Sailor Kobe # 10 Mikage Grey

[visvamitra]

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Kobe (神戸市 Kōbe-shi) is the sixth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture. It is located on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bayand about 30 km (19 mi) west of Osaka. With a population around 1.5 million, the city is part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto. Its name comes from "kanbe" (神戸), an archaic title for supporters of the city's Ikuta Shrine. Kobe became one of Japan's 17 designated cities in 1956.

Kobe is famous for its shirines and nioce architecture but among fountain pen and ink afficionados the name Kobe cause increased heart-rate. The city is a home of Nagasawa-Kobe stationery shop that offers incredible lione of more than fifty inks made by Sailor.

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https://kobe-nagasawa.co.jp/

My master - plan is to prepare comparison of full line of Nagasawa-Kobe inks. Not an easy task as they're not the most obtainable inks on the market, but hopefully I'll manage to do it

At the moment Nagasawa-Kobe offers 52 inks:

• Rokko Green
• Pier Blue
• Old Foreigner Ward Sepia
• Kitano Foreigners Residence Red
• East Asia Black
• Kobe Bordeaux
• Kaikyo Blue
• Arima Amber
• Suma Purple
• Mikage Grey
• Ikuta Orange
• Okamoto Pink
• Nunobiki Emerald
• Maya Lapis
• Maiko Green
• Nada Brown
• Shioya Blue
• Sannomiya Panse
• Minatogawa Lime
• Motomachi Rouge
• Taisanji Yellow
• Shinkaichi Gold
• Nagata Blue
• Nakayamate Black
• Tarumi Apricot
• Wadamisaki Blue
• Kounan Maroon
• Suzuran Green
• Suma Kaihin Blue
• Ooji Cherry
• Kaigan Stone Grey
• Tamon Purple Grey
• Rikyuu Moon Yellow
• Sourakuen Tea Green
• Suwayama Leaf Green
• Sakaemachi Indigo
• Minatojima Island Blue
• Kitanozaka Night Blue
• Kobe Brick
• Sumiyoshi Brown
• Suma Rikyu Rose
• Rokko Island Sky
• Gakuen Toshi Fresh Green
• Sumaura Seaside Blue
• Hashibuse Silhouette Green
• Nagisa Museum Grey
• Aoya Cascade Green
• Suidousuji Marchais Blue
• Kitano Olive Green
• Kyo-machi Legend Blue
• Kano-cho Midnight
• Shioya Vintage Sepia

Mikage Grey is decent grey ink with purple accents. On Tomoe River it looks stronly purplish on other papers it can still be called grey. Not bad.

Ink Splash

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Drops of ink on kitchen towel

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Software ID

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Color range

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Tomoe River, Kaweco Classic Sport, B

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Leuchturm 1917, Kaweco Classic Sport, B

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Oxford, Hero 5028, stub 1,9

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[T4TEXAS]

Thanks for all the effort on these careful reviews. I like complex grays, but this one may be too purple for me.

[shuuemura]

Thanks for the review! This is one of my favourite inks. I love ambiguous ink colours!

Edited November 13, 2015 by shuuemura

[Oranges and Apples]

What a wonderful colour. I'm assuming it is only obtainable from said store with no other outlets of procurement.

[brunico]

Ebay seller cool-japan.

[visvamitra]

Ebay seller cool-japan.

[Barkingpig]

Can the title of the post be corrected to indicate that this is #10 & not #11? I was surprised to see the grey ink until I realised the # difference between the title & the information inside the review.

 

As always a wonderful introduction to an interesting ink. Thank you.

[visvamitra]

@Barkingpig - done

[Oranges and Apples]

Thank you. I'll be on the lookout, there aren't any listings as of now.

[Ghost Plane]

Just enough purple to sneak onto my wish list.

[rudyhou]

very nice purplish grey. reminds me of once a sailor limited edition ink 'chu shu grey'

[ethernautrix]

Oh, that is a nice grey. It recalls... Iroshizuku... which one? [Thinking aloud.]

 

I'm using Faber-Castell Stone Grey these days (for the past couple of, few months).... It'd be cool to see these two side-by-each. Off-hand, FBSG is lighter.

 

Anyway, very nice.

[amberleadavis]

Just enough purple to sneak onto my wish list.

 

I was thinking something similar. I like the blue / purple grays, but wasn't a big fan of Tamon Purple.