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Hosia Ink Studio An Nang — Ink Review #222

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  Hosia Ink Studio – An Nang   Ink Review # 222   Originally posted on FPN: Jan 14, 2026   --- 🧾   Description Ink:  Hosia INk Studio - An Nang Available:  30/ml bottles, from AliExpress and similar websites or Soe &Soe in Australia. Pens Used: Pilot F3A EF,  Lamy (EF/F/M/B/ Stub 1.1), Jinhao 450 fude nib, Brause rose nib dip pen.   According to Soe & Soe website “An Nang is a dark grey chromo-shading ink with bronze-yellow shading. Annan was an imperial protectorate of Ancient China, located in modern day Vietnam.”   But in reality, one sees a medium, blue-tinged grey with medium to extreme shading on most papers. The chromo-shading attributes appear under specific conditions:  1.       Powerful daylight LED 2.        Coated paper, (ideally Japanese) 3.       Dip pen or a very wet fude, or double BB (Note the wider the nib, the lighter the gre...