Sailor Shikiori 20 Color Marker Set $26.90 Amazon

[lascosas]

In the good old days, Sailor sold its Shikiori inks in 50 ml bottles.  Then they switched to 20 ml bottles and jacked up the price to about $20 USD.  One way to inexpensively sample a version of the inks is with this set.  These are stiff brushes on one end and fine markers on the other.  If properly capped I have not had a problem with them drying out, and they contain a decent amount of ink.  For some reason the price of these on Amazon from third party sellers, but delivered by Amazon, often through Prime, just continues to fall, and is now as low as $26.90, not much more than you will pay for a single bottle of Shikiori ink.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L58ZCXR/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=A1SIYLR0M8Z84F&psc=1

 

I do want to stress that the color in the marker is not identical to the inks.  It is probably no surprise that the markers are less saturated and lack sheen and complexity.  But they are pretty close, fun to use and currently inexpensive.  Well Appointed Desk has an excellent review of these, including a YouTube comparison of the inks to markers.  Below is a photo of the back of the marker box showing the colors, and a snapshot from camelcamel showing the trend of prices for this item over time.

 

 

[Lithium466]

Thanks for the tip!

[Mayavin]

I got this set myself recently as well - for the purpose of inexpensive testing out the colours from the Shikiori's four seasons line. The pricetag on the 20ml bottles you mentioned was exactly the reason. I have to say I am very pleased with it. The colours are intriguing, and while I haven't found amongst them any which would fit me as well as Shikiori Shigure which is my everyday ink already, the set comes in handy. 

 

What I would remark here is that the pens have two writing ends like you can see on the photo - one a brush pen, the other a fine liner. 

 

The fine liner is really really fine. It feels like it allows writing microscopic size

The brush pens I find not very suitable for Latin alphabet, or other types of writing where the letters/words are written ina. continuous motion. It's really good for strokes - like in Chinese or Japanese alphabet. 

 

All in all I enjoy having a set of 20 interesting colours to beautify my writing with underscores, and as an inspiration to learn Japanese/Chinese  

[lascosas]

Glad you like it.  But do be warned that there are slight variations between the pen & ink bottle colors.