Pilot Iroshizuku

[jde]

I was among the skeptical about these inks until I got to sample several of them. Iroshizuku is great ink! It's the flow properties that make it special to me. However, if you can sample the ink first that's be a good way to try them out. Not ALL the inks have great properties. Or so I've found that to be true of Ina-ho, kinda dry and blah.

Favorites are: tsuki-yo, yama-guri, yu-yake, kon-peki... That said, I can't afford it, and stick to Pilot Blue-Black.

[velo]

I have a bottle of Asa-gao and will be adding another colour soon. I really like the Iroshizuku blues and have sampled everyone of them. Yama-budo is eyecatching.

I've yet to start using my samples of Yama-guri and Tsukushi. I was most looking forward to Fuyu-syogun and Kiri-same but was disappointed with the samples. I think I just prefer more saturated inks.

I buy my bottles on ebay and for me the cost isn't prohibitive. I don't really look at the price relative to other inks, rather at their value to me and the enjoyment I have using them.

[Robert]

Velo wrote: " I was most looking forward to Fuyu-syogun and Kiri-same but was disappointed with the samples. I think I just prefer more saturated inks."

Both of those inks show more nicely in broader nibs, particularly Kiri-same (which is my least favorite of the Iroshizuku inks I've tried thus far). Fuyu-syogun, on the other hand, I like very much, even in medium European nibs. Applied with a Platinum music nib fuyu-syogun is quite nice.

[cedargirl]

I only have two - yama-budo and ina-ho. They are great. They flow nicely and both are colours that I can't find anywhere else.

Buy from Amazon and look for the free shipping offers.

[lenaldo]

You can buy them from Santa Trading Japan on Amazon. Each cost a little more than US$20.00 and orders above 40.00 they offer free shipping.

I got the Yamabudo and the Shinkai and I am pretty happy. So happy that I placed another order.

[cwent2]

You can buy them from Santa Trading Japan on Amazon. Each cost a little more than US$20.00 and orders above 40.00 they offer free shipping.

I got the Yamabudo and the Shinkai and I am pretty happy. So happy that I placed another order.

Thanks for the enable - I got the Yamabudo it was 17.79 free shipping!

[Sailor Kenshin]

The prices from Amazon are pretty good, and if you're an Amazon Prime member, shipping is not really an issue.

That was why I bought a bottle of Ku-Jaku. And the fact that I liked it from the Goulet sample.

[dr.grace]

Me too. I just bought a bottle of Ku-jaku, and it's one of my current favorites.

[klpeabody]

There are other inks that have colors just as beautiful, and there are other inks that perform just as well across multiple kinds of paper with various nibs, but Iroshizuku combines these properties into ink that is beautiful to look at and performs flawlessly. It is worth the cost for me.

I couldn't agree more, Tiffany. There are several Iroshizuku that I really enjoy for this very reason. For me, they are worth every penny.

[velo]

You can buy them from Santa Trading Japan on Amazon. Each cost a little more than US$20.00 and orders above 40.00 they offer free shipping.

I got the Yamabudo and the Shinkai and I am pretty happy. So happy that I placed another order.

Champion. Just bought two more bottles.

[Goldfish]

After trying Diamine Eau de Nil, I decided to order a bottle of Ku-
Jaku from Amazon. It shades better even with my VP fine nib!

[JazzDoc]

For me, Iroshizuku has some nice inks, and others are just..."feh". i like their yama-guri lots. And their shin-kai is a nice blue-black option, although i could (and have) listed other BB's which i find more attractive.

I think it's important to own at least one, though - to either feel the rapture or get it out of your system. Same goes for Pelikan Edelstein.

if I had to, I could live on a steady diet of just Diamines.

[nomadhacker]

Santa Trading is a seller on Amazon. They sell imports of Iroshizuku ink for crazy cheap. I don't know about UK or if they show up on the uk store. But US shipping is free from Japan for this import version. Takes a little longer than Prime shipping But it's getting about half price for Iroshizuku, which is getting into normal range for inks.

Shin Kai as example

[JustDaveyB]

iroshizuku inks flow perfectly in all my Japanese nibs. I can't say the same about all the other brands.

I own the full set of standard inks (their have been four limited editions) and yes they are expensive. I have been lucky enough to source most straight from Japan at US$17 a bottle.

All the colours with a dip pen http://justdaveyb.com/2013/04/10/pil...ks-dip-penned/
The pretty bottles : http://justdaveyb.com/2013/09/03/iro...es-are-pretty/

[Newjelan]

I have 6 bottles and love them all with Shin-Kai my favourite (which surprised me). I'll won't buy anymore MB inks as they're nowhere near as good IMHO. The only other brand for me is Diamine.

[JustDaveyB]

I have 6 bottles and love them all with Shin-Kai my favourite (which surprised me). I'll won't buy anymore MB inks as they're nowhere near as good IMHO. The only other brand for me is Diamine.

Rohrer & Klingner make some nice inks as well

[kaisnowbird]

One day, one day I'll buy a bottle -- after I finish one of my current bottles first.
Currently, I'm dreaming of Ku-jaku. Such a lovely colour, and the name too.

[snedwos]

iroshizuku inks flow perfectly in all my Japanese nibs. I can't say the same about all the other brands.

I own the full set of standard inks (their have been four limited editions) and yes they are expensive. I have been lucky enough to source most straight from Japan at US$17 a bottle.

All the colours with a dip pen http://justdaveyb.com/2013/04/10/pil...ks-dip-penned/
The pretty bottles : http://justdaveyb.com/2013/09/03/iro...es-are-pretty/

Which were the limited editions?


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[Goldfish]

Which were the limited editions?


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I don't know the fourth one but there were three colors that were sold only in Tokyo; Edo-murasaki (purple) , Shimbashi-iro(turquoise) , and Fukagawa-nezu(gray).

Photos in a Japanese blog.
http://m.blogs.yahoo.co.jp/muminef551/60758017.html

[snedwos]

I like that grey...


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