Iroshizuku´s Asa-Gao

[kp288908]

Thank you for the comparison. And, by the way, I love your handwriting.

[lapis]

Thanks for your review. I have rermained silent until now because I, too, don't like this ink. Sure it's expensive but no problem. (If I like an ink enough, I'll buy it.) But IMO it does not have -- as you say -- any really special colour-qualities. All other things like flow, maintenance etc.etc. are very good, but the optics are boring. I see absolutely no real "true blue". Maybe they didn't imagine this in the first place. I see rather a somewhat washed-out greenish blue.

I do have a bottle but I wouldn't ever buy a new one, even it it costed as much as a Diamine ink. Or, in the States, as little as a Noodler's.

I have a lot more favorourite blues.

 

Mike

[sarahfar]

Its not washed out at all. In real use, it is darker than that scan. And it is a true blue. I understand the comments about saturation, but when we talk saturation you usually find have colors especially purple or in the case of Penman both purple and teal/turquoise hues. In real use Asa Ago is a gorgeous very lubricating and generous ink, nothing like Pilot blue which is washed out.

[tinta]

Compared to the sombre blues I have & love, including the IG Salix, the Asa-gao seems almost too bright.

Washed out it is not.

Bring your sun glasses.

[whitelily]

Thank you for all the nice and interesting replies. It´s amazing how differently we experience various colours!

[whitelily]

Thanks for your review. I have rermained silent until now because I, too, don't like this ink. Sure it's expensive but no problem. (If I like an ink enough, I'll buy it.) But IMO it does not have -- as you say -- any really special colour-qualities. All other things like flow, maintenance etc.etc. are very good, but the optics are boring. I see absolutely no real "true blue". Maybe they didn't imagine this in the first place. I see rather a somewhat washed-out greenish blue.

I do have a bottle but I wouldn't ever buy a new one, even it it costed as much as a Diamine ink. Or, in the States, as little as a Noodler's.

I have a lot more favorourite blues.

 

Mike

 

Yes, sometimes it´s hard to give a slightly negative remark about an ink that is so popular. Nevertheless, I do feel that it´s important to be honest when giving a review, esp. because this ink is very expensive. It´s, like I mentioned, very interesting to read all the different replies to how people feel about and experience this colour.