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This is one of the lesser-known (maybe) Iroshizuku inks. It's not as famous as Asa-gao or Kon-peki, but it's a decent blue. Maybe not special enough to be noticed.

Splash

Sheen expected.

http://f.cl.ly/items/1B3s2F141F1g1R3I0I29/ts-splash.png


Writing Sample

http://f.cl.ly/items/170G3G0r0M1W2y3D432D/ts-sample.png


Close-Up
Shading: quite nice.

http://f.cl.ly/items/1A2H3n2K142W2V471r06/ts-closeup.png

Drop on wet paper towel
Interesting that it has a pink component in it.

http://f.cl.ly/items/2F0T0C2F01080H1n3t13/ts-chroma.png


Comparison
I'm too lazy to clean up pens and fill them up for comparisons, so these lines and "smudges" are made with a... toothpick.

The scanner makes them look less green. In fact Souten is noticeably greener that Tsuyu-kusa in comparison. Diamine Mediterranean Blue is greener than Souten, and R&K Blu Mare is even greener (more like turquoise).

http://f.cl.ly/items/0d3i0y0s0R3T3Q3Y0H3q/ts-comparison.png


Verdict

Dry time is not long. Water resistance is not good. It's a pleasing colour, but the sheen is not prominent in normal writing. I quite like it, but it's not special enough for my love. I like Souten more.

 

Samples are written with a Pilot VP F nib on Rhodia Pad.

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This is a beautiful blue! Thank you for sharing.

If there is righteousness in the heart, There will be beauty in character. If there is beauty in character, There will be harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, There will be order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, There will be peace in the world. Bhagawan Shri Satya Sai Baba

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For some reason I'm not getting the images -- I'm getting boxes with question marks in blue squares....

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Nice review! I like all my current inks (ok, not Violette Pensée) but if I just had to choose one, this would win, over Asa Gao, Ajisai, Kon Peki, the lot... My true blue.

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

 

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I can see them though... Try right-clicking them and open in a new tab?

Well, tonight they've come through all on their own....

That is a nice blue. I was underwhelmed by Asa-Gao when I tried a sample of it. This, one though, might go on the short list the next time I order ink. But between the KWZI group buy (plus having been in a store Tuesday that carried Sheaffer inks, so I treated myself to a bottle of Scrip Purple -- just because...) I may have to limit expenditures for a bit.... :blush:

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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A cheerful blue, while being elegant.

Worth trying IMO.

In a world where there are no eyes the sun would not be light, and in a world where there were no soft skins rocks would not be hard, nor in a world where there were no muscles would they be heavy. Existence is relationship and you're smack in the middle of it.

- Alan Watts

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Writing with Tsuyu-kusa always puts me in a good mood: I call it Sunshine In a Bottle.

"I was cut off from the world. There was no one to confuse or torment me, and I was forced to become original." - Franz Joseph Haydn 1732 - 1809
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