Sakura-Mori Sailor Jentle Ink (2016)

[visvamitra]

In 1911, Mr. Kyugoro Sakata, an engineer from Hiroshima in Japan, was introduced to the fountain pen. Mr. Sakata was so intrigued by the design and function of the pen he decided to begin a company to craft the finest writing instruments in the world. In honor of his British friend, he chose to name the company Sailor Pen.

The Sailor Pen Company has maintained this heritage of quality and technical perfection over the years. Apart from offering very well made pens, the company has employed an ink master - pure genius who's managed to create greates fountain pen inks ever (it's my opinion not validated by research but shared by many of us). I would guess that during the years Sailor created approximately 600-800 inks (most of them under other names).

One of internatioonally available line of Sailor inks is Sailor Jentle line. At the moment we have two of them. The new one reintroduces colors that were missed by hundreds of geeks. I'vwe bought full line of new Jentle inks and I'll review them all in following weeks. The inks are:

1. Chu-shu
   
2. Fuji-musume
   
3. Irori
   
4. Kin-mokusei
   
5. Rikyu-cha
   
6. Sakura-mori
   
7. Waka-uguisu
   
8. Yuki-akari
   

Today I'll say few words about

Sakura-mori

Sakura-mori translates as cherry blossom forest, and it seems to be accurate given the soft pinkhues of this ink. The color is weakly saturated and rather inpractical. I don't hate it but I won't find any use for it.

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Color ID

Color range

Tomoe River, Kaweco AL Sport, broad nib

Leuchtturm1917, Kaweco AL Sport, broad nib

Kokuyo Campus Myo, Hero 5028, stub 1,5

No-name notebook, Hero 5028, stub 1,5

Oxford optic, Hero 5028, stub 1,5

Water resistance

Edited November 24, 2016 by visvamitra

[saskia_madding]

Yeah, I don't love this one. Your review is great, as usual, but it highlights the lack of saturation which makes it pretty impractical. I used to use it for mixing, putting a drop or two of darker pink into it. Now I barely even bother with that.

[inkstainedruth]

Thanks for the review.

This one is WAAAY too light to be legible. It's a pretty color, but not an ink for me.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Ghost Plane]

Ugh. That shade brings back memories of being sent to the school nurse.

[lgsoltek]

Even Bouquet d'antan is darker than this thing.

[bobje]

The yellow halo is wild. Great review of an unusual ink.

[mehandiratta]

I am sure the artists who use inks... will love this...

[visvamitra]

Yes, you nay be right. It's delicate and I can imagine someone using it to color stuff. It won't be me though

[domzals1]

I could definitely see my fiancée loving an ink like this. Much too light for me.

[Charles Skinner]

Do you think this ink will fade, over time, in a closed journal? C. S.