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Hi Everyone, I'm thinking of buying some ink for my new fountain pen. So far I have settled on two kinds of ink to buy, Graf von Faber-Castell and Iroshizuku. I was wondering what ink to get, has anyone tried both of these inks and no which is better. Also I anyone know any better in please tell me. Thanks
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Iroshizuku Fuyu-Gaki (Persimmon Orange) Vs The Real Thing!
sheeptotherescue posted a topic in Inky Thoughts
Hi all! I LOVE persimmons, and in case you didn't know, it's persimmon season now! Because I love persimmons, I had to get the Iroshizuku ink when I made my first ink sample purchase. Now, for your consideration, the ink and the fruit. For those in the know, these are hachiya persimmons, not fuyu, but the color is clearly what they had in mind. Oh, and this was written with my Pilot Metropolitan, medium nib.
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I'm looking for a bright and saturated medium/ royal blue. Something like Noodler's Baystate Blue or Parker Penman Sapphire. I found Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-Gao. From the pictures I've seen online, Asa-Gao is either bright and vibrant blue, light purple or light (definitely not vibrant) blue. If you have used it, what colour is it? Or what colour is it on different papers/ inks? Pictures from the internet: vibrant medium blue: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cmHjilyUSw4/UAm8hlmA8FI/AAAAAAAACO0/3afleivbjuM/s1600/AsaGao3.JPG light blue http://www.gouletpens.com/v/vspfiles/photos/PN69203-2.jpg light purple http://static.jetpens.com/images/a/000/042/42848.jpg thanks
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This is a more subdued color because I’m hoping that if I stop using bright, summery colors, fall will hurry up and get here. It is my favorite season after all… This ink was sent to me by a very generous member on FPN, who I will not name for privacy (thanks again!!!). It’s a blue black that I think looks just like Diamine Registrars right after you put it down on paper. So, if you wanted that blue/black/grey color of an iron gall but you don’t want the upkeep requirements of an iron gall, this might be a good choice for you. As you can see, it’s not completely water resistant, but I would say there’s enough left there that you could decipher what’s written if you really needed. Otherwise it’s a really nice ink, just like every other Iroshizuku I’ve tried. Very well behaved, no real issues with feathering or bleeding and no hard starts. This is a hard one to recommend. The color is nice, but to me it’s not that exciting. Like I said, if you are looking for a classic blue-black, I think this is a good one. On the other hand, pretty much every brand has a blue-black and there is probably one to be found that would be cheaper than this one, at ~$28/bottle in the States. My advice would be to try a sample first so that you can ensure it will be worth the investment for a full bottle. I have a few other blue-blacks in my sample collection, so I’ll try to do a comparison between the ones I have this weekend. :-) This ink was provided for the purpose of review and I am not being compensated in any way. All opinions above are my own and you are free to disagree if you like.
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So I taught a class today on how to provide security for medical cannibas and in a fleeting moment I noticed my pen was writing in the same colors that were on the screen. There was a line at the end of the class, wanting to try the "fountain pen ink made from cannibis" Well, that got a better laugh than the Cheech 'n Chong Dave not here http://thompsonhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Medical-Marijuana.jpg http://youtu.be/rtDAK7Umk7A
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Another Pilot Pen On Massdrop - The Stargazer (Plus Optional Ink!
Jamerelbe posted a topic in Market Watch
Just noticed this morning that Massdrop have another couple of fountain pens available - the Stipula Speed (which doesn't do much for me, sadly!), and the Pilot Stargazer. I'm locked in to a Vanishing Point, so will be passing on this one - but with an asking price of $100-105, four colour and two nib options, and an optional extra $20 for a bottle of Iroshizuku ink, this looks to be a pretty good buy! https://www.massdrop.com/buy/pilot-stargazer No affiliation, no personal benefit from mentioning this - just thought I'd mention it! -
Friends, I've noticed one phenomenon that holds true across pens, nib widths, flow, and choice of paper: take-sumi is more prone to feathering that tsuki-yo. If one pen can't handle take-sumi, I ink it up with the tsuki-yo and the problem of feathering is solved. For this reason, I use the tsuki-yo as a "therapeutic" ink. Has anyone had this experience? I have only used these two inks. Would you be able to rank feather-proneness across the inks? More importantly, how does Kon-peki do when compared to take-sumi or tsuki-yo? Thanks!
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I keep thinking, "I want all the Iroshizuku inks!" Then I put them in a shopping cart, and wince because it's expensive. A thought came to me: What if I bought one a month? I can afford one a month. I could make an effort to keep it in one pen all month, to really get a feel for it, and use more than a single fill. When I'm done, two years later, I'll have the whole set of shiny bottles and glorious colors. Which will give me plenty of time to clear off a shelf to keep them all in. I am planning on writing up a list of inks and months to try them in so that they're sort of seasonally aligned. Does anyone want to join me in this goofiness? Would it be more fun to try out things at the same time as other people do? All I'm going to do is order a bottle a month. If you don't want to order a whole bottle, a sample would be enough to try it out. Or, if you've already got that bottle, you could ink some up and give it a shot. What do you all think? Sound like fun, or just silly, or plain stupid?
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Let me start by saying that I have NO affiliation with Amazon or the retailers selling these Pilot Iroshizuku inks On Amazon UK, if you search "iroshizuku", you can find almost the whole range for around only £15! Normally, one would have to pay around £30 for these. They're even shipped for free! I'm not sure if these retailers ship to other countries for free or sell elsewhere for the same price. So, if you want an Iroshizuku ink, but haven't gotten one because of the price, you're in luck! Unfortunately, the prices do change from time to time, but you can track the prices using http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/ Some links to the more popular inks: Kon-Peki http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pilot-Iroshizuku-Fountain-Pen-Ink/dp/B0018HJVS6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399811984&sr=8-1&keywords=iroshizuku+kon-peki Asa-Gao http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pilot-Iroshizuku-Fountain-Pen-Ink/dp/B001AX7TFA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399812002&sr=8-1&keywords=iroshizuku+asa-gao Yama-Budo http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pilot-Iroshizuku-Fountain-Pen-Ink/dp/B001PWFZ02/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399812748&sr=8-1&keywords=iroshizuku+yama-budo Fuyu-Gaki http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pilot-Iroshizuku-Fountain-Pen-Ink/dp/B002BV11I6/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1399812773&sr=8-10&keywords=iroshizuku Unfortunately, Tsuki-Yo was available, but I can't find it at this time. It will probably be re-stocked soon with the £15 price tag. I hope this was useful to you.
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Just to give you an idea of the colors:
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I wasn't expecting this pen to be quite so beautiful, particularly the part under the nib that reflects the ink's colour... Of course Kon Peki is beautiful, although it's very close to Ama Iro. I followed Gouletpens instructions to sand away the gold colour on the converter. Best birthday present I've had in some time...
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Co-Razy-View De Atramentis Magic Fairy And Iroshizuku Murasaki Shikibu
napalm posted a topic in Co-Razy-Views
Some more challenging brown paper from Amber's stock, for some reason it helps the scanner to not blow Murasaki into reds. -
*Reposted from my blog* To follow up on my post from yesterday, I did a quick comparison of three green inks that are currently in my possession. I haven’t written up the full review of Aventurine yet (actually I have now, it's here), but my review of Verdura is here and eventually I’ll do a review of Shin-Ryoku as well (for a neat mix that uses Shin-Ryoku, you can lookhere…), but here’s the quick and dirty side-by-side: A few notes on the scan - the Aventurine looks pretty true to life, at least on my monitor. The Verdura comes out a little bit light, and the Shin-Ryoku is a touch washed out, but not drastically so. Anyway, I didn’t want to do any color adjusting because what would probably make one look the best would screw up the other two. :-P After seeing them all together, I would call Aventurine the purest green of the three. It’s like the color of the most perfect lawn that your neurotic neighbor spends waaayyyy too much time maintaining. Shin-Ryoku has a lot more blue component and is more like the color of a spruce tree. As for Verdura, I stick with my original description and would call it a vibrant shamrock green, the color of stuff that emerges around St. Patrick’s Day. All of these inks are similar in terms of behavior - no water resistance, smooth flow, not too much feathering and bleeding on good paper, and easy to clean out of your pen. If you aren’t too picky, Verdura is by far the cheapest, at ~$12, and then there’s Aventurine at ~$23 and Shin-Ryoku at ~$28 (online prices for 50 mL bottles here in the States). Given that I already have a nearly full bottle of Verdura and half a bottle of Shin-Ryoku, I probably won’t spring for Aventurine anytime soon, but perhaps it will be next on my list of greens when the time comes… Which one is your favorite?
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I'm thinking maybe Diamine Twilight Blue or even Eau De Nil could be a reasonable substitute for Tsuki-yo. What are you thoughts? Have any of you used or use a good substitute colour ink instead of Tsuki-yo? I'm addicted to it, It's an incredible ink and colour. I'm not saying I use a lot because i don't. In fact I bought a bottle in July 2012 and I still have half of it left and I write in my journal every day now. (Of course thats mixed colours between MB Royal Blue, MB Irish Green and Waterman Florida Blue)
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One of my favorite line of inks is the Iroshizuku not just for its writing qualities but because it's absolutely scentless. As much as I love the ink, I'm looking for a lower cost alternative. I tried Noodler's Black and it gave me a headache. What are your favorite scentless brands of cheaper, well-performing ink?
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I have been looking for a certain blue (pilot Juice Aqua Blue)and decided to ask you all for some ideas. I am attempting to attach a copy of the color I found online, but this is my first attempt at posting here on FPN. I at one time had $80 worth of blue samples in my cart from gouletpens.com. The first blue I tried out turned out not to be as blue as the color swatch appeared to be, that was Noodler's Navajo Turquoise. Then I tried Chesterfield ink's Zircon ink from xfountainpens.com, it's a little darker and ever so slightly green leaning. While both colors are gorgeous they don't match what I'm looking for. I've decided I'm looking for a bright, saturated, pure medium blue. By pure I mean not leaning to far to purple or green. So I bit the bullet and have ordered a few samples from the Goulets. The list as follows: Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki, Asa-Gao and Tsuyu-Kusa(which is the one I'm hoping is the closest), Diamine Royal Blue and Washable Blue, Waterman Serenity Blue, Noodler's Liberty's Elysium, Pelikan Edelstein Topaz, and Private Reserve Tropical Blue. I'm planning on doing a test page to compare them all, but I was wondering if anyone had any other ideas. I believe the Pilot inks should get the task done since it is after all a Pilot pen, but even within Pilot they have two different model pens (Juice and Hi-Tec-C) with two different colors both being called Aqua Blue, sooooooo... Any ideas? Oh, and ideas where to buy inks that the Goulet's don't carry. I know they don't have Montblanc for example and I either go to them or Amazon for purchasing ideas. Thank you in advance.
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Greetings all, Glad to join the pen community online. I'm relatively new to the hobby and have an 823 newbie question. I'm going to be away from my new Custom 823 for about three weeks and it's inked up with take-sumi Iroshizuku (so far my favorite combination ever.) Given the nature of the ink, the pen, and its valve-close system, should I still empty the pen before I leave it to sit? If I should flush the pen, does anyone have any suggestions on how to get the last few drops of water out of the 823? Thanks!
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I've been wanting to get a fountain pen for a number of years, but never really got around to it. I decided to go ahead and take the plunge starting with a few Lamy pens and some Iroshizuku ink. While I was at it, I figured I'd take a few pictures of my humble beginnings into the world of fountain pens. My Lamy 2000 and some ink. Rhodia Webnotebook with my Lamy pens. Nomadic PD-03 pen case from Jetpens. Currently carrying my Lamy pens as well as a few Pilot V5's and Pigma Micron pens. It even stands up!
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I've been writing my sub-contractor's weekly check with Iroshizuku Kiri-Same, my current favorite gray ink that looks like graphite. Apparently the bank hesitates to accept it because it looks like it's written with a pencil. The branch manager and the teller huddle together and scrutinize the check, unsure if it's legitimate. This has been happening for the past few weeks now. "Did you ask them to try to erase it? Maybe then they'll realize it's not a pencil," I said. "I did. They tried, It wouldn't. But still..." Today he stopped me and said "Please, let me give you a normal pen. It's too much trouble trying to explain your obscure fountain pen ink." I could only laugh and give in. OK, so it's not a great story, but it's true.
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Hi friends! I've been gradually getting deeper and deeper into this world o' fountain pens since giving my first Lamy Safari a shot two years ago. I finally wrote a post on my own blog about the hobby and what fountain pens mean to me and why I like them, which necessitated some pictures. So I busted out my camera and tried to get all pretty-like with some of my gear. All of what you see below is also in the blog post. Hope you enjoy these first attempts. Feedback and advice greatly appreciated. And thanks to all for the mountains of info I've gleaned as a long-time lurker here on FPN. Wouldn't have enjoyed the beginnings of this fanaticism wonderful hobby without you all! -The Idle Expatter (AKA Steve B.) My overall favorite ink, J. Herbin 1670 Rouge Hematite. The Rouge H. again with (the reverse side of) a sheet of Crane & Co. triple hairline My Faber-Castell e-motion in pearwood, a bottle of Iroshizuku kon-peki, and my custom-made journal from Bibliographica (on Etsy) A random dip pen and a bottle of J. Herbin vert reseda Iroshizuku kon-peki, enjoying some fresh air and sunlight (don't worry, only long enough to take the picture) My Kaweco Student (underrated gem of a pen, by the way!) and another handmade Bibliographica journal, this one called "The Nomad" Kaweco Student, Bibliographica "Nomad" journal, an orange Leuchtturm1917 dot pocket notebook, and an unlabeled bottle of Caran d'Ache Storm B for me Wordsworth in red (J. Herbin 1670 Rouge Hematite, out of a Lamy with a 1.5mm italic)
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A beautiful 1930's plunger vacuum-fill Sheaffer Balance has just come into my possession. Woo! It is my first vintage pen, and I want to take proper care of it. I'm trying to decide what ink to put in it. I have: De Atramentis Aubergine Diamine Oxblood Noodler's Black Swan In Australian Roses Noodler's Green Marine Pilot Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku What do you think of the safety of these inks in this pen? Should I avoid the Noodler's? Do I need to get different ink altogether?
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My mother bought me a beautiful bottle of Iroshizuku Shin-Ryoku for Christmas, and while I love the color (a very vibrant green), it just wasn’t getting much use because vibrant colors don’t have a good place in my academic writing. Plus, it’s not at all water resistant. So, I decided to try mixing it with a bit of Noodler’s Heart of Darkness, and this is what emerged: It’s a 4:1 mix of green/black and the result is a dark green that exhibits lots of shading, a pretty wet flow, and reasonably fast dry times. Oh, and water resistance! That’s the result of a thorough soaking. The green spreads a bit depending on the paper (how absorbent/coated it is) but the black component is still perfectly readable. I’ve been using this ink for a few weeks now on my homework and lately in my Seven Seas journaland it is behaving wonderfully. I do find that sometimes I get bits of writing that are lighter than others, but this is usually alleviated by inverting the pen to make sure the ink inside is well mixed. Paper used is M by Staples arc refill, and all opinions expressed above are completely my own. :-)
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I am rather excited to have received a few bottles of Iroshizuku ink for the first time! Having used either Parker Quink Back (back in the day) and for the last few years Waterman's Black, I must say that the influence here nudged me in the direction of trying out coloured inks - which I have never done before, partly because I wasn't that fussed on what was available here. Writing samples posted here started to make me wonder; so I took the plunge and have to say I am very glad I did. So, first off, I tried the Tsuki-yo (Moonlight). Nice shading....in fact, very, very nice shading; but the colour didn't really do much for me. I found myself staring at the page thinking, 'meh'. A pang of doubt crept in as I began to wonder if I had made a mistake. Second attempt: Yama-guri (Chestnut). I breathed a great sigh of relief. A very beautiful ink. Not a huge amount of shading, but I love the colour. Number three: Ina-ho (rice ear). By now I knew I was on to a good thing. Really beautiful ink. Nothing I would have ever dreamt of using, but the colour and the shading just make me want to write. Last - but certainly not least: Syo-ro (Dew on the Pine). This one truly blew me away. It is an incredibly beautiful teal. I actually thought I might like this one the least, but it has just the right amount of shading, it's quite quick drying and the colour,....well, I just keep looking at it and thinking 'mmmm'. Waiting on the Asa-gao and the Kon-peki. For some reason the supplier in their wisdom posted it in two separate boxes, but I'm looking forward to getting them now. So far I think that the Syo-ro might empty all too quickly!
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I'd heard this one was Iroshizuku's periwinkle blue. It looks close. I like a good periwinkle color. It's just fun to say. This seems a little drier than some of the Iroshizuku inks I've tried. Just a bit. Still flows good and doesn't feather, bleed, or insult your mom. As standard for Iroshizuku. Did better with the water test than I was expecting. It's close in color to Namiki Blue. (which I realize now I forgot to add to the comparisons on the sheet)
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Hello dear fellow penthusiasts, I would like to share my Iroshizuku Ajisai review with you. Ajisai is a nice, elegant, mute blue with nearly no shading. It has a bit tendency to bleed thorugh the copy paper. But still a fine color for daily use. You can check my blog for more photos if you want to. http://www.banasikcayaz.com/2013/09/pilot-iroshizuku-ajisai-ink-review.html
