choco Brown
I’ve had Bungubox Valentine’s Choco Brown since late April this year and have never inked a pen with it. In swatch form, the ink never enticed me to ink it. It is a rich deep brown that isn’t overly red or yellow leaning but is a nice true brown. The ink is a seasonal ink…
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Ink Review: Robert Oster Signature Ink “Summer Storm Blue-Grey”
A couple of weeks ago Robert Oster sent me this unnamed ink to try it out and to come up with a name for it. We eventually settled on Summer Storm (though I can’t say the name was my idea). The colour always reminded me of stormy or overcast weather and a summer storm I…