Yazeh Ink Reviews

  Jinchen Purple Forest (Zi-lin)   Ink Review # 239   Originally posted on FPN: Apr 16, 2026   --- 🧾  Description   Ink:  Purple Forest Brand:  Jinchen Country:  China Available:  18 ml bottles from AliExpress or Taobao if you understand Chinese. Pens used:  Pilot Kakuno Japanese EF nib, Lamy Safari (EF,F,M,B, stub 1.1), Hongdian Forrest with a Long Blade nib, Karas Kustoms Vertex with a FPnib flex nib and an extra-wet ebonite feed (three ink channels!).   When perusing the Jinchen inks, this was the first ink that hooked me. In my excitement, I ordered another ink by mistake. :D  So, I reordered the correct one. The moment I swatched the ink, the pink chromo-shading effect appeared through the blue-grey layers. When I dipped my glass pen to make my water-test sketch, the same effect was visible on Mnemosyne paper. Had I hit the jackpot? We’ll see. ;) To make the chromo-shading work, one needs specific conditions: th...

  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...