Yazeh Ink Reviews

Kakimori — Karari   Ink Review #  55   Originally posted on FPN:  Apr 3, 2023   Ink:  Karari Type:  Pigment ink Brand:  Kakimori Country:  Japan Availability:  35 ml bottles. Pens Used:  Pilot Kakuno (EF), Lamy Safari (EF, F, M, B), Jinhao 450, (ultra-flex, fude) About the brand Kakimori is a stationery shop in Tokyo, Japan. They have a range of inks and stationery that epitomize Japanese minimalism and elegance. They also make different dip-pen nibs and pen holders, personalized inks and notebooks.  Their pigment line comes in beautiful bottles. Description According to their website: " Fresh like an endlessly clear sky. Karari describes a bright, cloudless day. With this blue in hand, a break in the clouds is never far away." I really enjoyed using this ink, especially after the disaster with De Atramentis pigment Turquoise and Cyan inks. It’s a happy blue, and if you pardon the pun, it takes the blues away.  It’s not a ...

Noodler's — Dostoyevsky   Ink Review #  54   Originally posted on FPN:  Mar 30, 2023   Ink:  Dostoyevsky Type:  Bulletproof Series : Russian Series Brand:  Noodler's Country:  USA Availability:  3 oz/90 ml bottles. Russian series are more expensive than Noodler's normal lineup.  Pens Used:  Pilot Elite (EF), Lamy Safari (EF, F, M, B), Soennecken Schulfüller S4, Jinhao 450 Fude nib Description Dostoyevsky is one of the greatest and most influential Russian novelists of the 19 th  century. You can find more about him here:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoevsky After the De Atramentis Artist/ Document Cyan and Turquoise disaster reviews, I was wary of trying another permanent blue.  To my surprise, Noodler’s Dostoyevsky was “quite good” in comparison. It's very usable with a good pen and paper combination. It is a legible turquoise color. I enjoyed journaling many pages with it. I forgive a lot of things ...

De Atramentis — Document Cyan   Ink Review #  53   Originally posted on FPN:  Mar 24, 2023   Ink:  Cyan Series:  Document Brand:  De Atramentis Country:  Germany Type:  Pigment ink Availability:  45 ml bottles.  Pens Used:  Pilot Kakuno (EF), Lamy Safari (EF, F, M), Jinhao 450 Fude nib Description According to Oxford Dictionary: “ cyan   is a greenish-blue color which is one of the primary subtractive colors, complementary to red.” ORIGIN late 19th century: from Greek kuaneos ‘dark blue’. I cannot recommend this ink for writing. I dislike this ink. As a blue it has no character. The color blue, despite its connotation, makes me happy. This one, doesn’t. If you insist, you can probably tame it with a dry pen and a light touch on Rhodia. But why? Artist Cyan is slightly better. Normally, when I finish a review, I enjoy taking notes until the ink in my converter is used. This one and its Artist Cyan sibling went down the...