Iroshizuku Syo-Ro: A Handwritten(Drawn) Review.

[koofle]

Have been a bit busy in the past few weeks doing the recordings, but here's a written review!

http://i.imgur.com/JCkTByF.jpg

 

[The Good Captain]

A great review of a really interesting colour. Very nice indeed.

[Sailor Kenshin]

I enjoy the comparison with other, similar colors! Thanks for the review.

[MisterBoll]

Thanks! Love the drawings.

[koofle]

Welcome! I was actually looking for a darker green, but getting my first blue-green ink isn't too bad either!

[Sailor Kenshin]

How dark a green? Levenger Forest, Diamine Green-Black, Noodler's Sequoia, Bad Green Gator and G. I. Green are all quite dark.

[pajhurley]

Excellent review; I love the comparisons with other inks, drawings and use of the extra broad calligraphy nib.

 

The property of syo-ro that I particularly like is the way the ink's color changes on Rhodia and other high quality paper; from a dark blue to green (the level of blue to green varies with pen's stroke - wetter lines are more blue-ish).

[LagNut]

Koofle,

 

 

Nice review on one of my favorites. I really like this from a Lamy EF, which for some reason just seems right to me. This is an ink I always try to have available, as it just makes me smile to write with it. A big part of this to me is the I think aluded to in pajhurley's post:

 

 

The property of syo-ro that I particularly like is the way the ink's color changes on Rhodia and other high quality paper; from a dark blue to green (the level of blue to green varies with pen's stroke - wetter lines are more blue-ish).

 

Pajhurley (and Koofle)

 

What I notice with this ink is that when it leaves the nib it is a beautiful dark blue with a tinge of green, but when it dries after a minute, it's a dark green with a hint of blue. It may be my choice of nib (which is not the most flexible, and is fine, but is enjoyable for me to write with), but I see some shading, but the most stunning effect is the wet -> dry transition.

 

Nice to see the extent of shading possible with wider nibs. I also need to get this monitor color balanced right. The colors look correct when I see on on a different monitor, but on this monitor, it looks teal and not green.

 

Thanks for this review, nice to see this ink...

 

Cheers,

Mike