Tag: Red Sheen

  • Ink Review: Shosaikan Syosaikan Seiran Blue

    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…

  • Ink Review: Pennonia Vizlang (Vízláng)

    Ink Review: Pennonia Vizlang (Vízláng)

    Before Matt from Pennonia reached out to send me some inks, this ink was the one that first caught my attention – a pretty blue with shiny red sheen; why wouldn’t it? When the package arrived from Pennonia this ink and Pokoltűz were the inks I was most excited for! Both are permanent inks with…

  • 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…