Terry Finney
The third in this series of ink reviews is for Noodler’s Habanero. I originally bought an ink sample on Ebay a few months ago, loaded a pen with it, and recall thinking it was a very attractive colour. I flushed it before really running it through its paces though. When I saw the ink was available from a UK supplier (at £10 for a 3oz bottle), I though I would stock up while I had the chance. Google tells me that 3oz equates to 88.7206ml (the labels say 87-90ml), so I would consider this ink to be modestly priced (cheap sounds wrong).
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Category Archives: Stationery
Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-Gaki – Ink Review
The subject of the second review is Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-Gaki. No great backstory on this one, but I had also seen a number of positive reviews of this ink. In general, the Iroshizuku line is well-regarded. Most UK retailers charge £25 – £30 per 50ml bottle, which normally put the ink in the “luxury” category. However, I bought this bottle from Amazon Marketplace for £12.68 – which I would consider puts this ink in the “mid price” range. The fact I can get a bottle sent all the way from Japan for roughly half the price I could but it in the UK could be the subject of a post in itself.
Sailor Jentle Apricot – Ink Review
The first of this block of four ink reviews has no special backstory. I saw other reviews for Sailor Jentle Apricot, and thought I would give it a try. It cost £10.80 from a UK supplier, which for 50ml I would consider “mid price”.
Update May 27, 2014
Things have been a little quiet here recently (I won’t bore you with any excuses) but four ink reviews should appear in the very near future. The writing tests are done, as well as the photos, I just need to scan in the samples and write up the text. This is the first time I’ve tried running four tests at once, and you will see that the inks are all in the orange/red area. Next time around I plan to do five at once!
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