Jinchen Máo Shè / 茅舍 — Thatched Cottage — Ink Review #256
Jinchen 茅舍 — Máo shè. “Thatched Cottage” Ink Review # 256 --- 🧾 Description Ink: Máo shè Brand: Jinchen Country: China Bottle size: 18 ml bottles from AliExpress or similar outlets. Pens Used: Majohn C4 with Majohn EF flex nib, Kaweco (EF/F/M/B/BB, stub 1.1, 1.9), Hongdian Forest, Fude nib. This is a legible tan colour. Ink is watery with below average lubrication. However, the writing experience improves with F and above, but don’t expect Sailor Doyou smoothness. The chromo-shading effect is only visible with flex, fude and stub 1.9 on all papers, except on Hammermill. It shows best with the flex nib, which basically pours a blob of ink, and it’ll take several long minutes to dry. The downside besides that is that you’ll have show-through and bleed-through on Rhodia and Iroful in areas with the heaviest ink application. The ink work fine on copy paper with most nibs, but you’ll have all ki...