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Maruzen is a big brand department store in Japan. They carry their own line of pens and inks named Century and Athena. It seems most of their inks are made by Sailor. I'm not sure how many inks they offer at the moment but I know they have some stunning colors in the line up. It seems follwoing inks were / are offered to customers:

 

  1. Akane (limited edidion, Nihomnashi branch)
  2. Eternal Blue
  3. hatobanezu
  4. Lemon
  5. Midori
  6. Renga
  7. River Blue
  8. Sepia (Athena branch)

If anyone is able to complete the list, I would be grateful.

 

By means of exchange I've managed to get a bottle of Renga. The jewel Sailor bottle looks nice but the cap feels cheap and, to be honest, I prefer regular Sailor bottles.

 

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Renga is really great color that I enjoy a lot. The ink feels smooth and behaves well in most pens - I had issues with it in Graf von Faber-Castell Ambition: the ink used to dry out in the nib and cause hard starts. in other pens however it's behaviour was flawless.

 

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Drops of ink on kitchen towel

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Software ID

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Tomoe River, Perun, Jowo 1,1

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Leuchtturm 1917, Kaweco Sport Classic, B

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Moleskine, Perun, Jowo 1,1

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Rhodia, GvFC Intuitio, M

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Lyreco, GvFC Intuitio, M

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Mini-comparioson

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Is dark... I like it !!! :wub: :wub:

 

 

I missed this one... I think the online swabs didn't do it justice. Thanks for this review Vis !!!

 

 

 

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Don't like it and have no regrets over bypassing it for purchase several times.

 

Totally agree with the cap of these bottles--feels cheap, bit too pliable, and it seems to encourage ink from the cap to cascade over the glass threads. When the ink on the threads dry, it acts much like a glue, making it very difficult to reopen the bottles at times. I've never had that issue with the jar bottles, which I love.

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Seems nice. However it's a bit too red for my taste of a brown.

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Seems nice. However it's a bit too red for my taste of a brown.

 

Renga is supposed to be red... a brick red. At least, that is what I was told.

 

 

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Thanks for the review. Not an ink for me (although the Tomoe River paper exemplar does seem to enhance the color).

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Renga is supposed to be red... a brick red. At least, that is what I was told.

 

 

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If it's supposed to be red, it's too brown... ;)

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I want to get a bottle of Renga eventually. I will make do with Kobe #39 in the meantime.

 

I do agree with everyone's thought on the cap of the diamond bottles. The caps on the stout Sailor bottles are much, much better.

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Thank you.

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

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wow, I think I am in love with this ink. Amazing red.
Does someone know an alternative to it, something really really close?. Kobe#39 seems to be slightly darker and Oxblood, slightly clearer.

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Well, you may try Nagasawa-kobe 39 (Brick). Organic's Studios Oscar's Copper was quite close but it's no longer produced. Diamine Terracota isn't as rich as this one. Actually I'm interested as well in finding cheaper alternative easily available in Europe. I must give a sample of this one to Konrad (KWZI) and ask him to brew something similar.

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I must give a sample of this one to Konrad (KWZI) and ask him to brew something similar.

this would be really great !!!

 

I will try Kobe #39 anyway, despite it seems a little bit more brownish than Renga.

 

thx Vis.

 

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Well, you may try Nagasawa-kobe 39 (Brick). Organic's Studios Oscar's Copper was quite close but it's no longer produced. Diamine Terracota isn't as rich as this one. Actually I'm interested as well in finding cheaper alternative easily available in Europe. I must give a sample of this one to Konrad (KWZI) and ask him to brew something similar.

Vis, to my eye, this one seems very close to Maroon #1 - am I completely off?

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I have to say that the Kobe brick is delightful. Although I do love KWZI!

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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Vis, to my eye, this one seems very close to Maroon #1 - am I completely off?

 

 

I agree to this... I remember thinking the same.

 

 

 

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