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Sailor Storia Mix Red Many thanks @Lithium466 for the sample. Sailor Storia series are 8 pigment inks, made by Sailor. Sailor has another Storia series, making this line up quite confusing Photo courtesy of Sailor website While this ink looks like eye searing red nail polish in the vial, in reality it's some sort of watermelon red Shading is high especially on Japanese paper. Ink is excellent on copy paper, good lubrication and high shading on Japanese paper. In washes it’s watermelon pink/ red. Chroma: Writing Samples: As the ink was well lubricated and wet, I create a “Japanese” Ef by reverse writing. Photo: Note the contrast between the ink in the pen and its real colour. Comparison: Water test: Left side 10 seconds under running water. Sample was written with glass nib. So amount of ink is more than a normal nib. Art Work: The name of the ink, reminded me of the ancient Fire temples in the Middle East. Note how the ink misses the fire element. The paper is A4 size, absorbent paper. GvFC Lapis Lazuli Noodler's Apache Sunset Büroservice Bergmann IG red Here is a different take on Fabriano water-colour paper. Note the color change. The paper is a 1/4 th of the above paper, to give you a hint of contrast. Here I used: Noodler's Lexington Gray (brush pen) and R&K sketchInk Marlene + Klara mix. · Pens used: Lamy (Reverse Ef /EF/F/M/B, BB), Noodler’s Nib creaper. · What I liked: Behaviour. Even though it's not my colour, I enjoyed mixing it with oranges and other red to create the fire element. · What I did not like: I’m not a fan of bright red colours. · What some might not like: It’s a pigment ink. · Shading: Massive · Ghosting: None. · Bleed through: None · Flow Rate: Wet · Lubrication: Very good. · Nib Dry-out: Did not notice. · Start-up: Good · Saturation: Pastel · Shading Potential: Excellent · Sheen: No. · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Did not notice. · Nib Creep / “Crud”: Did not notice. · Staining (pen): Yes. · Clogging: Did not notice. · Cleaning: It’s a red pigment ink, so don't expect it to clean easily · Water resistance: Excellent · Availability: 20 ml bottles. Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier

We now have the new Sailor Storia inks in stock! All colors are available

Storia is a new brand that I recently added in my website. It's a small company, located in Bolzano, the furthest north of Italy, where few skilled artisans work with special woods and produce beautiful pens. Look: http://www.giardino.it/pens/storia/IMMAGINI/ItaliaAp.jpg Italia http://www.giardino.it/pens/storia/IMMAGINI/VeneziaAp.jpg Venezia http://www.giardino.it/pens/storia/IMMAGINI/TorinoAp.jpg Torino Precious and exotic woods, like cocobolo, thuya, movingui, olive, palissandro. Fountain pens and rollerballs. I published an article in my Blog, with an interview to Mr. Testa, owner, designer, artisan: "If it’s true we write to remember, to prevent time to blur our memories, it’s also true the tool we use for writing can be itself an object belonging to history. Storia’s pens surely are. Storia is a company based in Bolzano, northern Italy, founded by a brave entrepreneur of Rome, Federico Testa. He designs and handcrafts his pens by himself, producing them in precious woods and metals: “Jewels for writing,” as he describes them. Indeed, there is much to be told about them. (...) “Each of our pens is a unique and irreproducible object – Federico Testa explains -: the model can be the same in design, but it will always have its unique features. We are talking of handcrafted pens, made out of precious raw woods, chosen for their peculiar features of tenderness and resistance". Read more >>>