Kobe #3 Sepia

[napalm]

Just in case anyone was wondering, it's brown It's also pretty flat (not much shading).

 

[dannyboy]

Wish it had just a bit more punch to it, but it seems like a usable color for most purposes. Thanks for showing this sample.

[janelle]

Thanks for this. I've been trying to decide whether to try this as my first Kobe ink, and some nice shading would have tipped me over the edge into buying it. It is a nice subdued color though.

[napalm]

I just figured out that the color splits when doing washes, here's a very wet one to exacerbate the effect. Anyway you can get some purple when doing a regular one.

 

[tinysnail]

Ah, I quite like this colour, though not quite as much as the Kobe purple you posted the other day. Greyish browns are lovely. And good for snails

[Ana_]

Wow, this is beautiful as a taupe/greyish color. Thank you for the post. Cute snail

[visvamitra]

Thank you - I was thinking about getting this color but now I clearly see it's too dark to my taste. Have you tried other Kobe sepias - namely inks number: 16 (Nada Brown), 39 (Kobe Brick - well on tiny picture on eBay it looks like red, but I guess it can have some brownish accents to it) and 40 (Sumiyoshi Brown).

 

Best wishes

[napalm]

Unfortunately I have only the #3.

 

If I remember correctly, Saskia posted some pics of #39 showing it has some pink overtones - not something you would really want in a "brown".

 

#16 and #40 - maybe someone else could chime in.

[Ana_]

I just ordered this Kobe Sepia yesterday and cannot wait to receive it. Napalm, I agree that it's not really brown, I would have called it Taupe, whatever it is, I love the color and cannot wait to receive it <3

[mallymal1]

That's a really interesting brown. Thanks for the review.

[XiaoMG]

I recently got some Sailor Doyou and it seems to have a very similar color, though a bit darker unless run through a dry nib. Taupe is a color that I have not explored, but in fact quite enjoy. Very calm and usable, with a little variation and something you don't get with ball points or gels.

[tinysnail]

Ordered this tonight! I'm excited to do a comparison with Rohrer & Klingner Sepia, which I have a sample of and seems to be a similar greyish brown.

[amberleadavis]

And... more from Napalm. Thank you!!

 

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[amberleadavis]

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[amberleadavis]

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[pgcauk]

I am particularly impressed by the Kobe line of inks and would probably choose them as my "if you could only pick one" brand. After sampling I selected #40 Sumiyoshi as "my" brown as it has a lovely balance between grey and brown, and has become my favorite Taupe (hats of to R&K Sepia, Herbin's Cacao and, maybe, Pilot Yama Guri, among many others).

... but I recently picked up a Sailor Sapporo (=ProGear Slim Mini!) in Taupe and the MF nib needs something with a bit more substance to give the Brown sufficient presence on the page. I tried Macassar, which I love, but that's a proper warm brown, so I looped back to my old samples and found Kobe #3, which I initially rejected as too saturated, seems like the perfect thing. Not delivered yet but I thought it might be worth sharing, #40 works great in italic, fude or broad nibs but I'm hoping #3 will be just the ticket for M and anything finer.