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Thanks @JungleJim for the sample. A very interesting colour for those who enjoy chameleon inks. This ink may look brown or purple or both depending on paper /angle. 

Just look at the chroma:

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Compariasion

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However, look at the richness and beauty of this ink with a wide/ wet fude nib. The paper is the thick Tomoe River 68 gr. 
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Closeup photo on classic Tomoe River
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I would say that the only downside to this ink, is shipping price. If you don't plan to buy a pen from and live outside of US, well you need to forget about it smile.png :D





• Pens used: Jinhao 450 fude/ medium nib. 
• Shading: Quite a bit
• Ghosting: Not really.
• Bleed through: Depends on paper nib/ combination.  
• Flow Rate: Excellent
• Lubrication: Great
• Nib Dry-out: No
• Start-up: No
• Saturation: Nice and dark
• Shading Potential: Yes
• Sheen: Faint and only on Tomoe River paper
• Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not noticed…
• Nib Creep / “Crud”: Didn’t notice. 
• Staining (pen): Easy to clean…
• Clogging: Nope
• Water resistance: Some
• Availability: 1 oz / 2 oz (28 /56 ml) bottles from their website/.

 

 

 

 

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PS: Nice set of galleries! :D

 

(But I suspect you won't want to continue with one gallery per ink - you only get 50 galleries, but each can have up to 100 photos.  FYI.)

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1 hour ago, LizEF said:

Nice review, @yazeh!  And a very interesting color - that chromatogram is wild. :)

It is isn't it? :)

 

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

PS: Nice set of galleries! :D

 

(But I suspect you won't want to continue with one gallery per ink - you only get 50 galleries, but each can have up to 100 photos.  FYI.)

Thanks. I got it. I'll post all my review photos in one folder. I tend to get messy with my photos.... :D

 

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13 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Thanks. I got it. I'll post all my review photos in one folder. I tend to get messy with my photos....

I find I usually have to experiment to find what works best for me, but in this case, where we're limited to 50 galleries, it sort of limits your options.  Fortunately, you can rename galleries (whether that impacts already-placed photos, I don't know).  Speaking of which - don't edit your photos (even the description) once you've used them in a post or they won't be linked in the post any longer (they may look like they are to you, because of caching, but others who don't have the page cached won't see your photos).  Or, if you edit the photo, go back and re-add it to your post.

 

Comments don't have this problem - you can freely make those.

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7 minutes ago, LizEF said:

I find I usually have to experiment to find what works best for me, but in this case, where we're limited to 50 galleries, it sort of limits your options.  Fortunately, you can rename galleries (whether that impacts already-placed photos, I don't know).  Speaking of which - don't edit your photos (even the description) once you've used them in a post or they won't be linked in the post any longer (they may look like they are to you, because of caching, but others who don't have the page cached won't see your photos).  Or, if you edit the photo, go back and re-add it to your post.

 

Comments don't have this problem - you can freely make those.

Good to know. I was going to move them.. But I'll let them stay. :)

 

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I love the colour of this ink but it has some issues. One, you mention - it really does need a big wet nib to get the most from it. Unfortunately, unlike your experience, I found it lacked lubrication and on certain papers could feel very dry almost to the point of a gritty feeling.

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Great work as usual, Yazeh! Chameleon is the right word... that's fer sure!!

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2 hours ago, Uncial said:

I love the colour of this ink but it has some issues. One, you mention - it really does need a big wet nib to get the most from it. Unfortunately, unlike your experience, I found it lacked lubrication and on certain papers could feel very dry almost to the point of a gritty feeling.

Interesting. Jonah's are wet pens. So that probably mitigated it. And TR 68 paper is very soft and smooth...

2 hours ago, lapis said:

Great work as usual, Yazeh! Chameleon is the right word... that's fer sure!!

Thanks Lapis :)

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Nice writeup @yazeh - thank you :)

 

It looks an interesting ink - not one that appeals a great deal to me personally on a number of levels, but I thoroughly enjoyed seeing it shown off!

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6 hours ago, mizgeorge said:

Nice writeup @yazeh - thank you :)

 

It looks an interesting ink - not one that appeals a great deal to me personally on a number of levels, but I thoroughly enjoyed seeing it shown off!

Thanks mizgeorge, so kind of you :)

 

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Thank you for sharing this review!  Sorry I missed it before.

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10 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

Thank you for sharing this review!

 

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10 hours ago, amberleadavis said:

  Sorry I missed it before.

No problem :)

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