Sailor Ink Studio 252 Review

[dragondazd]

I bought a bottle of Sailor Ink Studio 252 about a year ago.

 

This is a very good example of a multichromatic/dual shading ink. These inks tend to be pale and dry. 252 seems to be less pale and less dry compared to many of the other examples out there, while demonstrating more than one color in a stroke. This ink has a murky red-pink base with a green color riding the surface, which combines to a grey. Sometimes you see the green on its own. Imagine a lake with pink sand and a "wave" of green. If the green is on the pink, it's dark pink as you see in the puddle. If the pink settles out and a green "wave" settles somewhere, you may see that grey or green color separate from the pink. 

 

This ink is still dry and light. Generally, I find it marginally legible but unpleasantly dry in my narrower nibs. 

 

 

While not perfect, I find that this ink is versatile enough for my use. Great shading. I like the pink, grey, and green colors.

[yazeh]

Great review @dragondazd. I like muted inks but am ambivalent with faded inks... Noodler's has a range of muted purples which are not so bad either

 

[LizEF]

Thanks for the review, @dragondazd!   While these inks are pretty to look at in reviews, these reviews are confirming my initial disinterest in super-pale inks.   Fortunately, there are plenty of inks that look great in finer and drier nibs.  Sincerely appreciate you sharing your evaluations and experiences with these.

[dftr]

Shoot I like the way it looks in the swab as a rich velvet w/ sheen... but in your writing especially the fine nibs, it's too light.  

Even your lamy 1.9 writing is either catching some weird light angle but looks really faded.