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I spent a little bit of time looking here and in the Japan forum, but I did not find a thread that seemed dedicated to Iroshizuku ink. There is of course a lot of discussion of the ink, just nowhere in once place that I was able to find. Mods: I have tagged this thread to ask if maybe I missed an already existing thread. If so, please feel free to merge the comments below into the Iroshizuku thread I somehow missed. If not, I suspect maybe there are enough Iroshizuku fans (and non-fans) and discussion to try and collect a bit in one thread where it might be a fun and informative place for people to sound off on all things Iroshizuku, big and small. Here in Inky Thoughts seems to a good place for such a thread. Iroshizuku is a line of inks by Pilot (24 inks currently, plus the occasional special editions), that come in a nice palette for colors, and there seem to be a fair number of Iroshizuku fans out there, so I thought "surely, there is a dedicated Iroshizuku Ink thread here somewhere", but I was not able to find one (at least not a recently active one). My Iroshizuku thoughts for the day: The overall palette seems a bit blue heavy (even most of the greens at least tint in the blue direction), but every Iroshizuku color I have tried has been a nice experience in subtlety. There are also some fascinating colors in the red/purple/pink/orange hues. There are a couple of grays (one warm-ish, one cool-ish), and only one black (but does one need more than one black? ). For someone like me who likes brown, the Iroshizuku line has nice dark (Yama-guri), medium (Tsukushi), and bright (Ina-ho) browns that in just three inks cover a lot of territory in the brown direction. Sometimes I like something a bit more in the red direction, in which case Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Brown (can be a bit yellow-orange-ish), Diamine Ancient Copper (more orange-red), or Diamine Oxblood (maybe more of a brown-tinted red), but the Iroshizuku browns are a really functional set for me. What are your favorite Iroshizuku inks, and why? Which ones do you find hideous, and why? My top three Iros would be: Yama-guri: I enjoy the warm rich dark brown, and I image sometimes I see a tinge of a green sheen in it that is not at all unpleasant. Shin-kai: because blue-black is my most used ink, and everyone needs at least 5 - 10 different blue-blacks. 😛 Kon-peki: because it is my wife's favorite, and she works in the cobalt metal industry, so a deep cerulean blue makes for a nice metaphor.

Does anyone know if Pilot sells a bottled version of the ink in their blue black ink cartridge? I like the drying characteristics of this ink in my Pilot VP. I use Diamine Midnight and Noodlers Midnight Blue, but neither dry as fast as the ink in the Pilot cartridge. I use the fine nib. Thanks

Hello, I can't remember where I saw the query, but someone wrote that Iroshuzuku inks were in smaller bottles, only available in Japan. I wanted to let anyone interested, they are also available here in USA. They are 15ml and Vanness in Little Rock, AR has them in stock as of today. If you go to the Classified section, you will see the contact information. I am thrilled since it means I can try some hues I would not want to get a full 50ml, and would want more than 2ml, which Gouletpencompany offers. Just thought I would pass along the information.

I finished some cartridges with black ink that came together with Pilot 78G. I can see that there are small metal balls inside cartridges and that the ink was a little dense. Now I fitted a rubber converter and filled the pen with Diamine ASA BLUE. Because, apparently, the new ink is thinner, the writing of the pen is different. So I was wondering, is there the original Pilot ink but in a bottle? Or some other brand ink, with similar denser feel. Thanks a lot.