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any seller in the US carrying this ink? J

 

I looked around (google search) and couldn't find one.

 

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Woops. I swore I saw Fahrney's have this ink one day and the next they didn't. I didn't ask about it, though.

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any seller in the US carrying this ink? J

eBay vendor engeika sometimes has some in Sailor cartridges. Useful if a) you have a Sailor pen or b ) if you are willing to use a syringe to decant.

US$6 for 12 carts + US$2 for postage.

 

 

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BTW, Mike. Ordering it the way I told you, the ink was at my door 8 days after I ordered.

 

Dave

 

Polite, courteous, and super fast too! Oh dear... Well, I'm off to give Yamada-San some more of the profits from my pen sale :P

 

Thanks, Dave!

 

Cheers,

Mike

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MaiDo in San Francisco carries it. Not sure you'd save much though.

 

any seller in the US carrying this ink? J

 

 

Yes, I had heard that. I couldn't find a web site for them. Guess I was too lazy to call them. Do they have a web site?

 

Dave

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I recently bought a F64 Expedient notebook by Kyokuto. It is described as a stitchless notebook, and really does open flat at any page. The paper seemed nice and smooth, and I assumed that like its cousins the Apica and Campus notebooks, that it would be FP friendly.

 

I was wrong. It didn't feather at all, but it bled badly with everything I tried on it.

 

Until I tried one of my Nano ink cartridges. It is brilliant. No feathering, no bleeding, no smearing after 10 seconds.

Even though the paper is very thin, you can hardly see the writing on the other side.

 

This ink is a good solution for those who are looking for a very well behaved, permanent, quick drying black ink.

The 12 pack of cartridges from engeika on eBay is excellent value for money, compared to the 6 cartridges of Quink you can buy for the same money in stationery shops.

 

My only beware is that if the pen is not used for a couple of days it writes a little dry for a few words until fresh ink has flowed through the nib.

 

 

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I just looked at Mai Do in SF and Santana Row and they didn't carry it :( But they could order it. Lucky for me really as my wife was with me on that trip :P

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I just looked at Mai Do in SF and Santana Row and they didn't carry it :( But they could order it. Lucky for me really as my wife was with me on that trip :P

 

Well, that saves me a trip to Mai Do in SF! I live 3 hours by public transit from San Francisco so I guess this weekend I'm not going up there.

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I hope Art Brown has this

 

 

I don't think they do. I looked there online. But maybe I missed it. If they do, please let me know. :)

 

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I just looked at Mai Do in SF and Santana Row and they didn't carry it :( But they could order it. Lucky for me really as my wife was with me on that trip :P

 

Well, that saves me a trip to Mai Do in SF! I live 3 hours by public transit from San Francisco so I guess this weekend I'm not going up there.

 

For what it's worth, I called MaiDo in SF this morning to see if they carried the Kiwaguro ink. When I got through at around 11:40 this morning, the very polite sales associate searched around and said that they had one bottle available, that they would ship it to me in San Diego, and that they could contact me as soon as they got any more of the ink in stock. Providing I didn't hopelessly miscommunicate the exact ink I wanted - I was having lunch at school and didn't have my notes with the spelling in front of me when I called (I might have spelled Kirogawa... :unsure: ) - I should be getting a bottle of this lovely stuff within the next couple of days. :cloud9:

 

Cheers,

Mike

 

PS - I was originally going to order this ink from the Ujuku shop, but laziness got the best of me and when I heard that a shop in my own state might carry this ink, I thought it was worth calling to see if the rumors were true. Hopefully the desire for instant gratification - and a few dollar savings - didn't lead me away from a completely reliable, trusted source :embarrassed_smile:

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Wow, I have to try this ink. I must have missed this review when it was first posted. But $28 does sound like a lot though...

 

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I recently bought a F64 Expedient notebook by Kyokuto. It is described as a stitchless notebook, and really does open flat at any page. The paper seemed nice and smooth, and I assumed that like its cousins the Apica and Campus notebooks, that it would be FP friendly.

 

I've used a few Kyokuto notebooks and they've ranged from perfect to terrible. Kokuyo is a safer choice. It's not as slick as Apica but behaves as well or better with problem inks/nibs.

 

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See this thread https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...showtopic=82009 for what Michael Masuyama, former nibmeister at Sailor, has to say about this ink. He gave me permission to post his email on the forum.

 

Thanks for pointing to this thread. Very interesting and informative. I'm impressed with Mr. Masuyama's response -- especially the time and effort and detail he devoted to it.

 

Doug

 

 

 

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This is a fantastic ink!

 

It is fast drying. Works well on Moleskine as well as cheap 20-lb printer paper and Office Depot legal pads. And it is BLACK.

 

My nephew is in the far east on business and picked up two bottles for me while he was in Japan.

 

Wonderful stuff.

 

Chris

 

 

 

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Just got this ink on Sunday and it's fabulous with cheap paper as there's no bleedthrough nor feathering. Words do indeed look clean and sharp. Wished it came in blue (my favourite colour for almost all things). Has anyone compared this ink with Noodler's bulletproof black before? On the paranoid side, would nano particles cause any health issues? Do they get dispersed or dissolved in the air? I ask because I once saw an article about nano-something or other and how it damaged the brains (I think) of trout. Yeap, I know I'm not trout but just concerned. :unsure:

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