Kobe Ink Ijinkan Red 4 - Compact Review

[Jan2016]

[Jan2016]

[Jan2016]

[Jan2016]

[Uncial]

This ink has been on my list of wants for a very long time and this review confirms I need to have it!

[farazqamar]

I just got the last bottle from vanness last week

[Jan2016]

@ Uncial:

It will not disappoint you, it is one of my favorites

 

Shading, sheen, variation in color from red to brick brown, it is never boring.

[DrDebG]

Very nice review! Thank you. This looks like a great color.

[Uncial]

Bit the bullet and got it and the ink arrived today. I immediately put it into a nice wet nib and......oh well. I don't get anything as dramatic as your lovely BB M1000. It's a nice ink but I don't get a great deal of shading out of it in a medium nib. Kind of a fresh, blood red.

[Jan2016]

As you can see I also get the shading with the dip pen, which is like an EF, if not EEF :-)

[amberleadavis]

I love what you are doing.

[Jan2016]

Thank you! I like to do it, and I hope it will help people out...

[ErrantSmudge]

Having a huge body of ink samples, all from the same writer, pen and paper, is a huge benefit to us all because we can get a good idea how the inks relate to one another.

 

I am so curious about this red. A while back, I saw a writing sample of this ink from visvamitra which made this look like the best red ink ever. It was part of a pen review he wrote: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/319801-aurora-85th-anniversary-fountain-pen-in-red-aureloide/

 

The shading and the hues from light to dark in his (her?) sample were just stunning. I see some of that variation in this sample too. I may have to get this ink. Vanness has it but it is pricey.

Edited November 30, 2017 by ErrantSmudge

[Jan2016]

You can see the shading in the my writing samples, and in the " bars"

It is always a little bit dangerous to say something about favorite Red... but...

this comes close :-)

[lgsoltek]

Having a huge body of ink samples, all from the same writer, pen and paper, is a huge benefit to us all because we can get a good idea how the inks relate to one another.

 

I am so curious about this red. A while back, I saw a writing sample of this ink from visvamitra which made this look like the best red ink ever. It was part of a pen review he wrote: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/319801-aurora-85th-anniversary-fountain-pen-in-red-aureloide/

 

The shading and the hues from light to dark in his (her?) sample were just stunning. I see some of that variation in this sample too. I may have to get this ink. Vanness has it but it is pricey.

 

This is indeed a gorgeous ink. (And Visvamitra is a "he". )

[Uncial]

It takes Tomoe River Paper to really make this ink shine. On lots of other paper it appears very flat and dull with little shading; at least that's been my experience with it.