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I did not end up getting any pens as the only thing I was looking for was a Sailor Hieroglyph pen (or possibly its Pilot cousin, but really the Sailor was my target) but did not find one.

I picked up 9 bottles of ink (OK 10 really but Visconti Blue does not count!)

Here they are:

 

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I did not end up getting any pens as the only thing I was looking for was a Sailor Hieroglyph pen (or possibly its Pilot cousin, but really the Sailor was my target) but did not find one.

I picked up 9 bottles of ink (OK 10 really but Visconti Blue does not count!)

Here they are:

 

Nice haul!

 

How did you get them on the plane?

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I did not end up getting any pens as the only thing I was looking for was a Sailor Hieroglyph pen (or possibly its Pilot cousin, but really the Sailor was my target) but did not find one.

Are you talking about the Sailor Pharaohs? I think I saw one earlier today here in Seoul, if you're inclined to make the short hop.

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2) Moresi 2nd Limited Edition Delta Demonstrator

3) y.y. Pen Club #4 and #10

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That's what I want to ask too - will sellers in Japan be able to ship ink overseas? After coming back from Tokyo I regretted I didn't buy more. Now I want to have Sailor Ultra Black and Blue Nano ink, perhaps a few bottles of Bungbox. The small Itoya shop at Haneda doesn't have many choices so I couldn't do last minute shopping.

 

The price of a bottle of Ultra Black (Kiwakuro) on Rakuten is around 1500 yen (about US$15) but here in Hong Kong it's more than US$30 and the main problem is, I don't see many stockists carrying Japanese ink.

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That's what I want to ask too - will sellers in Japan be able to ship ink overseas? After coming back from Tokyo I regretted I didn't buy more. Now I want to have Sailor Ultra Black and Blue Nano ink, perhaps a few bottles of Bungbox. The small Itoya shop at Haneda doesn't have many choices so I couldn't do last minute shopping.

 

The price of a bottle of Ultra Black (Kiwakuro) on Rakuten is around 1500 yen (about US$15) but here in Hong Kong it's more than US$30 and the main problem is, I don't see many stockists carrying Japanese ink.

If you're willing to use Tenso.com or equivalent, you can get anything shipped to you for a fee; the fees can be steep if you only have small shipments though.

On the Hunt For:

1) Atelier Simoni ID Demonstrator Natural Rhodium (As if it existed.)

2) Moresi 2nd Limited Edition Delta Demonstrator

3) y.y. Pen Club #4 and #10

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I did not end up getting any pens as the only thing I was looking for was a Sailor Hieroglyph pen (or possibly its Pilot cousin, but really the Sailor was my target) but did not find one.

I picked up 9 bottles of ink (OK 10 really but Visconti Blue does not count!)

Here they are:

 

The Sailor inks, are those new inks or just new packaging?

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Nice haul!

 

How did you get them on the plane?

I carried on as many as I could (has to fit in the quart sized ziplock bag...I got 4 in there. The rest I taped the lids (after snugging them down) and put them in a gallon sized ziplock bag and put them all in my checked luggage and prayed! :) They all made it intact!

 

Are you talking about the Sailor Pharaohs? I think I saw one earlier today here in Seoul, if you're inclined to make the short hop.

I would consider it if I was still in Japan... These are the pens I was looking for: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/239683-sailor-egyptian-hieroglyphs-pen/

 

The Sailor inks are reissues of past limited release inks that were very popular. They are back by popular demand and supposedly part of the permanent line now. Probably available in the US in June or July per another thread here on FPN.

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That's what I want to ask too - will sellers in Japan be able to ship ink overseas? After coming back from Tokyo I regretted I didn't buy more. Now I want to have Sailor Ultra Black and Blue Nano ink, perhaps a few bottles of Bungbox. The small Itoya shop at Haneda doesn't have many choices so I couldn't do last minute shopping.

At least two of my Iroshizuku bottles were shipped to me (in California) from Japanese sellers.

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