New Iroshizuku Inks!

[Lloyd]

I believe Richie at Cyberpens in the UK will soon be carrying these, too.

[feiye]

Anyone know when the next line of these inks will be coming out? I'm addicted!

[youstruckgold]

I really like the look of ASO-GAO blue, how does it compare to BSB? Really love a BSB that didn't destroy my sink, hands and potentially my pens.

[Taki]

I really like the look of ASO-GAO blue, how does it compare to BSB? Really love a BSB that didn't destroy my sink, hands and potentially my pens.

I like Asa-gao, but it's much ligher and more purple than BSB.

[youstruckgold]

I really like the look of ASO-GAO blue, how does it compare to BSB? Really love a BSB that didn't destroy my sink, hands and potentially my pens.

I like Asa-gao, but it's much ligher and more purple than BSB.

 

Hmmm. Wonder if I could get it in Australia (now our dollar is so ordinary, can't afford it any where else!)

[lovelytofu358]

But Winter General? I don't get it. Is it the color of a uniform?

 

Anyway, I look forward to their reds.

 

Fuyu Shogun is the term used in Japan to describe harsh winters, similar to Jack Frost.

 

[Deirdre]

Hmmm. Wonder if I could get it in Australia (now our dollar is so ordinary, can't afford it any where else!)

I have some and you're welcome to try it when you're here.

[simonrob]

I really like the look of ASO-GAO blue, how does it compare to BSB? Really love a BSB that didn't destroy my sink, hands and potentially my pens.

 

Asa Gao is a more sober blue than Baystate - it doesn't do that electric-pop-off-the-page thing that Baystate does, is a bit darker and, side-by-side, makes Baystate seem to contain a hint of purple. Nor does Asa Gao have the cyan undertones of some of Private Reserve's blues (e.g. Supershow) - it's just a pure, fairly deep blue (and not as bright as the scans make it look). As far as I'm concerned it looks far preferable to Baystate simply as a colour (leaving aside Baystate's feathering etc.).

 

But, like the other two Iroshizuku inks I bought, it does look like some other inks. Asa Gao is pretty close to Omas Blue (which is perhaps a bit darker and more saturated) and thus, I suspect, to Visconti Blue as well, while Syo-ro is pretty close to Waterman's Blue Black (the current teal version, that is), only a bit darker. (Tsuki-yo reminds me of other inks too - Noodler's Navy, perhaps? - but I've not done any comparisons there yet.) Beautiful bottles, however....

 

Simon

[Taki]

CORRCTION! I just filled my new Myu90 with Asa-gao, and realized....I was thinking about Aji-sai when I said it is more purple :embarrassed_smile: But it is much lighter than BSB.

 

Tsuki-yo looks similar to Noodler's/Pendemonium Legal Lapis to me.

Edited October 9, 2008 by Taki

[fatehbajwa]

Could someone shed dome light on the flow of these inks..........dry/wet ?

[savarez]

Could someone shed dome light on the flow of these inks..........dry/wet ?

 

I use Asa-gao every day. I do find the flow in my Custom 823 to be quite ordinary, neither remarkably wet nor dry. I do not, however, find the ink to have significant lubricating properties. I feel a tiny but more "tooth" in my 823 than with some wetter inks, like Aurora blue or PR Tanzanite. But still, it is a lovely ink that is currently my blue of choice.

 

 

[MYU]

Interesting. I find that Asa-Gao flows at about medium wetness and reduces tooth, at least in the pens I've been using it in (Lamy and Pilot). I've got it in my VP Binder stub and it's exquisite to write with.

[savarez]

I think my 823 is a typical (maybe a little dry) writer. I get average flow with the Asa-gao. Very wet with the Aurora. It's hard to generalize, I guess.

[cmenice]

Shin-ryoko flows very well for me. Syo-ro flows about average. I find neither to give great lubrication resulting in slightly toothiness. I don't mind this at all.

 

I find these to colors really nice when wet, but when they dry I think they aren't vibrant. They have quite a bit of shading, but the shading seems flat.