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Sweet! Thank you!

 

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Excellent! Thanks, Michael. Now the differences between the colors is very apparent. You even made the last one look like a Japanese-style dragon. :clap1:

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I must admit that I was not enamored of the #8 (ko-jaku) or #10 (shin ryoku) before seeing these side-by-side swatches. Now... I must have them all!

 

Currently Inked: Visconti Pericle EF : Aurora Black; Pilot VP-F (Gunmetal): X-Feather; Pilot VP-F (LE Orange): Kiowa Pecan; Lamy Safari EF: Legal Lapis

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Especially colors 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10 look much brighter and intense in real life. Also color 4 does not look right on my computer screen - bright turquoise blue colors are always hard to scan and adjust.

 

I just got the new colors today so I have not had time to try them out in a pen. Seems that they might provide nice shading.

 

I plan on posting some writing samples as well soon.

 

Michael

 

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oh... i have never had a gray ink because I have always seen them as merely watered-down black ink. But both of those look interesting. Would love to know what you think of 6 & 7 after you've had time to use them. Lubrication, saturation, etc. :)

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oh... i have never had a gray ink because I have always seen them as merely watered-down black ink. But both of those look interesting. Would love to know what you think of 6 & 7 after you've had time to use them. Lubrication, saturation, etc. :)

 

I have been using the Asa-gao in my Custom 823 for a few weeks now. I love it.

 

But now that I have a feel for it I feel I can better comment on it.

 

It is a very fast drier, but does not lubricate quite as well as some other inks. It's a little hard to describe. With Aurora blue, the 823 glides over the paper like an ice skater. With the Asa-gao, the pen still writes *perfectly*, and I don't want to say the nib feels scratchier, exactly, but, well... there is more *feedback* from the paper. It's not a bad thing.

 

I find it quite fascinating how various inks can behave so very differently from one another. Every ink is a new writing experience.

 

 

Currently Inked: Visconti Pericle EF : Aurora Black; Pilot VP-F (Gunmetal): X-Feather; Pilot VP-F (LE Orange): Kiowa Pecan; Lamy Safari EF: Legal Lapis

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oh... i have never had a gray ink because I have always seen them as merely watered-down black ink. But both of those look interesting. Would love to know what you think of 6 & 7 after you've had time to use them. Lubrication, saturation, etc. :)

 

 

Fuyu-Syogun will be one of the first inks I will try out. The swap of light Blue-Grey looks very nice already. I've been on the search for the perfect Grey since a long time (1990's Omas Grey was perfect but did not behave too well and grew SITB).

 

Right now my favorites are Herbin Gris Nuage and Waltraud Bethge Spree Grey or Flannelgrey which are pretty neutral, cooler grey colors. To me it is important that grey ink has some opaque character so it will not be mistaken for a watery black :sick:

 

 

I'm also wondering about the other grey which shows some pink (!) tones in the swatch (more obvious in real life than the scan).

 

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where do you guys buy these inks - I searched the web and no results :mellow:

So I'm opinionated - get over it!!.......No, really - get over it!!

Hmmmm I was going to put up a WANTS list - but that's too long as well ......

 

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Ukuku Pen Shop on ebay.

 

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where do you guys buy these inks - I searched the web and no results :mellow:

 

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It is a very fast drier, but does not lubricate quite as well as some other inks. It's a little hard to describe. With Aurora blue, the 823 glides over the paper like an ice skater. With the Asa-gao, the pen still writes *perfectly*, and I don't want to say the nib feels scratchier, exactly, but, well... there is more *feedback* from the paper. It's not a bad thing.

 

I find it quite fascinating how various inks can behave so very differently from one another. Every ink is a new writing experience.

I find it also above average in drying speed, though not the absolute fastest--still very good. It is interesting how the formulation of an ink can completely change your writing experience. And the paper. The trilogy is incomplete without each component. :) I'm also finding that the ink allows for just enough feedback so that the line is controlled. A very slippery ink challenges the hand to be more steadily. Some others I've tried have left me with barely legible scrawl when I'm tried. So far these Iroshizuku inks have turned out to be great performers. I just wish shipping didn't take up such a large fraction of the cost.

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Thanks, Michael R! I was at the Ujuku Shop in eBay, trying to remember which ink(s) I wanted, and your comparison scan came in handy!

 

 

I'm getting the lighter grey.

 

Hoorah!

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Thanks, Michael R! I was at the Ujuku Shop in eBay, trying to remember which ink(s) I wanted, and your comparison scan came in handy!

 

 

I'm getting the lighter grey.

 

Hoorah!

 

 

Great choice!

 

This is my favorite of the new colors so far.

 

Cheers

 

Michael (who really needs to post a writing sample of those soon)

 

 

 

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Enjoy

 

Michael

 

 

Michael,

 

Great post on these inks. I was so fascinated by them that I ordered all ten bottles from Tadashi at Ujuku. I was wondering if you had done any water testing on these. If you have, can you tell us how they held up?

 

Thanks

Kass

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That is some funky shading. Does it really shade like that or is it a trick of the monitor/scanner? (note: "funky" = "interesting" :) )

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