Tag: Kobe
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Ink Comparison: Montblanc Honoré de Balzac Dandy Turquoise
Montblanc Honoré de Balzac Dandy Turquoise is a well regarded discontinued Montblanc ink. Because it’s discontinued it commands a premium price on the second hand market. However, while it is a well behaved and pretty ink I always felt it was quite similar to other turquoise coloured inks out there.
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Ink Review: Colorverse Quasar
Colorverse inks are new to the scene inks from late 2017 and early signs were pretty interesting so I took the plunge and bought three of the inks. I was told by Colorverse (who were very helpful!) that the Season 2 “Astrophysics” inks were the sheenier inks so I naturally gravitated towards them. Quasar is indeed from…
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Ink Comparison: Sailor Dark Reds
Sailor Inks are one of my favourite brands of ink – this is no secret. In general the characteristics their inks are what I look for in an ink. Reds are not my favourite colour but Maroons, Burgundies, Bordeauxs (etc.) are shades of red I really like, in fact they are one of my favourite…
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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…