Pilot Iroshizuku - Yama-Guri

[jasonchickerson]

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Yama-guri is a great brown. I'm not sure I'll be getting a bottle. It is very, very similar to the inks compared here, and I actually prefer the less saturated Cacao du Brésil and R&K Sepia. Still, Yama-guri could easily replace my favorite CdB if I needed a really wet ink in this color range. Unlike CdB, Yama-guri definitely looks better on warm-tone paper.

 

I'll try to update with chromatography later tonight.

 

Written review on Rhodia Dotpad no. 16, quick sketch of my earbud (sorry, it was what was in my hand when I started drawing) on Strathmore watercolor paper. Reasonable care was taken to ensure color accuracy, but these are natural light photos, so some variation is expected.

Edited February 13, 2015 by jasonchickerson

[lgsoltek]

I like R&K Sepia, so I think I like is one as well. I might order a sample to try it out.

 

Now that earbud, it looks like a Shure...

[Pelikan_FP]

Thank you for your review.

 

I've just started playing with a sample of Yama-Guri and I'm really liking it how it is dark and saturated. It can be used in a professional setting but isn't the black or blue you see everybody else write with. It's behaved very well for me so far and I look forward to testing it out further before making my decision on whether to purchase a bottle of it or not.

 

Cheers!

Edited February 13, 2015 by Pelikan_FP

[jasonchickerson]

Now that earbud, it looks like a Shure...

 

Good ear, er, eye.

[sarahfar]

It is a great ink, absolutely go to. Nice work.....

[visvamitra]

Nice one

[jmccarty3]

Nice review of one of my favorite browns.

[dms525]

Nice review of one of my favorite browns.

+1

 

I currently have Yama-guri in two pens, an M800 with a 0.7mm CI nib and an M800 with a very dry-writing 1.0mm CI nib. This ink is much as described in the former pen, but is less black and much more brown/sepia in the dry-writing, broader nib. I like it a lot, both ways.

 

Thanks for this review.

 

David

[jasonchickerson]

+1

 

I currently have Yama-guri in two pens, an M800 with a 0.7mm CI nib and an M800 with a very dry-writing 1.0mm CI nib. This ink is much as described in the former pen, but is less black and much more brown/sepia in the dry-writing, broader nib. I like it a lot, both ways.

 

Thanks for this review.

 

David

Definitely. If I had a dry writing pen, Yama guri would be in it all the time.

 

The lamy abc with 1.1 nib is fairly dry, but it is my daughter's. I just borrow it for these reviews.

[fountainpenlady]

+1

 

I currently have Yama-guri in two pens, an M800 with a 0.7mm CI nib and an M800 with a very dry-writing 1.0mm CI nib. This ink is much as described in the former pen, but is less black and much more brown/sepia in the dry-writing, broader nib. I like it a lot, both ways.

 

Thanks for this review.

 

David

I was trying to think of when I would have occasion to use. Thanks, I am not a traditional black or blue lover ordinarily, but I can see using this as an alternative to using either of them. I may have to invest in at least a sample. If only to use during a rare instance when I am not using my favorite color.

Edited February 15, 2015 by fountainpenlady

[jasonchickerson]

Here is, finally, the chromatography:

 

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