Pilot Iroshizuku Yu-yaki

[Sandy1]

Hello,

 

Today I offer samples of the Pilot iroshizuku yu-yake ink on Rhodia paper.

 

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/InkyThoughts2010/yu-yake_sample/FPN260.jpg

 

The main page is broken into four parts, as divided by '_' marks on the left-most edge:

• Top: Written with a stock Pelikan M200 series g-p steel nib in M width. Row height is 8mm., which is common and suits my normal hand when writing with an M nib.
• Second from top: Written with a Pelikan M200 series g-p steel nib ground to a 1.0mm width Cursive Italic shape by the Binder outfit. Row height is 8mm.
• Third from top: Same nib as 'Second from top', but row height increased to 9mm., which I typically use for my wider nibs.
• Bottom: Same pen and nib as Top, but with the Visconti 'Bordeaux' for relative colour comparison.

As shown, yu-yake does very nicely without rare or exotic implements or materials.

 

The ink does seem to demand enough 'air to breathe'; and certainly deserves a far better hand than mine.

 

The ink is really rather wet; and one must be careful not to impose upon the good manners of the ink by mistreating it with overly wet writers and/or 'thirsty' papers.

 

I wonder if a mono-line nib is the best for this ink : there's so much going on what with the colour and the shading, does the addition of an nonuniform line width become distracting clutter? Hmm. I did show curiosity about a Fine Cursive Italic nib, and haven't even speculated about the use of flex nibs. Oh my!!

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/InkyThoughts2010/yu-yake_sample/FPN262.jpg

The shading is rather interesting. The sample shows that the ink, in my hand, has highly variable and complex shading. While I used a common pen & primary nib for this example, I do prefer a more rigid/stiff nib - which is suitable for the speed at which I write. (For this sample, the Ink Putti were seen to maintain three points of contact on the nib/feed, or hover. All came away with rather idiotic grins, so this yu-yake stuff must be a keeper, yes?)

 

ByeBye

S1

 

P.S.

Requisite Swab_Samples

 

EDIT - Clarity, consistency in errors & grammar. (I'm jet-lagged, so please - cut me a bit of slack - just this once.)

Edited May 24, 2010 by Sandy1

[SarahS]

Thank you for a very informative review. I am just beginning to use Iroshizuku inks and will ad the Yu-yaki based on your review.

[dizzypen]

Sandy, I think I agree with you. I've got Yu-Yake in a CI nib right now, but I much prefer it in a round nib. i get much better shading that way.

[Triplet Mom]

Excellent review, Sandy! Love the beautiful shading this ink produces. This is my favorite iroshizuku ink and it is always loaded in my Orange Marble Montegrappa Micra!

 

Warm regards,

Lynne