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Crafted using traditional Japanese dye-making techniques, these Takeda Jimuki inks are inspired by the beautiful scenery and culture of Kyoto—once the nation’s capital city. Water based and presented in 40-milliliter glass bottles, they offer excellent flow and are resistant to feathering and bleed-through Read More
I've learned there are other inks in the Takeda Jimuki family. Are they all good? This black seems to be very popular with users and sold out in most stores, but I see very little commentary about the other Kyo no oto inks. Anyone tried any of them?
MrSharkbaitThought it was mixer for a while; now I know better. Still, I don't think my Zombies will ever taste the same--guess it's back to Beatle Nut juice for me?
There have been two new colors in this line for a while, urahairo, a pale green, and keshimurasaki, a dusty purple. And yet this drop offers the same old colors as previous drops. Why not offer the new ones as well? I see the new Drop is just as lazy as the old Massdrop. Once something is set up just keep offering it over and over with little thought or effort to offer something new.
I’ve been writing with yamabuki iro for a while and it is one of my absolute favorite yellow ink and looks great with any size nib. Despite it being yellow, it’s quite easy to see on paper.
Always frustrating when a color is unavailable under option 1 but available under option 2. I have no use for yellows and reds so it isn’t worth ordering.
Not sure if it's just me, but the Aonibi that I received was extremely dry and none of my pens, even those with very wet nibs, could write smoothly. Ended up giving up the first and throwing the ink away.
TpsytrvyIt does to me, particularly if the ink isn't colorfast. Ink should be stored in a dark place out of the sun, and no box means it's possible these have been hanging out on a store-shelf somewhere and the ink's color properties may be affected. These are dye-based, and so over time they may fade in bright light. Additionally, some ink manufacturers list a date-of-manufacture on the box (Montblanc used to include a 'best before' tag on their boxes).
I'm a big fan of boxed inks.
I have Hisoku and Aonibi, the first one quickly became one of my favorite inks, it's a very special colour, with a calmness to it, Aonibi is also very nice prussian blue. Hisoku appears to have a lot less viscosity than any other ink I've tried, so it seems to make pens feel slightly less glassy smooth, but it's not a problem, rather a different experience; I appreciate that a Pelikan m600 18k makes it come out with less shading than with other pens, which I found very distracting. Aonibi starts very dark in a frankenpen with a Waterman nib but luckily goes back to it's mid tone colour after a few words. The price is decent if not a huge deal, still pretty special inks. I appreciate any available info but while swabs look cool it's a lot more useful to see written samples.