Sailor Kingdom Note "green Experience" Japanese Beech

[white_lotus]

Each year KN works with the Sailor master ink maker to produce a new set of inks for the shop. This year it appears the title of the series is "Green Experience" and it focuses on some green plants native to Asia and Japan.

This ink is one of five in the series, and that number is fairly common in the KN series. This is the darkest ink of the bunch, and one of the darkest green inks in my collection. It is darker than Sailor Miruai and Tokiwa-matsu, darker then KWZ Midnight Green by a bit, darker than Diamine Deep Dark Green (Cult Pens). It is near black, but a close inspection, and any comparison with a real black or another green shows the ink to be green. Unfortunately the iPhone seems to want to make all the writing just black. I tried adjusting various settings with minimal success. Even though the ink is dark it can still be shady; it all depends on the paper and pen. On Tomoe River it is quite dramatic, more subtle on the Mohawk paper.

The only problem I had was a little bit of show through and some pin points of bleed through on the absorbent Mohawk via Linen. So that's one thing to watch out for.

Given the high dye load, those who like to dilute their inks may be able to explore some alternatives in hue with this ink.

Unfortunately the writing looks just black in the images; perhaps I'll try again on a different day with different lighting. It is very water resistant. Very good flow and lubrication.

[amberleadavis]

WOW, that's dark. I kinda like it. Thanks for the review.