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The lovely Amberleadavis let me try out this ink recently, even though it has been discontinued by Sailor. It was part of Sailor's Jentle line of inks (Four Seasons), and was known as Yama-Dori. The majority of the line has been discontinued as of today, with only Blue and Blue-black remaining. It is quite a pity.

 

This review will follow my normal standard format for reviews, with pictures following a small blurb. The pictures were taken with an iPhone 6, back camera, in artificial lighting. Effort has been made to show the true color, but your milage may vary depending on your monitor. If you would like to see all my ink images, you are free to go to

 

Here is a preview of the ink. The ink is a dark teal color.

 

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The review was done with a Noodler's Konrad Acrylic (Lake Baikal) with a 0.8mm untipped sharp italic that I ground myself. I do a little bit of nib work on the side, so contact me if interested.

 

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The review was written on HP 32lb Premium Laser Paper, which can be found at Staples for the whooping price of $19.99, or on Amazon for $15.39. This is my new "standard" paper I will be using for all my reviews, writing, and comparisons. I still have a bit of HP 28lb, which is now discontinued, but I am going to be moving to this one now, as it is much better, IMO.

 

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Here is the swab of the ink. It was pulled from my latest project, a crowd-sourced ink swab database found here http://inkymadness.tk/. This is my own swab that I am using here, but many other people's swabs of lots of inks can be found there! You are free to contribute your swabs as well by emailing them to me at admin@inkymadness.tk.

 

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The ink is a dark teal color. The ink is quite wet and has a high amount of lubrication, even for a sharp italic. There is definitely some shading, from a medium to a dark hue. On this paper, there is no feathering, spread, show through, or bleed through. The ink performs quite well on poorer quality papers as well. It is highly saturated, and has exhibited a tiny bit of staining along the ink window of the Noodler's Konrad. The staining came off after more use of the pen, and thus is not too big of a problem. There is a high amount of red sheen on this paper, and it is even more pronounced on Tomoe River paper.

 

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Here is a poorly drawn ghost to show how the ink looks with sketching, and coloring. Notice the high amount of sheen there.

 

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The ink takes about 15 seconds to dry, which is roughly the same amount of time as my other inks take.

 

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Here is a water test. The top grid had drops of water placed for 10 seconds, then vigorously wiped downwards. The bottom text did not receive any drops of water and was only wiped with in the same motion as the grid. The ink did not perform very well on this test. There was a lot of lifting on the grid followed by a huge amount of wet smear. The text is barely readable due to the wet smear. Do not use this ink on important documents.

 

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Lastly, here is a scan of the review. Use the scan to read the rest of the review. I did not intend for it to show color accuracy. The pictures are the most accurate representation of the color.

 

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That's all folks! I would give this ink a 8.5/10. If you liked this review, stay tuned for more to come!

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I'm sorry to hear it has been discontinued. I purchased a bottle from Jet Pens after getting a letter from an English pen friend. I was very taken with the red sheen. Perhaps they will come out with an ink that has the same characteristics again, one can always hope.

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To my knowledge, Yama-dori was a limited edition ink that was reintroduced just last year, when Sailor revamped its line of inks (discontinuing Sky High, Grenade, Epinard, etc, in the process). It's readily available online as of today.

 

Having said that, although I like the color, Yama-dori has only ever given me issues: it dries out quickly and feels thick and chalky coming out my finer nibs, which is unfortunate. Thanks for the review!

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To my knowledge, Yama-dori was a limited edition ink that was reintroduced just last year, when Sailor revamped its line of inks (discontinuing Sky High, Grenade, Epinard, etc, in the process). It's readily available online as of today.

 

Having said that, although I like the color, Yama-dori has only ever given me issues: it dries out quickly and feels thick and chalky coming out my finer nibs, which is unfortunate. Thanks for the review!

Hmmm. Good to know. Thanks for pointing that out!

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Yes, it is readily available now, after being re-introduced last year. I've never had any problems with it.

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Yes, now that it's a part of their line up, be sure to get it. This ink is awesome. The only thing you didn't capture is the amazing SHEEN.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Yes, now that it's a part of their line up, be sure to get it. This ink is awesome. The only thing you didn't capture is the amazing SHEEN.

 

I definitely will! For some reason, this paper (which normally shows sheen quite readily) has a hard time with this ink. Don't know why... Also, can you remove that extra picture on the start of the review? It wasn't supposed to be there and I'm embarrassed now.

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Yes, now that it's a part of their line up, be sure to get it. This ink is awesome. The only thing you didn't capture is the amazing SHEEN.

 

Agreed. Gave husband one of my pens inked up with Yami-Dori last week since he forgot to refill one of his fountain pens. He then wrote/signed a few mothers' day cards with it, and the first thing I said when he gave me the cards to sign was "Wow, look at that sheen!"

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Visconti, Visconti, and...more Visconti! (And some ST Duponts too). (Ok fine, getting on the Omas and Montblanc trains now too. Toot toot.) (And maybe on the Montegrappa one too, but only for the Miyas.)

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Thanks for the review! Love Yama-Dori, both the color and the sheen.

So many inks, so little time...

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After all my dalliances with Sailor inks, this is still in my top five favourite inks ever. <3

 

I have to ask....

 

What are the other four?

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I do enjoy my bottle of Yama-Dori. The teal is nice and rich and the sheen is so gorgeous!

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Yet another great review.

 

This ink was the gateway "drug/ink" for me into the Sailor inks.

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I have to ask....

 

What are the other four?

I'd like to know as well.

So many inks, so little time...

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I think she's ignoring us.

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Discontinued? Oh, bother. I absolutely love Yama-Dori -- the shading, the sheen, the quality of the blue-green color. I joked in my review on JetPens that, if I ever heard that Sailor was discontinuing the color, I'd have to take out a loan and buy every bottle I could find. Looks like I may have to make good on that. :(

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After all my dalliances with Sailor inks, this is still in my top five favourite inks ever. <3

 

 

 

I have to ask....

 

What are the other four?

 

 

I'd like to know as well.

 

 

I think she's ignoring us.

 

That was my thought reading through this topic. Perhaps, we'll never know . . . .

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I'm still trying to figure out how to list all my pens down here.

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Discontinued? Oh, bother. I absolutely love Yama-Dori -- the shading, the sheen, the quality of the blue-green color. I joked in my review on JetPens that, if I ever heard that Sailor was discontinuing the color, I'd have to take out a loan and buy every bottle I could find. Looks like I may have to make good on that. :(

 

 

NOT DISCONTINUED. It's part of the Jentle line and available now.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

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NOT DISCONTINUED. It's part of the Jentle line and available now.

Thank you for clearing that up again. I'm glad this one is still here, unlike Sky High!

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NOT DISCONTINUED. It's part of the Jentle line and available now.

 

Many thanks for clearing up my confusion. I guess I don't have to get that paper route after all.

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