Yazeh Ink Reviews

  Lennon Tool Bar Bixi  贔屭   Ink Review # 237   Originally posted on FPN: Apr 01, 2026   ---   🧾   Description   Ink:  2024 Summer Limited - Guardian Beasts - Bixi  贔屭 Brand:  Lennon Tool Bar Country:  Taiwan Bottle size:  30 ml Pens Used:  Pilot Kakuno EF, Kaweco (EF/F/M/B/ BB/stub 1.1, 1.9) , Brause Rose dip pen   From the Yoseka website (redacted):  “Guardian Beasts refer to the loyal protectors often seen in Taiwanese traditional beliefs. Bixi is one of them. It has the appearance of a turtle, but it is a child of the dragon. Unlike its eight siblings, Bixi excels at carrying heavy stone tablets, silently protecting inscriptions across the vast expanse of time.”   Bixi is a legible but pale blue-black or blue-grey with average to slightly below average flow and lubrication. It has short dry times and is not suited for copy paper. Shading is subtle, cleaning is easy, water resistance is not so ...

Tintenlabor – Blausee   Ink Review # 211   Originally posted on FPN:  Nov 15, 2025   ---   🧾  Description   Ink:  Tintenlabor – Blausee Available:  30/50 ml bottles, directly from Tintenlabor. Pens Used:  Pilot Kakuno EF, Kaweco Sport (EF/F/M/B/ Stub 1.9) , Lamy Safari M, Noodler's Ahab with FPR ultra-flex.   Tintenlabor is a Swiss ink company specializing in iron gall inks. What differentiates this brand is that it discloses the iron content.  The samples were sent to me by the ink-Meister, David.  The inks have been streamlined, with the current lineup reflecting a more focused selection of colours and iron contents.  Blausee has a 4 g/L iron content.  The highest iron content is 6 g/L (Goldrausch) and lowest is 1 g/L (Alpstein).  It is named after the lake Blausee (Blue Lake) in Switzerland with turquoise water. Blausee writes turquoise and oxidizes to a blue-black or black (Noodler’s Ahab with an ebonit...

Diamine Registrars   Ink Review # 192   Originally posted on FPN: Jul 05, 2025  --- Ink:  Diamine Registrars Available:  30ml glass bottles or 100 ml plastic bottles. Pens Used:  Pilot Kakuno EF,  Lamy (EF/F/M/B/ Stub 1.1) , Kanwrite Desire, fitted with a FPR flex   🧾   Description Diamine Registrars is a classic iron gall ink. It’s my last blue-black IG ink review. In a perfect world, I would have tested Akkerman’s IG and KWZ’s blue-black.  It’s my least favorite IG ink, It doesn’t mean it’s bad or anything. No, it’s an excellent IG ink, but I think I’ve reached iron-gall fatigue.😊  Ink writes blue to blue-black and oxidizes immediately to dark blue-black or black with a wet flex nib. Ink flow is drier than Essri, and on occasion, if forgotten, the pen will need some coaxing to write. In Safari, it did fine.    Cleaning, like all iron gall inks, requires patience and care—ideally, powdered ascorbic acid, pen jacuzzi, so...