Taccia Hiroshige Utagawa Ainezu

[Yazeh]

Taccia Hiroshige Utagawa Ainezu
This was part of 5 blind ink testing. Many thanks @Lithium466 for the samples and giving me a chance to experience my 2nd Taccia ink. 🙏🙏🙏
It is one of the most intriguing blue blacks, I’ve ever tested, bordering grey. The colour is refined and elegant. However, it’s not for those people who loved smooth, cushiony writing. There’s a hint of turquoise in the chroma:
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Writing Samples:
The ink is titled as A, as it was a blind test:
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Midori-A.jpeg

TR68-gr -A.jpeg

Hammermill-A.jpg

Photo:
Paper is Mnemosyne - Pen is Kanwrite with an Ahab nib.
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Comparison:
Note: A is the Taccia Ink
Comparison A.jpg
Water test:
Left side 10 seconds under running water. No feline were hurt during the experiment 😸
Watertest-A.jpeg
Art Work:
It's me, not you!
When a pen and ink are not compatible Many thanks @Sailor Kenshin for the inspiration.
Yellow ink is R&K Helianthus.



· Pens used: Pilot Kakuno Ef, Lamy (EF/F/M/B, BB), Kanwrite with Ahab nib
· What I liked: Gorgeous colour
· What I did not like: Price , name I would never remember it
· What some might not like: It’s not for people who love smooth, well-lubricated inks.
· Shading: More prominent from M nibs above.
· Ghosting: Yes, on cheap paper.
· Bleed through: Yes, on cheap paper.
· Flow Rate: Ok
· Lubrication: below average
· Nib Dry-out: Did not notice.
· Start-up: Ok
· Saturation: Dark
· Shading Potential: It has some potential.
· Sheen: No.
· Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Did not notice.
· Nib Creep / “Crud”: Did not notice.
· Staining (pen): No.
· Clogging: Did not notice.
· Cleaning: The Kakuno was a breeze, the Lamy needed a cleaning solution.
· Water resistance: decent
· Availability: 40 ml bottles.

Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier

[LizEF]

Fabulous review, Yazeh!

Look at that color! Me likey. Interesting chroma. More interesting writing samples (except Midori, that just looks grey). Gorgeous shading! Cool haloing from the flex. Cooler swatch kitty. Pretty good water resistance. Better water test sketch! Hilarious artwork (kitty and mouse in the background watching the soap opera unfold...).


Thanks for a thoroughly enjoyable review!

[dneal]

Good review. We definitely need to create a "gray-blue" category - as a distinction of "blue-black".

[Yazeh]

Fabulous review, Yazeh!

Look at that color! Me likey. Interesting chroma.

That's your type of colour!

More interesting writing samples (except Midori, that just looks grey). Gorgeous shading! Cool haloing from the flex.

It was quite a surprising experience. The ink has that ageless quality. Thankfully I have enough blue-blacks

Cooler swatch kitty. Pretty good water resistance. Better water test sketch! Hilarious artwork (kitty and mouse in the background watching the soap opera unfold...).


Thanks for a thoroughly enjoyable review!

It was a fun ink to review. Normally, when I do artwork, I'm often inspired by the name. But in blind testing, it's different. Thankfully, @Sailor had a naughty pen experience and the rest is history

[Yazeh]

Good review. We definitely need to create a "gray-blue" category - as a distinction of "blue-black".

Thanks a lot. Yep we need a blue-grey category indeed

[Lithium466]

Thank you for your review That Taccia ink (along with ink C that wasn't revealed yet) were supposed to be the biggest slice of the sample set. Upon arrival of ink C, I had to improvise otherwise!
Despite the lower lubrication, I have been enjoying these Taccia inks more than I thought I would.

[Yazeh]

@Lithium466, I've more or less got used to dry and low lubrication inks. They have their charm and could be used in different pens, especially wet vintage ones. Looking forward to the next reveal. I'm looking nowadays like the pink panther with sample E. Surprisingly fin ink that loves to cling to my skin

[Lithium466]

@Lithium466, I've more or less got used to dry and low lubrication inks. They have their charm and could be used in different pens, especially wet vintage ones. Looking forward to the next reveal. I'm looking nowadays like the pink panther with sample E. Surprisingly fin ink that loves to cling to my skin

😂 I had hoped for ink E to show some water resistance, but no. A bit better than usual inks of that colour maybe.

And I agree on the lubrication, not using a Japanese pen was an eye opener (now I need to try a Taccia pen...weird that their inks wouldn't be more lubricated since they are using Sailor nibs?)

[mizgeorge]

I'm not managing to keep up with things very well at the moment, but I had to pop in here to say how much I enjoyed this fabulous review of an ink I really enjoy.

Special love for the artwork!

[Yazeh]

I'm not managing to keep up with things very well at the moment, but I had to pop in here to say how much I enjoyed this fabulous review of an ink I really enjoy.

Special love for the artwork!

Thank you so much, mizgeorge. It made my day you "popping up"

[LizEF]

I'm not managing to keep up with things very well at the moment..

So nice to see you! I hope things improve!

[Chrissy]

Thanks Yazeh. I couldn't quite get my head around the complicated ink name either so I followed the link to the Taccia web-site to have a look. On there they call it " Taccia Ukiyoe Version 2 - Hiroshige Ainezu leaving his surname out of the actual ink name and including it in the Ukiyoe series. Therefore that's what I catalogued it as in the index. Taccia Hiroshige Ainezu is likely what folk might search for if they want it.

[Yazeh]

Thanks Yazeh.

I couldn't quite get my head around the complicated ink name either so I followed the link to the Taccia web-site to have a look. On there they call it " Taccia Ukiyoe Version 2 - Hiroshige Ainezu leaving his surname out of the actual ink name and including it in the Ukiyoe series. Therefore that's what I catalogued it as in the index. Taccia Hiroshige Ainezu is likely what folk might search for if they want it.

Thanks for the explanation.
For anyone confused:
Utagawa Hiroshige is the name of the painter.
Ainezu according to google translate means: Blue Mouse

The 2nd paragraph of this fantastic review on FPN explains it in detail:
https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/f...oshige-ainezu/

[Chrissy]

I couldn't quite get my head around the complicated ink name either so I followed the link to the Taccia web-site to have a look. On there they call it " Taccia Ukiyoe Version 2 - Hiroshige Ainezu leaving his surname out of the actual ink name and including it in the Ukiyoe series. Therefore that's what I catalogued it as in the index. Taccia Hiroshige Ainezu is likely what folk might search for if they want it.

Thanks for the explanation.
For anyone confused:
Utagawa Hiroshige is the name of the painter.
Ainezu according to google translate means: Blue Mouse

The 2nd paragraph of this fantastic review on FPN explains it in detail:
https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/f...oshige-ainezu/

I love those brilliant reviews. And it's grey.

[karmachanic]

[/QUOTE] And it's grey. [/QUOTE]

Blue 😁

[Chrissy]

Blue 😁

Stormy rain might be blue where you come from LOL but it's grey here and I got the grey word from this review. If namrehsnoom says it's grey in this review then I'm more than happy to pass it on.

[karmachanic]

Blue 😁

Stormy rain might be blue where you come from LOL but it's grey here

Meet you half way - blue grey. Ai = Indigo, Nezu = mouse grey.