Ebisu Gold Bung Box Ink

[visvamitra]

Sailor is my favourite ink maker (ex-aeque with J. Herbin). Sadly their most interesting inks are available only in Japan or from internet retailers. There are few japanese shops famous for their wide and interesting range of Sailor inks. One of most well-known is Bung Box. A lot of people were taken by interesting bottles and intriguing colors. It seems however that recently many ink enthusiasts started to shy away from this line since Bung Box inks became much more bitterly expensive than other Sailor inks.

The line consists of quite a few colors. My list is incomplete and most of the names aren't translated well. If you have full list of BB inks and/or could help me with correcting english names, help me sort this out

1. 4B Blue/Black
   
2. BB Espresso
   
3. Dandyism
   
4. Ebisu Gold
   
5. Emerald
   
6. Enshu Black
   
7. First Love Sapphire
   
8. Fresh Oranges of Lake Hamana
   
9. Fuyiyama Blue
   
10. Hamanako Eel
    
11. Imperial Purple
    
12. Ink of the Witch
    
13. L’Amant
    
14. Luminous Green
    
15. Melancholic Gray
    
16. Mocha
    
17. Music Black
    
18. Nostalgia
    
19. Oamezaki Sunset
    
20. Omaezaki Ocean
    
21. Omaezaki Blue
    
22. Orange
    
23. Pink
    
24. Ruby
    
25. Sapphire
    
26. Silent Night
    
27. Soleil
    
28. Tears of Clown
    
29. Tortoise Shell Brown
    

Before I write few words about the ink allow me to start by saying thank you mmg122 for sending me samples of different inks.

It seems Ebisu Gold isn't amazingly popular.

After trying it, I'm not really surprised.

It's not good ink. It's not terribly bad either. The main issue I have with this ink is the fact it lacks saturation and lubrication. It felt somewhat dry in Lamy fine nib. Using it was rather unplesant. I do believe that in very wet pens the line may appear richer. In this particular pens/nibs combos though this ink was dissapointing.

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Software ID

Color range

Rhodia, Lamy AL-Star, broad nib

Leuchtturm1917, Lamy AL-Star, fine nib

Tsubame, Lamy AL-Star, medium nib

Water resistance

[julia239]

I am not the least bit interested in this ink. Thanks for saving me some money!

[conib]

Did you do your Software ID for Ebisu?

[Chrissy]

Thanks for the review Vis. I'm sorry to say that I have seen several better gold inks than this one. I like my gold inks to look gold, but to still be saturated and easily readable. Like Sheaffer King's Gold or P.E. Amber or Louis Vuitton Or Audacieux. I'm quite happy that I now know I don't need this one.

[Tasmith]

Ebisu, Japanese God of good fortune, so the gold color makes sense.

 

 

 

 

Edited March 4, 2017 by Tasmith

[visvamitra]

[Ghost Plane]

Eew!

[conib]

Thanks Vis for posting your review, and the Software ID -- much appreciated. :-)

[inkstainedruth]

Thanks for the review.

I can probably also pass on this ink. It's pretty, and the shading is good -- but overall it's really a bit light to be really legible in the long run. Plus, it looks as if it's got zero water resistance.

Too bad, I have been kinda looking for another gold-colored ink....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth