Diamine Mediterranean Blue / Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki

[inkstainedruth]

Now that I know which words to look at, I would say that DMB has a tiny bit more shading in the sample. But *only* because I was specifically inspecting the writing very carefully. A cursory glance at the sample? Couldn't notice a difference at all.

I have found a similar effect when comparing Iroshihzuku Kosumosu and Private Reserve Rose Rage. They're not identical, but close enough in color that buying the less expensive ink was a no-brainer for me. OTOH, I can see enough of a color difference between Iroshihzuku and Noodler's BSiAR to warrant (at least for me) having both. And I have yet to find an equivalent for Yama-guri, which I like a whole lot -- enough to be saving my spare change up for a full bottle, on the grounds of "it's worth it" (and also, to some extent "I'm worth it" ); but then I have not had the best of luck in finding the "perfect" -- or me -- brown, neither liking the yellow tinged ones *or* the reddish leaning ones. Nor, for that matter, the super dark browns like Noodler's Walnut.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[wastelanded]

And I have yet to find an equivalent for Yama-guri, which I like a whole lot -- enough to be saving my spare change up for a full bottle, on the grounds of "it's worth it" (and also, to some extent "I'm worth it" ); but then I have not had the best of luck in finding the "perfect" -- or me -- brown, neither liking the yellow tinged ones *or* the reddish leaning ones. Nor, for that matter, the super dark browns like Noodler's Walnut.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Yama-guri is definitely a one-off: there's nothing like it. It has a lot going on underneath, greens and yellows. Lot of depth in that ink. I have a bottle that was given to me by a most generous friend.

 

I'm still looking for 'the' brown, too. I do like R&K Sepia. That is in the lead. And Diamine Saddle Brown I like very much.

[wastelanded]

Update: The Med. Blue does indeed sheen, now that the feed is nice and saturated and is laying down a juicier line. Not as much as K-p, but I ain't payin' twice the amount for sheen.

 

Med. Blue, two thumbs up. Big bottle on the way.

[inkyfingr]

If you still have the paper you wrote on, it would be interesting to see the same page after a brief water soak test. That might reveal some more subtle differences between the inks.

[Pendel]

I have both Kon-peki and Mediterranian. My conclusion has been that (like the O) I find these inks to be interchangeable color-wise.

Edited June 19, 2015 by Pendel