Sailor Jentle Ink Irore red (winter 2009)

[woodworker]

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Sailor brought some great colors in a limited edition for winter 2009. I never owned Sailor inks, so I was very curious. I did some Sailor Jentle Ink Irore Red in my Lamy Vista (fine). I took some pictures in the Dutch winter snow.

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Color

This red color is really red. It reminds a bit of Pelikan Red. Pelikan Red tends a little bit to orange. This Sailor Irore Red is vivid as the Pelikan but more red. The color is very saturated with almost no shading.

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Writing

I wrote this review with a Lamy Vista (fine). This ink is what his name says "Jentle". It writes smooth behaves great and has a short drying time. Dryingtime in a Moleskine is about 7-9 seconds. On Rhodia paper it takes between 10-15 seconds to dry.

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Written review

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Can't read it? Here's the translation:

"Sailor Jentle Ink Irore Red

 

I filled my Lamy Vista (fine) with Sailor Jentle Ink Irore Red, winter 2009 limited edition.

 

With this pen the ink performs outstanding in a Moleskine. It writes very smooth and the ink has great flow.

 

What a nice vivid red. It did remind me on Pelikan Red. Bit this Sailor is more red where the Pelikan tends to orange.

 

No bleed through or feathering, good dryingtime. The ink has no shading and is very saturated.

 

$ 0,30/ml is not cheap.

 

Woodworker"

 

Bottle

In the bottle is some kind of device as an insert to provide that you can get the last drop of ink out of the bottle. It does work for small nibs, such as the Lamy Vista, Safari or Montblanc 146. But for a Montblanc 149 or Pelikan M1000 it does not work and the plastic piece has to be taken out of the bottle to fill them.

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Moleskinefriendly

This ink is Moleskine friendly. Their was no feathering. With a medium nib fountain pen I saw some dots coming through on a blank Moleskine paper. So no 100% but a good "Moleskinefriendly"

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[Neill78]

Great review and very nice pictures. I'm glad Sailor is expanding their inks with some bright, punchy colours. Possibly in response to the success of Pilot's Iroshizuku series?

 

Irori (囲炉裏) means "hearth" and the design is much different than the Western idea of a hearth. It's usually in the middle of a room, completely open on all sides (no chimney or hood), and pots/food are either suspended from the ceiling on an adjustable pulley system or placed in the ash around the hot coals (roast sweet potatoes for example). Here's a good picture showing the hot red coals that inspire the ink colour. If you've ever lived in Japan in the winter you will gain a new respect for glowing, radiant heat and all the warm colours associated with it!

[AltecGreen]

Great review and very nice pictures. I'm glad Sailor is expanding their inks with some bright, punchy colours. Possibly in response to the success of Pilot's Iroshizuku series?

 

Irori (囲炉裏) means "hearth" and the design is much different than the Western idea of a hearth. It's usually in the middle of a room, completely open on all sides (no chimney or hood), and pots/food are either suspended from the ceiling on an adjustable pulley system or placed in the ash around the hot coals (roast sweet potatoes for example). Here's a good picture showing the hot red coals that inspire the ink colour. If you've ever lived in Japan in the winter you will gain a new respect for glowing, radiant heat and all the warm colours associated with it!

 

In principle, Sailor makes more inks colors than the Iroshizuku line. There are 20 inks in the Nagasawa series and another 9 for Hougado Pengallery plus Sailor's own normal line. If I could just find a way to get some of the Hougado SE inks? They don't ship internationally.

[Michael R.]

Many thanks for your nice review.

 

Is this ink different from those:

 

http://image.www.rakuten.co.jp/penshop/img10487591954.jpeg ?

 

Cheers

 

Michael

[woodworker]

Many thanks for your nice review.

 

Is this ink different from those:

 

http://image.www.rakuten.co.jp/penshop/img10487591954.jpeg ?

 

Cheers

 

Michael

 

Yep I can't read it but I think these are the ones.

[Neill78]

In principle, Sailor makes more inks colors than the Iroshizuku line. There are 20 inks in the Nagasawa series and another 9 for Hougado Pengallery plus Sailor's own normal line. If I could just find a way to get some of the Hougado SE inks? They don't ship internationally.

 

Didn't the Iroshizuku inks come first? They seemed to have stirred up the ink market. Also the Iroshizuku line is available everywhere, while the new Sailor inks are custom blends designed by the shops themselves through Sailor's "Ink Workshop." Now I am thinking of the possibilities for a custom FPN series........ Time to hit the site feedback forum.

 

I will be going to Japan in the spring and I will probably post an announcement in the Japanese pens section for people who would like me to bring something back. I can also get things shipped to me quite easily but I can't order ink in the winter as it will freeze. I really should just get off my butt and start an import shop.

[Neill78]

Oops, I forgot to mention these in my other reply. This is Sailor's limited (500 bottles each) Winter series. Irori is one of the colours.

 

The pictures are in this order (left to right):

Shigure　(Drizzling rain), Irori (Hearth)

Yukiakari (Bright snow), Tokiwamatsu (Evergreen)

 

 

If only I lived in a place where winter was associated with "drizzling rain." I think I could handle that better than ice and snow.

 

Neill

[Michael R.]

Oops, I forgot to mention these in my other reply. This is Sailor's limited (500 bottles each) Winter series. Irori is one of the colours.

 

The pictures are in this order (left to right):

Shigure　(Drizzling rain), Irori (Hearth)

Yukiakari (Bright snow), Tokiwamatsu (Evergreen)

 

 

If only I lived in a place where winter was associated with "drizzling rain." I think I could handle that better than ice and snow.

 

Neill

 

Ah! ...this makes sense now.

 

I was confused because the ebay listing I bought this ink from said "heather" and not "hearth" (hearth makes so much more sense)

 

I'm looking forward to try those inks.

 

Cheers

 

Michael

[drifting]

If only I lived in a place where winter was associated with "drizzling rain." I think I could handle that better than ice and snow.

 

Blech. Done that. Twice. I'm looking out the window at a foot of snow following a week of -40, and I'll take this and a blue sky over a week of drizzling rain every time.

 

500 bottles only, hey? I'd forgotten about that. I may have to click over to Swisher and stock up a bit: I'm really digging the Tokiwamatsu.

 

How tough do you think it would be to get a FPN Sailor custom mix? I wonder what their minimum order is to mix up a batch?

 

Ryan.

[jlepens]

In principle, Sailor makes more inks colors than the Iroshizuku line. There are 20 inks in the Nagasawa series and another 9 for Hougado Pengallery plus Sailor's own normal line. If I could just find a way to get some of the Hougado SE inks? They don't ship internationally.

 

Didn't the Iroshizuku inks come first? They seemed to have stirred up the ink market. Also the Iroshizuku line is available everywhere, while the new Sailor inks are custom blends designed by the shops themselves through Sailor's "Ink Workshop." Now I am thinking of the possibilities for a custom FPN series........ Time to hit the site feedback forum.

 

I will be going to Japan in the spring and I will probably post an announcement in the Japanese pens section for people who would like me to bring something back. I can also get things shipped to me quite easily but I can't order ink in the winter as it will freeze. I really should just get off my butt and start an import shop.

 

Yes you should.