Pilot Tsuki-yo/Moonlight (brief review)

[Immoteus]

Handwritten review below

 

Edited May 7, 2008 by Immoteus

[NeoTiger]

Thanks for the reviews, I've been quite interested in ordering some of the Pilot specialty blues.

 

This one is my favourite out of the five, very nice blue-black colour.

[jbn10161]

Great series of reviews, and helpful writings and swatches. Thank you. (This particular color is the most tempting of the lot for me.)

[ethernautrix]

Oo! I ordered two of these, one for me and one for... (Simon, look away! It's a surprise!) (actually, I told him when I ordered them a month ago...) -- and a week after they arrived, I finally inked a pen with it Saturday, a Sheaffer Snorkel Crest (F or XF), and then I used it yesterday... and it's a very intriguing color, and I was just thinking that this might displace black as my primary ink color.

 

But then I took a look at your other reviews, and the Asa-gao is very pretty, reminds me of Visconti Blue (without the side-by-side comparison).

 

But this color, of the five, is the most distinctive, the most unusual, so that adds to its appeal.

 

I like it very much, and I enjoyed your reviews of the five inks, too. Thank you!

[errantmarginalia]

Ooh, this is a very nice blue-black. Between this review and Kate's review of the Dupont Blue-Black, I'm getting some serious ink envy. Thanks for the scan. Best,

David

[cmeisenzahl]

Wow, you've been on a tear! Thanks! ;-)

 

And I really like this color.

[kpfeifle]

Where is this ink available for purchase?

[ethernautrix]

Here is the thread.

 

And here is the post with the link to the Ujuku Shop.

 

There might be some delay from order to receiving, as the ink seems to be in high demand. It seems it took only three weeks for mine to arrive, though, which was quicker than I expected.

[MYU]

How is the color fastness with this ink? I'm expecting it wouldn't be bulletproof like Noodler's, but can it handle a little moisture without bleeding?

 

 

Also, when you go to place an order, it seems to be one item at a time. Can you combine items to save on shipping? Do you just submit each item one at a time and then a final tally is put together for the whole order?

Edited May 7, 2008 by MYU

[gregamckinney]

How is the color fastness with this ink? I'm expecting it wouldn't be bulletproof like Noodler's, but can it handle a little moisture without bleeding?

 

I received a bottle of the kon-peki color yesterday. Only tried it on Whitelines paper so far. With a drop of water onto a dry line, there is significant bleeding (a vivid blue droplet,) but even with light rubbing, a bit of the original line remains.

 

http://gergyor.com/images/konpeki.jpg

 

Regards, greg

[Taki]

Looks like Tsuki-yo washes out some but remains very legible after put under the faucet.

 

http://luciferase.exblog.jp/6798124/

 

From Top - Pilot Tsuki-yo, Pilot regular Blue, Pelikan Blue Black, Dunhill Blue.

 

I just read Iroshizuku line will be extended to three greens and two grays by fall, and five reds/oranges by the end of this year

[Immoteus]

Thanks everyone, I'm glad the review was useful!

 

Attached below is a scan of the rinse and soak test results for the five colours.

 

Edited May 8, 2008 by Immoteus

[Taki]

Thanks for the water test! Even Ajisai, which seems the lightest of the five, holds up pretty well

[Immoteus]

How is the color fastness with this ink? I'm expecting it wouldn't be bulletproof like Noodler's, but can it handle a little moisture without bleeding?

 

 

Also, when you go to place an order, it seems to be one item at a time. Can you combine items to save on shipping? Do you just submit each item one at a time and then a final tally is put together for the whole order?

The ordering process for ujuku is a bit cumbersome but you have to submit one item at a time OR you can email him directly with what kind of pen you want (model/colour/nib/etc).

[Immoteus]

I just read Iroshizuku line will be extended to three greens and two grays by fall, and five reds/oranges by the end of this year

Thats great news! I'm guessing some of the red/oranges will be based on autumn colours.

[Taki]

How is the color fastness with this ink? I'm expecting it wouldn't be bulletproof like Noodler's, but can it handle a little moisture without bleeding?

 

 

Also, when you go to place an order, it seems to be one item at a time. Can you combine items to save on shipping? Do you just submit each item one at a time and then a final tally is put together for the whole order?

The ordering process for ujuku is a bit cumbersome but you have to submit one item at a time OR you can email him directly with what kind of pen you want (model/colour/nib/etc).

If you want to order multiple items from Ujuku in one order, go to their home page and use the link "A blanket purchase Text Form". You need to manually copy and paste model number etc. though. I might need to make "a blanket purchase" soon :bonk:

Edited May 8, 2008 by Taki

[MYU]

Thanks, Taki. I did see that Blanket Purchase, but the non-text one bombed on me--I figured the text one wouldn't work either. I just tried it and it seems fine. OK, time to order some ink!

[Margana]

In comparing handwritten ink samples, I see almost no difference in color between Noodler's Legal Lapis and Pilot Tsuki-yo. While Legal Lapis works okay in my free-flowing Sailor pens, the dry-writing fine Pilots work better for me with Pilot, Sailor, Diamine and Herbin inks. But ordering Tsuki-yo might have to wait for the release of those green inks. Now that is good news!

[JDlugosz]

How do you soak 1/3 of the page up to the line without the water wicking up into the rest of the sheet anyway?

 

Thanks everyone, I'm glad the review was useful!

 

Attached below is a scan of the rinse and soak test results for the five colours.

 

 

[Immoteus]

I don't know either but the water test was done in a 7-11 64 oz coffee mug with the paper held vertically.

 

How do you soak 1/3 of the page up to the line without the water wicking up into the rest of the sheet anyway?

 

Thanks everyone, I'm glad the review was useful!

 

Attached below is a scan of the rinse and soak test results for the five colours.