Sailor Sherbet Purple

[Centopar]

Taizo managed to get this to me in the UK from Japan in three days: amazing.

 

This ink's advertised as being made especially for demonstrators. It's the same price as regular Sailor Jentle inks, and is available in Purple, Pink, Blue and Mint; all the colours are pastel shades. I only bought the Purple; I already have a couple of low-saturation pinks, and didn't fancy the Blue or the Mint.

 

 

The saturation is so low that the finger I used in the smear test at the bottom of the page has no visible evidence of ink on it!

 

I wrote this page last night, and looked at it then under halogen lights. It appeared much lighter than it does today, in daylight (which I had to wait for to take pictures). It's actually more readable in daylight, and I like it more. It's a very soft and pretty colour; if my Grandma was still around I bet she'd have loved to receive notes written in it.

 

Here it is in the pen. I was a bit disappointed here: I'd been expecting that it'd be much more jewel-like and transparent in a demonstrator than other purples, but it turns out to be surprisingly dark-looking in the pen. I'll report back when it's empty on whether it's easier to clean than other purples; I suspect it will be.

 

 

I haven't seen many places stocking this ink, which has been available for less than a month, yet. I got mine from Engeika. There are bottle pics and a picture of Sailor's swatch card at Crónicas Estilográficas.

 

In summary, this ink is not something I'll be using daily, but I'm sure I can find applications for it; I won't be buying its siblings, though.

[Jadie]

Thank you! I was waiting for a review of these inks, and your pictures have convinced me that saturation is, indeed, too low for me to be exciting. Guess I'll skip them this round.

[saskia_madding]

Thanks for your review! I feel the same as Jadie - these inks are indeed too low in saturation for me to be thrilled with them. Instead, I'll spend the money on some more Kobe inks. I appreciate being able to see writing samples so I can make better decisions about what ink to get though!

[amberleadavis]

Thank you for the review. I will not be buying this ink because I like the super saturated colors, but I'm really glad I was able to see it. Thanks!

[sitnstew]

An interesting ink but I can't think of any situation where I'd possibly use something like this. Thanks for the review.

[swanjun]

Yes, thank you! I really *want* to like these, especially pink and mint, but I just can't. I already have Sailor Peche and Diamine Soft MInt and those are probably light enough for me.

[holgalee]

Thanks for the review. It might make a good highlighter or outlining ink I think!

[Centopar]

I *do* find I've been using the pen this is in now and again: for marginal notes, for short additions to my diary, for adding notes and highlights to diagrams (probably where it's been most useful), and not for much else. Basically, if what I have to write is going to be longer than a single sentence, I find I'm choosing something else, because this is just hard to read in blocks of text.

[georges zaslavsky]

too light purple not for me