Sailor kiwaguro - still in awe

[TheDutchGuy]

A well-loved ink with many reviews here on FPN, such as this one. Couldn't resist to dedicate another topic to it, not a review but more of an appreciation thread.

 

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Photographed at an angle:

 

This isn't just sheen, not just a haloing effect... this stuff is two colors at once depending on where you look. Add to that it's wonderful other properties.... wow.

[white_lotus]

❤️ This was my very first ink. When I first started with fountain pens, well I had just one pen, and I believed that you needed just one ink — a black one. I kind of branched out on the colors (haha!). Whenever I fill a pen with black ink I also feel that whatever beings written is more serious.

 

Thanks for the reminder about this ink. I'll fill my original pen with it...

Edited December 16, 2020 by white_lotus
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[TheDutchGuy]

On 12/16/2020 at 4:06 AM, white_lotus said:

I'll fill my original pen with it...

 

How do you like your original pen/ink combo now, compared to when you first started out with the hobby?

[white_lotus]

I still like it a lot.

[Intensity]

My favorite black ink for writing now.  I resisted it for a long time, but I too love the silver sheen and the flow quality.  For drawing, I still prefer cool-toned black inks like Iro Take Sumi: beautiful wash with coppery sheen.