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Kuretake Kyara - Dark Green

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Thanks for a great review. This is waaaay too dark for me.

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I saw these Kuretake inks and was curious about them (partly because the bottles are really neat...), so thanks for your review! The store I was browsing had them listed as Sumi inks (which, as far as I know, aren't generally FP friendly) so I wonder if these are different from ordinary dye-based inks.

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Wow... this looks like a very interesting green-black. From what I see here, this looks like an ink that I would like. Too bad that shipping from the US to Europe is so expensive. Hopefully a European distributor will take an interest in these inks.

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I first saw this ink on one of the (maybe Rakuten?) shopping sites for ink. They offered the ink, as well as empty bottles & I remember being excited to add a bottle & some empty bottles to my cart. As often is the case, the site then disclaims that the Seller cannot ship the item to my address. I have never used a shipping service so I usually give up & think, "Oh well."

 

They sell overseas, but have to use the global Rakuten site.

 

https://global.rakuten.com/en/store/mita-club/item/kuretake-mksi-yoyaku/

https://global.rakuten.com/en/store/mita-club/item/kuretake-mksi-001-bin/

 

They also give 3 free international standard size cartridge of the purple-black or green-black as sample for every ink purchase.

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They sell overseas, but have to use the global Rakuten site.

 

https://global.rakuten.com/en/store/mita-club/item/kuretake-mksi-yoyaku/

https://global.rakuten.com/en/store/mita-club/item/kuretake-mksi-001-bin/

 

They also give 3 free international standard size cartridge of the purple-black or green-black as sample for every ink purchase.

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I saw these Kuretake inks and was curious about them (partly because the bottles are really neat...), so thanks for your review! The store I was browsing had them listed as Sumi inks (which, as far as I know, aren't generally FP friendly) so I wonder if these are different from ordinary dye-based inks.

 

 

Yes, I have the same question regarding fountain pen friendliness. The Vanness swatches say sumi too. I can't find much info but would guess they are pigment and not dye-based.

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Yes, I have the same question regarding fountain pen friendliness. The Vanness swatches say sumi too. I can't find much info but would guess they are pigment and not dye-based.

Not pigmented. Easily cleaned out too, and no clogging.

This is after 4 consecutive fills in a Japanese F nib without any cleaning in between.

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Not pigmented. Easily cleaned out too, and no clogging.

This is after 4 consecutive fills in a Japanese F nib without any cleaning in between.

 

I agree. I have been gone for a couple of weeks and had left a few drops in a pen. The ink had dried by the time I got home. I was amazed how easy it was to clean out of the pen even after drying.

 

While I am not overly excited about the color, I love the formulation. For anyone who likes a highly saturated ink, this is a winner.

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Recently got this and the Jyako Purple. Didn't try them, but the bottles are absolutely amazing, got the brass cup for them as well. :wub: My Japanese friend was kind to carry them to my hand :blush:

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Recently got this and the Jyako Purple. Didn't try them, but the bottles are absolutely amazing, got the brass cup for them as well. :wub: My Japanese friend was kind to carry them to my hand :blush:

 

Looking forward to hearing your impressions, particularly of the Jyako Purple.

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Recently got this and the Jyako Purple. Didn't try them, but the bottles are absolutely amazing, got the brass cup for them as well. :wub: My Japanese friend was kind to carry them to my hand :blush:

 

 

 

Looking forward to hearing your impressions, particularly of the Jyako Purple.

 

 

OOOOO YES YES PLEASE. I looked at and it just looked black so I didn't acquire it.

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Looking forward to hearing your impressions, particularly of the Jyako Purple.

 

 

OOOOO YES YES PLEASE. I looked at and it just looked black so I didn't acquire it.

 

Well, in regular use it's basically black, I only saw the real purple undertone when I smeared a drop of it, although the widest nib I used with it is a Waterman medium, a 1.5mm nib could produce a bit more purple, but didn't go that direction so far.

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Well, in regular use it's basically black, I only saw the real purple undertone when I smeared a drop of it, although the widest nib I used with it is a Waterman medium, a 1.5mm nib could produce a bit more purple, but didn't go that direction so far.

 

 

Thank you for letting us know.

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