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Kobe #56 Rokko Shichidanka Many thanks to @Lithium466 for the sample 🙏 Ink is named after a Japanese Hydrangea: The chroma represents the complex tones of the flower. I most enjoyed doing washes with this ink, rather than writing. The ink is too complex and gorgeous to write with. 😛 If I were to use it for writing it would be on a white Japanese paper with a B nib. The colour simply sings and evokes mid-summer. On Rhodia it was flat, and it bled through with a B nib. Note that the pink dye in the chroma is stubborn and will take time some time to clean your pen Writing Samples: The texts are poems by Akiko Yosano ( 1878 – 1942) translated by Sam Hamill & Keiko Matsui Gibson. The darker colour on the Japanese Ef nib is due to the fact that the ink had stayed for a week or two in the pen, before I did the writing sample. Photo: Comparison: Water test: and finally some artwork: This was inspired by an artwork by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. The paper is a no name super absorbent paper, they grey ink is Noodler's Pasternak. and here is another work where I used a water brush on the feed of a fountain pen to soak up the ink and draw on Canson Mixed media paper: The black ink is Platinum Carbon Black using the same technique. · Pens used: Pilot F3A Ef, Lamy (EF/F/M/B, 1.1), Osmiroid Copperplate nib · What I liked: Chroma, doing washes. · What I did not like: Writing on Rhodia/ cheap paper, cleaning · What some might not like: Price · Shading: With B nib. · Ghosting: On cheap paper, yes and a bit with B nib on Rhodia. · Bleed through: A few dots on cheap paper and a bit surprisingly with wide nibs on Rhodia · Flow Rate: Wet · Lubrication: Nice · Nib Dry-out: Did not notice. · Start-up: Did not notice. · Saturation: Not saturated. · Shading Potential: With wet M/ B nibs and on Japanese paper. · Sheen: Did not notice. · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: A bit with the flex nib on cheap paper. · Nib Creep / “Crud”: Did not notice. · Staining (pen): Did not notice, but the pink dye might stick. · Clogging: No. · Cleaning: The pink dye is persistent. · Water resistance: Not at all. · Availability: 50 ml bottles Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier