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    Quote Originally Posted by VegHead View Post
    LV Brun Ténébreux?
    Thank you!!

    I was surprised by the LV Or suggestion as Or is clearly yellow and not brown...
    Brun Tenebreux it is, the same colour as Louis Vuitton's most popular luggage.

    Your turn VegHead!

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    Quote Originally Posted by SIR View Post
    I was surprised by the LV Or suggestion as Or is clearly yellow and not brown...
    It's not so clearly yellow in this image. This is of the problems with dark or improperly white balanced images.

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    Quote Originally Posted by snowbear View Post
    It's not so clearly yellow in this image. This is of the problems with dark or improperly white balanced images.
    No, you're right it ain't yellow in that picture!

    And it isn't much more so in this one either -
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    Default Re: guess the ink!

    Learned something, never heard of these inks before.

    But the price or ridiculous, you are paying for the name and not the ink.
    Nothing for me.
    Last edited by Pterodactylus; June 10th, 2016 at 10:54 AM.

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    Default Re: guess the ink!

    Same here, I thought LV only had a basic royal blue and black


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    Quote Originally Posted by Pterodactylus View Post
    the price ridiculous, you are paying for the name and not the ink.
    £30 w/free shipping direct from France to UK customers... and the ink does write well!
    So, if one does like the colour, it is a comparable proposition to a bottle of Pilot Iroshizuku.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SIR View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Pterodactylus View Post
    the price ridiculous, you are paying for the name and not the ink.
    £30 w/free shipping direct from France to UK customers... and the ink does write well!
    So, if one does like the colour, it is a comparable proposition to a bottle of Pilot Iroshizuku.
    Why would anyone pay £30 for a bottle of Pilot Iroshizuku? It can be bought much cheaper than that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by migo984 View Post
    Why would anyone pay £30 for a bottle of Pilot Iroshizuku? It can be bought much cheaper than that.
    £27.50?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SIR View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by migo984 View Post
    Why would anyone pay £30 for a bottle of Pilot Iroshizuku? It can be bought much cheaper than that.
    £27.50?
    I buy it from Global Rakuten. Shipped to the UK, using Japan Small Packet Service, costs approx £12 per bottle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by migo984 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by SIR View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by migo984 View Post
    Why would anyone pay £30 for a bottle of Pilot Iroshizuku? It can be bought much cheaper than that.
    £27.50?
    I buy it from Global Rakuten. Shipped to the UK, using Japan Small Packet Service, costs approx £12 per bottle.
    OK, that is impressive!

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    Default Re: guess the ink!

    Personally I think it is also ridiculous to buy Iroshizuku ink or other inks at that price level.
    I own 2 Iroshizuku inks, because I was keen to try it as some people praise it like heaven.
    But after trying them I can't understand it, yes they are well behaving but many others are that too.
    You may like the color, but they have nothing special in it, there is neither a special sheen nor great shading nor a shimmer nor something else.
    In fact I consider them (at least the 2 I own) as fairly monochrome with respect to the color.

    I can buy a Bottle Rohrer&Klingner ink at 3,9€ and their ink is also top notch.
    Compared to the R&K ink most of the inks are expensive.
    My border until I consider a ink still acceptable is about 15€ per bottle (also depending how much is in it).
    So everything up to about the Montblanc inks is ok for me when the ink is interesting.

    Migo, it depends where you live how expensive the Iro inks are.
    In Japan they are much cheaper than in Europe.
    Of course you could try to order them direct in Japan and import them, but you have always the risk of customs taxes/fees
    When they are declarated ok, you always pay the additional taxes, many of these sellers declare it as a gift or with a lower value, and you might get away with it (or not).
    But with paying the taxes they are again at a ridiculous price level.

    I´m looking forward to see the next sample from Veghead
    Last edited by Pterodactylus; June 10th, 2016 at 03:14 PM.

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    Default Re: guess the ink!

    Did you already ordered some at Rakuten Global?
    If yes are you sure you got the original stuff and not a fake (maybe even in original bottles).
    Till now I only knew the direct Japan import things on Amazon and EBay for about 20-25 €.

    Especially as I think that even in Japan they cost about at least 12-15€ a bottle.
    A price of about 10€ a bottle seems to be suspicious.
    If something seem too good to be true, most of the time there is something wrong with it.
    But maybe I´m wrong here
    Last edited by Pterodactylus; June 10th, 2016 at 03:35 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pterodactylus View Post
    Personally I think it is also ridiculous to buy Iroshizuku ink or other inks at that price level.
    I own 2 Iroshizuku inks, because I was keen to try it as some people praise it like heaven.
    But after trying them I can't understand it, yes they are well behaving but many others are that too.
    You may like the color, but they have nothing special in it, there is neither a special sheen nor great shading nor a shimmer nor something else.
    In fact I consider them (at least the 2 I own) as fairly monochrome with respect to the color.

    I can buy a Bottle Rohrer&Klingner ink at 3,9€ and their ink is also top notch.
    Compared to the R&K ink most of the inks are expensive.
    My border until I consider a ink still acceptable is about 15€ per bottle (also depending how much is in it).
    So everything up to about the Montblanc inks is ok for me when the ink is interesting.

    Migo, it depends where you live how expensive the Iro inks are.
    In Japan they are much cheaper than in Europe.
    Of course you could try to order them direct in Japan and import them, but you have always the risk of customs taxes/fees
    When they are declarated ok, you always pay the additional taxes, many of these sellers declare it as a gift or with a lower value, and you might get away with it (or not).
    But with paying the taxes they are again at a ridiculous price level.

    I'm looking forward to see the next sample from Veghead
    I live in the UK. At approx £12, including shipping, one bottle doesn't incur custom taxes or duty. So no additional charges on top.

    I never buy Japanese inks from UK sellers. They want ridiculous premium prices.

    By the way, I agree about Iroshizuku inks. I have a few bottles but they are way down my list of favourites.

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    Default Re: guess the ink!

    Quote Originally Posted by SIR View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Pterodactylus View Post
    the price ridiculous, you are paying for the name and not the ink.
    £30 w/free shipping direct from France to UK customers... and the ink does write well!
    So, if one does like the colour, it is a comparable proposition to a bottle of Pilot Iroshizuku.
    You can buy it cheaper than this on ebay.com or Amazon

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    Who's next posting an ink?

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    Default Re: guess the ink!

    Itˋs Vegheads turn

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    Default Re: guess the ink!

    Okay, here's a total noobs turn! BTW, if you are wondering about my name it's because I'm a subsistence (autonomous we like to say) farmer and I love growing and eating veg

    Enjoy!
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    Default Re: guess the ink!

    Noodler's Habanero?

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    Sorry, but it is not Noodler's Habanero.

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    Default Re: guess the ink!

    But maybe Apache Sunset?

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