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I have heard a lot of praise for Pilot's Iroshizuku inks, and I loved the color of kon-peki.... it is a different blue from any of my others.

 

The color is great and the ink is smooth. It is wonderfully behaved on high quality paper. My only problem is with bleed through and feathering on cheap paper.

 

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tvKMhIkwVY8/T_zL40hnl1I/AAAAAAAABqc/W2Du2vkim6g/s320/kon-peki-bleed.jpg

 

Feathering in a Medium/Fine nib

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fsRR2vsP1iU/T_zMJ4IHf6I/AAAAAAAABqk/V7XFbkAZ27c/s320/kon-peki.jpg

 

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I've only had trouble with feathering on really, really cheap paper, like the post office forms. Have you tried a different pen, one that lays down a bit of a drier line? That might help.

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I've only had trouble with feathering on really, really cheap paper, like the post office forms. Have you tried a different pen, one that lays down a bit of a drier line? That might help.

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All inks feather on poor quality paper.

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Agreed with all of the above. Kon-Peki flowed generously from the two pens I tried it with (Pelikan M805 and TWSBI 540) yet dried quickly. However, that flow will cause it to feather on lousy paper.

 

Like other Iroshi inks, it's good ink though. I'd save it for something more than lowest bidder paper.

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I tried it in a hero 616.. and it worked perfectly on the paper... even a little silky. I do love the ink. I had told myself that I was not going to fall for the Iroshizuku inks... but when I bought a new pen last week... the shop owner inked it with some... and I knew I had to buy more. I was in the store 24 hours later. It is interesting in that it seems to have some of the same lubrication of the noodler's american eel inks, but does not have the spread that most other lubricated inks have....

 

I agree that I normal just keep it in the Lamy 2k for journaling in clairfountaine paper.

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