Sailor Kingdom Note "crustacean Series" Marsupenaeus Japonicus

[white_lotus]

So far over the past five years Kingdom Note has collaborated with Sailor to produce a thematic group of inks exclusive for the shop. In 2015, the series was on Crustaceans of Japan, or more specifically, the waters of Japan.

 

Cambaroides japonicus

Birgus latro

Marsupenaeus japonicus

Uca arcuata

Macrocheira kaempferi

 

Originally I was only able to acquire a couple of these, and recently these inks came back in stock, except for the M. kaempferi, and I was able to get two more. I've previously reviewed two of these inks, the C. japonicus and the U. arcuata, The links are above in the list. This review is for the M. japonicus, the Japanese Tiger Prawn. The ink is a mid-value brown that does not lean red, with excellent shading, reasonable dry times, and is nearly waterproof. The ink comes in the standard Sailor "jar" bottle.

 

The two earlier series of "Insects" and "Wild Birds" were very rich inks with heavy dye loads. The "Crustacean" series veers away from that going for more moderate dye loads, excellent shading, and perhaps some other interesting qualities, in this case, water resistance. The handling is fairly typical for Sailor inks with above average flow and lubrication.

 

Originally I was one of the complainers when Sailor switched from heavily saturated inks to this new style. While I personally want an ink to be readable, so I don't want it to be too light, I find these new inks to be perfectly acceptable and quite nice.

 

Of course the difficulty outside Japan is obtaining these inks. Even if they are in stock, most of these shops do not ship outside Japan. So they are not impossible to obtain, but more effort and expense is required.

 

Pen: Pelikan M400 (M)

Papers: MvL=Mohawk via Linen, TR=Tomoe River, Hij=Hammermill 28 lb inkjet, Rhodia=Rhodia 90g ivory.

Camera: iPhone 7

 

 

And while we're on the Japanaese Tiger Prawn, here is some scientific reading for you.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0044848605004163

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Barkingpig]

WELL................"just when you think the coast is clear..........."

 

I like this ink a lot; I do not mind Red leaning Browns, but also appreciate these more "pure" ones. This color is what I thought of as Sepia, before I saw it's many depictions after immersion in the inky world. I agree that it is perfectly useable & think it's attraction is it's subtlety. AND I also can enjoy an "Amberlea" scorcher, but equally happy to have a quieter ink. I used Sailor's Chu Shu today for that very reason.

 

Thank you again for another introduction to a beautiful ink. You make our lives richer, if not our wallets fatter! And I have never worried about the latter; I can eat "carefully," if I can continue to enjoy these inks.

[inkstainedruth]

Ooh, another nice looking one. Just when I thought it was safe to read ink reviews (ESPECIALLY since I'm in the hunt for a sepia-tone brown to match some vintage Skrip ink). But can I get by with a few samples? NOOOOOO. Because white_lotus is reviewing expensive and hard to get exclusive inks....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[DrDebG]

Great review!

[da vinci]

Great review

[RedScarves]

OOoo I really like the look of this ink!
thanks for the review~

[Chrissy]

Thank you for the review. I would quite like it, if it wasn't another 'unobtanium' ink.

[jmccarty3]

I like this one a lot! Great review!

[mmg122]

This is an excellent mid range brown that I like a lot. Thanks for reviewing these awesome Kingdom Note inks, White_Lotus!

[mehandiratta]

Nice... Great review

[senzen]

Great review, this sort of looks like a fresh inking of Yama Guri.