Ink Review: Sailor Jentle Irori. (Hearth Red)

[Chrissy]

Today I'm reviewing Sailor Jentle Irori (Hearth Red)

I reviewed this ink when it was in the Jentle 50ml bottle line up, but it is now only available in the Shikiori 20ml bottle line up.
It’s a very strong, very saturated, vibrant, bright red. Occasionally it seems to look fairly orange, but it definitely has pink undertones and actually isn’t very orange at all.
The chroma test shows it to be a mixture of bright magenta pink and yellow dyes.
As I have samples of both inks, I also chroma tested Sailor Kingdom Note Nipponia Nipon, and both chroma tests looked almost identical.

I used a converter filled Parker Sonnet with 18ct M nib. I also swapped that converter into a spare Parker Sonnet 18ct F nib. That needed dipping before it would write.

• Flow Rate: Very good. Very wet in the pen & paper combinations I used.
• Lubrication: Very good and smooth with both nibs on several different papers.
• Nib Dry-out: Not noticed in normal use.
• Start-up: Immediate.
• Saturation: Very saturated.
• Shading Potential: Some shading seen.
• Sheen: Some reviews show this ink has gold sheen, but it didn’t show up on my papers.
• Show-through:
  • Tomoe River 68gsm.
  • Cheaper generic 80 & 90gsm printer papers & lined pads.
  • Field Notes.
  • Tom Bihn Lined.
• Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Only a little seen on Field Notes.
• Nib Creep / “Crud”: Not seen, even after over 1 week in the pen.
• Staining (pen): Not seen inside the converter after flushing with soapy water.
• Staining (hands): Stained my hands and they needed washing with Lava soap to remove Irori from my fingers.
• Clogging: Not seen. Seems unlikely.
• Water resistance: Not sold as waterproof and not at all water resistant.
• Availability: Available from Sailor stockists and many other online outlets in 20ml glass bottles.

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[penwash]

That is ... very RED !

[Jon Szanto]

RED!!!

[Chrissy]

That is ... very RED !

RED!!!

Yep. Bright red.

[KKay]

Chrissy, that was an excellent review. I plan to sample this before long. I like red with a touch of orange in it. It may be too close to KWZ-Grapefruit, I'm not sure but will find out. I already have the Grapefruit and love it.

[Chrissy]

Chrissy, that was an excellent review. I plan to sample this before long. I like red with a touch of orange in it. It may be too close to KWZ-Grapefruit, I'm not sure but will find out. I already have the Grapefruit and love it.

You're welcome. Although it does look like an orangey red, it has pinkish undertones too. I don't have any KWZ Grapefruit, but I think that is more orange from pictures I have seen. It does look a rather nice ink though.

[rluka]

Got sample of this and some other Sailor inks.
Tried them in my not fountain pen friendly notebook (dip pen)

It's Red... just, Red.
If I have to compare it to something, I'd say the melted vermillion candles in Chinese temples (the unburned candles are darker).
Could look flat.
But shows pink with some water.

Oh, and looks nice complemented with Yuki Akari, the other winter ink


(cellphone photo that makes Yama-dori like a blue-black ink)

[Chrissy]

Got sample of this and some other Sailor inks.
Tried them in my not fountain pen friendly notebook (dip pen)

It's Red... just, Red.
If I have to compare it to something, I'd say the melted vermillion candles in Chinese temples (the unburned candles are darker).
Could look flat.
But shows pink with some water.

Oh, and looks nice complemented with Yuki Akari, the other winter ink

(cellphone photo that makes Yama-dori like a blue-black ink)

That's a very nice picture.

[Rossler]

Good Red/Orange, I like it.
But I fancy, even better, KWZ Grapefruit, GvFC Burned Orange and Sailor Nag. Kobe #55

[GTG]

I love the Sailor inks. Just the most incredible colors. A little expensive in the UK though.

[Chrissy]

I love the Sailor inks. Just the most incredible colors. A little expensive in the UK though.

Try eBay.com for standard Sailor Jentle inks. Search by lowest price inc P&P.