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Sailor is my favourite ink maker (ex-aeque with J. Herbin). Sadly their most interesting inks are available only in Japan or from internet retailers. There are few japanese shops famous for their wide and interesting range of Sailor inks. One of most well-known is Bung Box. A lot of people were taken by interesting bottles and intriguing colors. It seems however that recently many ink enthusiasts started to shy away from this line since Bung Box inks became much more bitterly expensive than other Sailor inks.




The line consists of quite a few colors. My list is incomplete and most of the names aren't translated well. If you have full list of BB inks and/or could help me with correcting english names, help me sort this out :)


  1. 4B Blue/Black
  2. BB Espresso
  3. Dandyism
  4. Ebisu Gold
  5. Emerald
  6. Enshu Black
  7. First Love Sapphire
  8. Fresh Oranges of Lake Hamana
  9. Fuyiyama Blue
  10. Hamanako Eel
  11. Imperial Purple
  12. Ink of the Witch
  13. L’Amant
  14. Luminous Green
  15. Melancholic Gray
  16. Mocha
  17. Music Black
  18. Nostalgia
  19. Oamezaki Sunset
  20. Omaezaki Ocean
  21. Omaezaki Blue
  22. Orange
  23. Pink
  24. Ruby
  25. Sapphire
  26. Silent Night
  27. Soleil
  28. Tears of Clown
  29. Tortoise Shell Brown

Before I write few words about the ink allow me to start by saying thank you mmg122 for sending me samples of different inks.



It seems Ebisu Gold isn't amazingly popular.



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After trying it, I'm not really surprised.



It's not good ink. It's not terribly bad either. The main issue I have with this ink is the fact it lacks saturation and lubrication. It felt somewhat dry in Lamy fine nib. Using it was rather unplesant. I do believe that in very wet pens the line may appear richer. In this particular pens/nibs combos though this ink was dissapointing.




Drops of ink on kitchen towel




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Software ID



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Color range



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Rhodia, Lamy AL-Star, broad nib



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Leuchtturm1917, Lamy AL-Star, fine nib




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Tsubame, Lamy AL-Star, medium nib




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Water resistance



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Thanks for the review Vis. :) I'm sorry to say that I have seen several better gold inks than this one. I like my gold inks to look gold, but to still be saturated and easily readable. Like Sheaffer King's Gold or P.E. Amber or Louis Vuitton Or Audacieux. I'm quite happy that I now know I don't need this one. :)

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Thanks for the review.

I can probably also pass on this ink. It's pretty, and the shading is good -- but overall it's really a bit light to be really legible in the long run. Plus, it looks as if it's got zero water resistance.

Too bad, I have been kinda looking for another gold-colored ink....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"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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