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INK REVIEW: Pilot Iroshizuku – Momiji
Yikes!
Is it pink? It is red? It’s – rose. Momiji from Pilot Iroshizuku is pretty, pretty, pretty, and BRIGHT! In yo face!
It almost glows blue, yes?
Momiji is also known as Autumn Leaves – not sure why.
But pink ink? I don’t know. I just don’t know! Definitely girly. But what possible use could one have for this? Love letters? You know what I mean? Journaling, perhaps. But I’m not 12 and I don’t dot my letters with hearts. (Usually.)
Momiji is $28 all over the place. And while that’s not a lot of money, it is on the high side for ink. And there are so many inks out there. So many I need to have. I’m going to pass on this one. For now. Unless I find can’t.
But if I’m ever in the market for pink/red/rose – this is going to be my color.
Even if it does schmear all over the place in the water test (even the droplet is a fail). Even if it was a bit of a pain to clean the pen after using. Even if it doesn’t have much shading. It’s that POW of color that has me.
Seriously, though. It wrote great, just like the other Iroshizuku inks. And if this color is your thing, I say go for it. I’m saving my pennies for something else. Probably, anyway. I don’t know! What do you think? Love it? Hate it?
Here’s what others are saying…
INK REVIEW: Pilot Iroshizuku – Kiri Same
Kiri same from Pilot Iroshizuku is such a pleasing shade of gray. I like my gray inks to look as much like pencil as possible – so that the reader may even wonder if I’d written in pencil. A simple fine line. Mmm. This one fits the bill, but when compared with other grays – it seems to have some red qualities to it. It’s probably not enough red to notice when the ink is on its own, but the red is definitely there.
The above swab is on a cheap index card (really, are there any quality index cards out there these days?). The feathering on the index card had me concerned, but look below at the water test – no feathering, no smearing. For the water test, I write, wait a few seconds, and then drag a moistened Q-Tip across the writing. I also place a water droplet on the card – in this case, it’s on the L in “Pilot” – crazy, right?
Pricing is the same as the other Iroshizuku inks – $28 at most places.
I like the hint of shading, too. Some feathering on my Hammermill Premium paper, but you have to get pretty close to see it. Definitely not something that would keep me from enjoying this ink.
This one is a temptation! I’m going to plan to try another sample. Perhaps on a variety of papers. And then I’ll know. Is this my gray? Which is your gray (or is it grey)? I answered that question last week.
Here’s what other people are saying . . .
Fountain Pen Network (look at that shading!)
Seize the Dave (the essence of storm clouds in a bottle)
Grays are a favorite color for me. Love, hate, or indifferent – how do you feel about gray ink?
INK REVIEW: Pilot Iroshizuku – Shin Ryoku
Initial Thoughts
Here we have Shin-ryoku from Pilot Iroshizuku. My first ink review! Wooooo!
How pretty!
Maybe a little too blue if one is searching for a pure green ink. Shin-ryoku apparently translates to Forest Green – if this is the case, the color is most definitely not dark or saturated enough.
But really pretty just the same.
Pricing
$28 all over the place.
This was my first experience with a Pilot Iroshizuku ink. Other than not loving the color (purely a matter of my good taste, I assure you), I had no complaints. It wrote wonderfully in my TWSBI Diamond 540. No skipping, not too wet/dry. Saturation was a little light for me, but definitely sufficient. Too bad there wasn’t more shading.
Some feathering when it’s examined very close up on this mid-quality paper. But really – in person, it was barely noticeable.
Mm…doesn’t really pass the water test, but it’s not the worst I’ve ever seen.
Overall, this is a nice quality ink and it wrote very well in my pen. I didn’t fall in love with it and I won’t be buying a full bottle, but I’m glad I had the opportunity to try it out.
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