Yazeh Ink Reviews

Pilot — Blue Black   Ink Review #  65   Originally posted on FPN:  Jun 28, 2023   Ink:  Blue Black Brand:  Pilot Country:  Japan Availability:  70 ml, 350 ml bottles, cartridges. Pens Used:  Lamy Safari (EF, F, M, B), Osmiroid Copperplate nib, Jinhao 450 (fude) Description I participated in a blind testing of three ink samples on the FPGeeks forum. This is the 2nd sample.  I was really excited by the complex chroma but ultimately it left me indifferent. Maybe I've become too blasé. It’s a lovely, wet ink with excellent lubrication, and a distaste for copy paper. Dry times are long on Japanese paper, but that is a given.  I enjoyed it for drawing.  Note: in the reviews, you see it mentioned as Mystery ink #52. Chroma Writing Samples Rhodia Midori Tomoe River 68 gsm Note:  Tomoe River used here is 68 gsm, not the thinner 52 gsm version commonly referenced in reviews. Hammermill 20 lb It doesn't like copy paper. Back Pho...

Pilot — Iroshizuku Yama-guri   Ink Review #  64   Originally posted on FPN:  Jun 21, 2023   Ink:  Yama-guri Series:  Iroshizuku Brand:  Pilot Country:  Japan Availability:  50 ml bottles. Pens Used:  Lamy Safari (EF, F, M, B), Soennecken Schulfüller (semi-flex nib), Jinhao 450 fude. Description I participated in a blind test of three ink samples on the FPGeeks forum. A fun thing about this endeavor is that one is free of the biased associations one can make with the name, the brand, or the country of the ink maker. I guessed this was a Japanese ink, thanks to its complex chromatography. And I was right. It was Yama-guri. The name translates to wild or mountain chestnut. It's a dark brown ink with a purple undertone.  The ink is wet, well-lubricated and very saturated. I could discern shading only with a B nib of a dry Lamy Safari.  Chroma Writing Samples Dry time is decent and the purple is obvious only if you smudge the i...