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I don't like black inks. I have always found them terribly boring. Why would I use the colour of every regular pen ever? If I wanted that, I should just go back to a roller ball!

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Sailor/Kingdom%20Note/DSC09972_zpsaff4d19d.jpg

 

 

 

But this ink is incredible! there's no shading, but is actually a bonus, because I hate the blacks that shade towards gray; I feel they lack commitment.

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Sailor/Kingdom%20Note/DSC09976_zps5527006e.jpg

 

 

 

The only shading I could say it has is the very tips of the text, which shades ever so slightly lighter. But it's rare and barely noticeable, and I think it adds to the appeal.

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Sailor/Kingdom%20Note/DSC09987_zpsba5aba46.jpg

 

 

It genereally behaves well, except is it the singluar wettest ink I've EVER tried. In my Waterman Laureat, every now and then is would just come sluicing out, like the 'p' below, and where it pooled on the page that heavily, it bled through.

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Sailor/Kingdom%20Note/DSC09991_zps575601e3.jpg

 

 

However, my Laureat is an ancient, super wet pen, so I have a good feeling that this would work in general in regular pens that don't tend towards being firehoses. I strongly suggest against using this with a 1.3 Homo Sapien stub, unless it's on TR paper and you have no intention of using the other side.

 

Having said all of that, the sheen is what gets me. It's the totally funky green-gold combination that is shocking.

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Sailor/Kingdom%20Note/DSC09981_zps3345e2a4.jpg

 

 

It sheens on absorbent paper too.

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Sailor/Kingdom%20Note/DSC09986_zps9abb9ef5.jpg

 

 

Oh, wondering how it looks on rhodia dotPad??? Check out the pretty outlining!

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Ink%20reviews/Sailor/Kingdom%20Note/DSC09984_zps008d20be.jpg

 

 

I also got a gorgeous mix when I paired this with KN's Falcon ink - less wet, still dark, and a slightly subdued but still great green-gold sheen.

 

Overall, this is my one and only black I'll use.

 

More pictures of pretty sheen here!

 

 

 

 

 

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Amazing sheen.

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Wow. You sold me.

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I don't usually use black ink but have been wanting to get one and this one has everything I am looking for: dark, wet and very sheeny! Thank you for another great review and for introducing me to yet another ink I would never have thought to order!

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My tastes are ordinary. One good, black ink is the only black I want. I keep and use only a half dozen

inks. But, by the stars, I DO LOVE YOUR PASSION ! ! !

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Zum Augenblicke dürft ich sagen:
Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

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I would buy that ink for the name alone. I've never seen a black ink with a sheen - wow! Where does one acquire this ink?? I think I must add it to my collection of little black inks. Thanks for the review!

"Life would split asunder without letters." Virginia Woolf

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Okay, I did what I should have done in the first place and looked up the ordering source in the ink review section. So tempting. Thanks for that info!

"Life would split asunder without letters." Virginia Woolf

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+1 with Sasha. I actually have a number of black inks and I like them all. I like all the other wonderful inks I have too. And every time saskia posts a review it makes me want to get another ink. Even though I myself don't buy ink because they sheen or shade.

 

But the reviews are so lovely as are the inks. Thanks for sharing your passion and joy.

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I m not into black ink... but this one has a very interesting sheen.

 

The sample at Kingdom Note looks nothing like your writing sample Saskia... @KN looks like a dark sepia.

 

 

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Quite a difference!

 

BTW, I can tell I was reading too fast because this ink became Hocus Pocus....

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Count me in as another who has never seen a black ink sheen like that. Looks like another $42.30 to hobby-japan. (Sigh)

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