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Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Sailor Nioi Sumire

 

This is review #20 in my series, with fewer than 100 to go... Here's the YouTube video:

 

NOTE: The below images seem a little too purple to me. This is a very blurple ink - maybe even a purple blue rather than a blue purple.

 

And here is a screen of the final result, for those not interested in the video:
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Scan of Completed Review:
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Zoomed in photo:

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Absorbent Paper Closeup (puzzle paper like thick newsprint):
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Screenshots also available on Instagram: @zilxodarap

 

Previous Review: Platinum Classic Lavender Black.

 

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Hope you enjoy. Comments appreciated!

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Great job Liz. :) Interesting how the closeup and scan seem different....The scan looks like Violette Pensée/ North African violet rang whereas the closeup is in the range of Kung Te-Cheng and Cie..... :D

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Great job Liz. :) Interesting how the closeup and scan seem different....The scan looks like Violette Pensée/ North African violet rang whereas the closeup is in the range of Kung Te-Cheng and Cie..... :D

Thanks! The "scan" is actually a screenshot from the end of the video. The closeup is a photo taken with a USB microscope.

 

But yeah, every camera seems to have its own idea on how color should be reproduced - and none of them are right! :lol:

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Ooo, an ink I have! I like the fact that all your videos are with the same pen, which I also have. It's easy to 'calibrate' things for me.

 

Thanks!

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My other pen is a Montblanc.

 

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Thanks! The "scan" is actually a screenshot from the end of the video. The closeup is a photo taken with a USB microscope.

 

But yeah, every camera seems to have its own idea on how color should be reproduced - and none of them are right! :lol:

How true... My initial reaction was Sailor Ultramarine, I see I wasn't wrong.

If memory serves me write Ultramarine was quiet water resistant. Does Nioi Sumire share the same attribute?

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Ooo, an ink I have! I like the fact that all your videos are with the same pen, which I also have. It's easy to 'calibrate' things for me.

 

Thanks!

Glad to be your writing guinea pig! :P

 

How true... My initial reaction was Sailor Ultramarine, I see I wasn't wrong.

If memory serves me write Ultramarine was quiet water resistant. Does Nioi Sumire share the same attribute?

I have no idea - I only test those that claim to be resistant. But, special, just for you... back in a sec... OK, lots of ink loss, but I could still easily read what little was left - and it was still the same color, just paler (as opposed to, for example, grey, which is what many non-water-resistant inks leave behind).

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I have no idea - I only test those that claim to be resistant. But, special, just for you... back in a sec... OK, lots of ink loss, but I could still easily read what little was left - and it was still the same color, just paler (as opposed to, for example, grey, which is what many non-water-resistant inks leave behind).

Thank you so much for the trouble....:)

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Thank you so much for the trouble.... :)

 

You're welcome! It was no trouble at all. :)

 

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I have Sailor Ultramarine and was told it was more purple than blue when compared to this ink. I found Ultramarine more blue than purple. I like this ink much better and I use primarily XXF or XF nibs.

Is this ink more purple than Ultramarine or is it my monitor.

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I have Sailor Ultramarine and was told it was more purple than blue when compared to this ink. I found Ultramarine more blue than purple. I like this ink much better and I use primarily XXF or XF nibs.

Is this ink more purple than Ultramarine or is it my monitor.

I've never seen Sailor Ultramarine, so I can't compare the two. The images in this thread are too purple on my monitor compared to what I see in real life. I think Nioi-sumire is a very blue purple (not a purple blue), but there's no doubt it's to the blue side, even in isolation.

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I don't have any ultramarine left, so I can't do a side by side comparison. But from what I see, Ultramarine is a darker, richer blue.... :)

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Here's a Pen Chalet blog article and image (from 2014) that compared, among other pairings, Sailor Jentle Ultramarine and Shikiori (né Jentle Shikisai) Nioisumire: https://www.penchalet.com/blog/new-sailor-jentle-ink-colors-vs-the-old/

I endeavour to be frank and truthful in what I write, show or otherwise present, when I relate my first-hand experiences that are not independently verifiable; and link to third-party content where I can, when I make a claim or refute a statement of fact in a thread. If there is something you can verify for yourself, I entreat you to do so, and judge for yourself what is right, correct, and valid. I may be wrong, and my position or say-so is no more authoritative and carries no more weight than anyone else's here.

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Thank you to everyone.

 

Liz I enjoy your reviews as I write in German pens ground down to Japanese EF and EEF.

 

Thanks Again.

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Thank you to all.

 

Liz...I really enjoy your reviews as I write with German brand pens with nibs ground to Japanese EF and EEF.

 

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