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I am happy to announce that I just placed an order for ten Bung Box inks with White Rabbit. I'm planning on reviewing all of them eventually, but I was hoping to get some fees back on what to review first. So, what do you all want to see?

 

Bung Box Blue Black(4B)

Bung Box 88

Bung Box Hikari

Bung Box Emerald

Bung Box L'Amant

Bung Box June Bride Something Blue

Bung Box Ruby

Bung Box Sakana-machi tipsy

Bung Box Hamanako Eel

Bung Box Ink of the Witch

 

Also: if Amber sees this; would you be interested in a sheet of these done up for fade tests? I live outside Portland, OR, not conducive to direct sun exposure....

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I'm really curious about the 88. It's one of the inks that is always on the chopping block and I never end up buying.

Will do. Your reviews are the reason I fell in love with sailor inks at first. I don't know wether to hate or love you after spending $250 on ink....

 

Any preference for paper types? I have access to Tomoe(cream), Clairefontaine, Rohdia, Apica CD, L!FE wove(cream&white), Crown Mill original, and Crown Mill Cotton plus #20 bond.

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B-b (4B) please. Rhodia wouldn't be bad. Ifpossible a few b-b comparisons.

 

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I want to say I'm sorry, but I'm kind of not. :P I actually just spent $300 on the newly advertised set of ten Sailor inks too, so I sympathize! I'm going to start doing Sailor ink comparisons - ie. starting sheets for inks of a certain colour from all of Sailor's offered groups. All the royal blues from all the groups of Sailor inks, all the pinks, etc. i'll include the Kobe, bung Box, Kingdom Note, Ishida Bungu, Maruzen, and anything else I come across. It will take forever, but I think it will be really interesting to see the results.

 

I'd love to see 88 on Rhodia dotPad paper, and maybe a quick Tomoe River sample. The rest of the inks you mentioned I either already have, have on the way, or I'm not too interested in anyway. But I really appreciate the offer of showing off 88 to us all. :)

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/261536-about-my-reviews/
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B-b (4B) please. Rhodia wouldn't be bad. Ifpossible a few b-b comparisons.

 

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Mike

Will do, I'm looking forward to this one a lot myself. I have Sailor Sei-Boku and Noodler's Bad Blue Kingfisher, but that's about it for B-B's. Would Pilot Blue be a helpful Baseline?

 

I want to say I'm sorry, but I'm kind of not. :P I actually just spent $300 on the newly advertised set of ten Sailor inks too, so I sympathize! I'm going to start doing Sailor ink comparisons - ie. starting sheets for inks of a certain colour from all of Sailor's offered groups. All the royal blues from all the groups of Sailor inks, all the pinks, etc. i'll include the Kobe, bung Box, Kingdom Note, Ishida Bungu, Maruzen, and anything else I come across. It will take forever, but I think it will be really interesting to see the results.

 

I'd love to see 88 on Rhodia dotPad paper, and maybe a quick Tomoe River sample. The rest of the inks you mentioned I either already have, have on the way, or I'm not too interested in anyway. But I really appreciate the offer of showing off 88 to us all. :)

Don't sweat it, your reviews simply enabled my own preexisting problem. I only started on FP's in September and I already have $2300 in pens and with this $700 in ink. I may have a problem..... :wallbash: I'll make sure to put the 88 up first thing, and the Rhodia dotpad and Tomoe is no problem.

Tomoe & Clairefontaine, please. Rhodia adds too much yellow to my eyes.

Can do. I'll probably use Rhodia dotpad for the base and add samples on all the papers listed above.

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Should have got sky blue too. One of the most beautifully etherial colours I've ever used...

 

But please: Tomoe reviews! (It's the only paper I use any more. Damn design.y and their perfect notebooks!)

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Too many pens; too little writing.

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Is this the sky blue one you mean?

 

http://bung-box.com/products/detail1298.html

 

I'd love to see a quick writing sample. I've always been curious about this one but it seemed too washed out for my tastes. Is it nice looking?

That's the one. Yes, it is "washed out", but beautiful, delicate, other-worldly pale (like a London midsummer sky) rather than insipid... One of my absolute favourite colours.

 

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Here's a photo from my CE Levi review (which somehow disappeared from the review index). It is a much more beautiful colour in person...

 

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7314/10308319135_8213ffdc16_c.jpg

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Too many pens; too little writing.

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I'm going to start doing Sailor ink comparisons - ie. starting sheets for inks of a certain colour from all of Sailor's offered groups. All the royal blues from all the groups of Sailor inks, all the pinks, etc. i'll include the Kobe, bung Box, Kingdom Note, Ishida Bungu, Maruzen, and anything else I come across. It will take forever, but I think it will be really interesting to see the results.

Oh no! Now I really need to bury my wallet somewhere, before this happens!

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I am happy to announce that I just placed an order for ten Bung Box inks with White Rabbit. I'm planning on reviewing all of them eventually, but I was hoping to get some fees back on what to review first. So, what do you all want to see?

 

Bung Box Blue Black(4B)

Bung Box 88

Bung Box Hikari

Bung Box Emerald

Bung Box L'Amant

Bung Box June Bride Something Blue

Bung Box Ruby

Bung Box Sakana-machi tipsy

Bung Box Hamanako Eel

Bung Box Ink of the Witch

 

Also: if Amber sees this; would you be interested in a sheet of these done up for fade tests? I live outside Portland, OR, not conducive to direct sun exposure....

Ok, seriously, what is White Rabbit? I want to order the Bung Box inks, and everyone keeps saying I have to go through White Rabbit... pretttyyyy sure Japan and Wonderland are a different place, lol ;)

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I'm really curious about the 88. It's one of the inks that is always on the chopping block and I never end up buying.

Here is my 88 review. https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/267662-bung-box-88/

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OH, wow, sorry I missed this YES YES - please send me your sheets and I'll add them to the window. These will go on the 2015 window.

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 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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