KrazyIvan
November 1st, 2013, 09:41 AM
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Happy Fountain Pen Day! Iroshizuku Syo-Ro review and giveaway sponsored by @jetpens details at inktronics.wordpress.com #inktronics #iroshizuku #giveaway #jetpens #fountainpen #fountainpenday (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/10610401824/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr
Iroshizuku Syo-ro and a JetPens giveaway! Happy Fountain Pen Day!
I want to thank JetPens for providing me with a bottle of Iroshizuku Syo-ro for this review and also sponsoring the giveaway for a new bottle of the same ink. For the full set of pictures and giveaway details please visit my blog. (http://inktronics.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/iroshizuku-syo-ro-review-and-fountain-pen-dayjetpens-giveaway/)
By now, Namiki (Pilot) inks have been in the US market for some time. Iroshizuku, for the benefit of newcomers, is a combination of two Japanese words. “Iro” meaning coloring and “Shizuku” meaning droplet. According to the Namiki web site, this “Embodies the very image of dripping water.”
Syo-ro does homage to its name. The ink color is supposed to represent the shade of green you would see when viewing a dew droplet reflecting pine needles. I do think the ink reflects on its name nicely. The shade of greenish blue when wet dries to a more dusty blue spruce pine green.
Iroshizuku inks are known for their deep color saturation and lubrication. Syo-ro is no exception. I noticed it especially in broader nibs. I used four pens for my ink testing that included a Waterman Harley Davidson V-Rod pen, Italix Parson’s Essential, Kaweco Art Sport and Lamy CP-1.
I wrote several letters with the ink (hopefully everyone has received them by now) to get a better feel for the ink. Overall, I like the color and there is some very slight shading but not anything to get excited over. This highly saturated ink does not disappoint in the sheen department. There is a definite red sheen visible at certain angles. Water resistance is almost non-existent. Just the blue component of the ink remains on the page after about one minute of water droplets sitting on the page. I blotted the water off the page. Please see the written portion of the review for scans of the water test. (http://inktronics.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/iroshizuku-syo-ro-review-and-fountain-pen-dayjetpens-giveaway/)
If you like green ink or blue inks that lean green, you owe it to yourself to try Iroshizuku Syo-ro.
Thank you for reading,
Ivan
The Fountain Pen Sith Lord
Happy Fountain Pen Day! Iroshizuku Syo-Ro review and giveaway sponsored by @jetpens details at inktronics.wordpress.com #inktronics #iroshizuku #giveaway #jetpens #fountainpen #fountainpenday (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/10610401824/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr
Iroshizuku Syo-ro and a JetPens giveaway! Happy Fountain Pen Day!
I want to thank JetPens for providing me with a bottle of Iroshizuku Syo-ro for this review and also sponsoring the giveaway for a new bottle of the same ink. For the full set of pictures and giveaway details please visit my blog. (http://inktronics.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/iroshizuku-syo-ro-review-and-fountain-pen-dayjetpens-giveaway/)
By now, Namiki (Pilot) inks have been in the US market for some time. Iroshizuku, for the benefit of newcomers, is a combination of two Japanese words. “Iro” meaning coloring and “Shizuku” meaning droplet. According to the Namiki web site, this “Embodies the very image of dripping water.”
Syo-ro does homage to its name. The ink color is supposed to represent the shade of green you would see when viewing a dew droplet reflecting pine needles. I do think the ink reflects on its name nicely. The shade of greenish blue when wet dries to a more dusty blue spruce pine green.
Iroshizuku inks are known for their deep color saturation and lubrication. Syo-ro is no exception. I noticed it especially in broader nibs. I used four pens for my ink testing that included a Waterman Harley Davidson V-Rod pen, Italix Parson’s Essential, Kaweco Art Sport and Lamy CP-1.
I wrote several letters with the ink (hopefully everyone has received them by now) to get a better feel for the ink. Overall, I like the color and there is some very slight shading but not anything to get excited over. This highly saturated ink does not disappoint in the sheen department. There is a definite red sheen visible at certain angles. Water resistance is almost non-existent. Just the blue component of the ink remains on the page after about one minute of water droplets sitting on the page. I blotted the water off the page. Please see the written portion of the review for scans of the water test. (http://inktronics.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/iroshizuku-syo-ro-review-and-fountain-pen-dayjetpens-giveaway/)
If you like green ink or blue inks that lean green, you owe it to yourself to try Iroshizuku Syo-ro.
Thank you for reading,
Ivan
The Fountain Pen Sith Lord