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Sailor Kingdom Note "green Experience" Parmotrema Tinctorum

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Sailor and Kingdom Note have been collaborating on inks for some time now, five years I think. This year (2017) they started a new series called "Green Experience" which like the other series such as "Insects" and "Fungi" consists of five inks. Two cover green plants from Southeast Asia, and three are based on green plants in Japan. This is a fairly broad category and could cover the many many shades of green, but it seems this line focuses on the slightly bluish greens found in nature. KN and Sailor have chosen some very interesting shades.

 

This shade perfectly captures the color and tonality of the named lichen, Parmotrema tinctorum. So it is a bit on the lighter side of the scale. Actually a good bit on the lighter side. But it is still quite readable and in a wider, wetter nib can be quite interesting I think. It has excellent shading, and for me, this quality is so much more important than sheen. Plus this ink is waterproof, or nearly so, at least with absorbent paper.

 

This site has a great page on Parmotrema tinctorum, and some great pics of this lichen. The ink really does caputre this very well.

http://eol.org/pages/195278/overview

 

So this is a very interesting ink, and not totally unobtanium (i.e., you must travel to Japan or have friends that live or travel there). Cost about $35 depending on exchange rates, shipping costs, etc.

 

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The simple chromatography shows how muted this ink really is, and it has lots of yellow in the mix, unlike what I said at the top of the page.

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Nothing lifted, nothing washed away. Impressive.

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I think is interesting.... but I can see LG dropping by and saying it reminds him of Tundra Green (SeitzK)

 

 

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The few SK inks I tried are way more watery and light than anything from Sailor. But maybe the Tundra Green is different. But this is in the lighter category for Sailor, so not everyone will like it.

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I like the water resistant bit. Wish I could get it in the US.

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This is dreamy !

It looks darker than SK Tundra Green but still has all that un saturated calmness about it and I presume impeccable Sailor ink manners.

Can't believe I've already started Googgling for some . . . :unsure:

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Shut.. a friend was going to put one aside for me, and I told him "no thanks... too light". I'll see if I can go back and get it. ;)

 

 

 

This is dreamy !

It looks darker than SK Tundra Green but still has all that un saturated calmness about it and I presume impeccable Sailor ink manners.

Can't believe I've already started Googgling for some . . . :unsure:

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Hmmm now I'm thinking this might be the colour to tempt me back to be a daily green user... depends how similar it is to... Herbin's Vert Empire, which I used to be a devotee of a few years back and

MB Jonathan Swift Seaweed Green which may be in the same ballpark.

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I don't have the inks you mention, but based on images seen online they are darker than this ink which is quite similar to the lichen for which the ink is named.

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Indeed! I'll have to break this one out and see what it has become...

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I have loaded this ink into the same pen as used in the original review, a Pelikan M200 Cafe Creme. And the ink is... unchanged after four years. It slightly leans towards the yellow side of the green spectrum, while the Storpharia leans towards the blue. They are now, both very similar. I actually prefer the Parmotrema. It is not a light ink, but less saturated than some. Still with very nice shading. Here are a couple pics. The first showing the ink itself all alone; the second in comparison with the Stropharia.

 

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