Yama Dori -- Great Ink?

[Charles Skinner]

I read so much on FPN network about Sailor Yama Dori, I decided to buy a bottle. My reaction: Well, it is nice ink, a nice calm color, but I have yet to see and understand why it is "so loved." I read about the ink's "shading" ability. I believe that the term shading, is used to mean the "color" often changes just a little ---- from dark to lighter, etc. --- Is that right? Explain please. Why is it such a great ink? C. S.

[Nierd]

http://i.imgur.com/rWVwJEo.jpg

 

 

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Edited August 30, 2017 by Nierd

[pen2paper]

hmm.. looks like Lamy Petrol..

[DrDebG]

Yama-Dori has many admirers, and some who do not care for it. It is a lovely color with very nice flow, lubrication, saturation and it shades nicely. But perhaps one the things that some many people love about is it's sheen. When used with a wet nib, it has a lustrous red sheen. Note the letters, those particularly written with the Conklin Endura, is jgrasty's review: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/177707-sailor-jentle-yama-dori/

 

See for yourself. Since you have a bottle, drop a few drops on less absorbent paper (i.e. Clairfontaine, Rhodia, Tomoe River, etc.) and let it air dry. You will soon notice the sheen.

 

For me, the negative side of Yama-Dori is that it does stain particularly if left in the pen for awhile. Because of that I only fill my converter with enough for a few days. Then I clean the pen and converter. That seems to help some.

[Charles Skinner]

Am I to understand that sheen means a slight change of color? C. S.

[mauckcg]

Sheen is a color shift. In Yama Dori's case it gets a red sheen if you lay down enough ink. Many Robert Oster inks sheen very easily. Yama Dori is a well behaved ink that, depending on the pen, shades beautifully. It shades the best with wetter writing pens. Similar inks if you don't quite like it, Pilot Ku Jaku, Robert Oster Fire and Ice, and Edelstein Aquamarine. Personally, this is my favorite "family" as it were of color.

[Driften]

I like Yama Dori, but don't care for the smell. My Iroshizuku inks down have any smell that I can tell, so use them more.

[cattar]

Sheen is more - a metallic glow. In a photo it may appear as a color shift. On the page, the original color is still there.

If you have some colorblindness (there are many pairings), you may not be seeing the Yama Dori color or its sheen.

Yama Dori also shades.

In a drier pen with a finer nib, it's a teal ink with Sailor's great lubricity and behavior.

It does stain. And it can fade. And the phenol scent is a bother to some.

[Charles Skinner]

Well, there must be something wrong with my eyes, --- or my pens, --- or my papers! --------- I really like the color of Yama-Dori ---- BUT, ---"try as I might," I continue to fail to see what you folks are calling "sheen", or "shading!"

 

Oh, well, I guess I am "just strange," and strange people have "made history," ------- but that is not likely for me, ---- the poor earthen vessel that I am!

 

Write on, sheen or no sheen ---- shading or no shading ---- into that bright tomorrow! ---- To write is to live, and to live is to write!

 

C. Skinner

[lgsoltek]

Well, there must be something wrong with my eyes, --- or my pens, --- or my papers! --------- I really like the color of Yama-Dori ---- BUT, ---"try as I might," I continue to fail to see what you folks are calling "sheen", or "shading!"

 

Oh, well, I guess I am "just strange," and strange people have "made history," ------- but that is not likely for me, ---- the poor earthen vessel that I am!

 

Write on, sheen or no sheen ---- shading or no shading ---- into that bright tomorrow! ---- To write is to live, and to live is to write!

 

C. Skinner

 

Check out this thread for images of sheen, Charles:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/198510-inks-with-a-sheen/page-7

 

(Damn PhotoBucket for ruining all these photos. More visible photos starting from page 7. Or just start from the last page.)

Edited August 31, 2017 by Lgsoltek

[SeeksAdvice]

Yama-Dori:

 

The good:

Nice sheen, nice saturation, nice lubrication.

 

The smell takes me back to simpler times in the biology lab

 

The bad:

If it gets wet: "Pie Jesu Domine, Dona Eis Requiem." Not only is it not water fast, it's so saturated that it spreads everywhere.

 

Cleaning it out of the pen: "Dies Irae, Dies Illa." You keep cleaning and cleaning and cleaning due to its saturation.

 

 

The verdict:

It's a decent "professional" looking ink. I have a bottle and use it periodically.

 

I also need to spend less time listening to "angry" music such as Verdi's Dies Irae, but eh.