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Hello friends!

 

My first review on these forums, for this gorgeous blue-black. Hopefully it is helpful to some of you!

 

The ink's drying time was pretty nice. I used the ink on different papers, G. Lalo's Verge and Velin de France, Clairefontaine 90g, Apica CD15 notebooks, and Hermes paper. The ink has been drying quickly on all of them, very nice to use. It's especially interesting for people like me who take notes in notebooks in class. I can't really afford to have an ink with a very long drying time for that reason, and Tsuki-Yo was entirely satisfying in that domain.

The ink behaved perfectly well in my Custom 74: A good start, on the first stroke every single time, excellent flow, and it never dried on my nib when I left it uncapped for close to 10 minutes without writing with it.

After cleaning out a pen that had been filled with it, I can also vouch for its ease of cleaning. Given the ink's average waterproofness, I think it is pretty normal. Some people see waterproofness as a perk, I can understand why, but for me it is more of a hassle. I don't particularily need my writing to be waterproof, however I tend to put ink everywhere when I write: I like my inks easily cleaned, and this ink is.

So that's that for my experience with the ink, I hope you try it and love it too!

 

Feel free to ask for anything else concerning the usage of the ink, I'd be glad to answer!

 

Cheers,

Martin.

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One of my favourites, thanks for reviewing!

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Nice review! I'm thinking of getting some myself, but I'm still fairly new to blue-black inks. Do know know how it compares to other blue-blacks, for example Parker's Quink?

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I haven't tried Quink Blue-Black, however I'm sure more knowledgeable people on these forums have and could chip in to give you some info!

 

I have tried Waterman's Mysterious Blue though. Tsuki-Yo shades better than Waterman's, and is also a little more on the blue side of the blue-black spectrum. They both behave extremely well.

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Hello friends!

 

My first review on these forums, for this gorgeous blue-black. Hopefully it is helpful to some of you!

 

The ink's drying time was pretty nice. I used the ink on different papers, G. Lalo's Verge and Velin de France, Clairefontaine 90g, Apica CD15 notebooks, and Hermes paper. The ink has been drying quickly on all of them, very nice to use. It's especially interesting for people like me who take notes in notebooks in class. I can't really afford to have an ink with a very long drying time for that reason, and Tsuki-Yo was entirely satisfying in that domain.

 

The ink behaved perfectly well in my Custom 74: A good start, on the first stroke every single time, excellent flow, and it never dried on my nib when I left it uncapped for close to 10 minutes without writing with it.

 

After cleaning out a pen that had been filled with it, I can also vouch for its ease of cleaning. Given the ink's average waterproofness, I think it is pretty normal. Some people see waterproofness as a perk, I can understand why, but for me it is more of a hassle. I don't particularily need my writing to be waterproof, however I tend to put ink everywhere when I write: I like my inks easily cleaned, and this ink is.

 

So that's that for my experience with the ink, I hope you try it and love it too!

 

Feel free to ask for anything else concerning the usage of the ink, I'd be glad to answer!

 

Cheers,

Martin.

 

Lovely review, thank you.

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Nice review! I'm thinking of getting some myself, but I'm still fairly new to blue-black inks. Do know know how it compares to other blue-blacks, for example Parker's Quink?

 

Hello Perth,

 

I am a big fan of blue-black and I have all three inks mentioned here - Tsuki-Yo, WM mb and Quink b/b. Both the WM and the Quink b/b will oxidize to a light verdigris green color, (especially on the cheaper papers). The Quink starts out a little deeper and a little more blue than the Waterman, BUT, the Quink oxidizes quicker and more so than the Waterman version of b/b.

 

 

Hello Martin,

 

Thanks for posting this review; Tsuki-Yo is one of my daily use inks. :)

 

 

Best regards,

 

Chris

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