Sailor's Full Ink Lines Including Shop Exclusives Compiled In A Post?

[mongrelnomad]

I think my favourite 3 Sailor inks are BB4B, Joyful-2 Purple Heart and P+M Cigar. It'll be a long wait for the last two (running low )

[RayJ]

^if you just want a single bottle and not a lifetime supply, you can order cigar from Atsu, he has it. Mine is already on it's way.

 

I'll buy more once all the inks are in stock, this time directly from the shop. I like all pen & message inks.

[saskia_madding]

mongrelnomad - would you pretty please post some pictures of Joyful-2 purple heart? I wanted it SO BADLY and didn't get any.

[Precise]

 

 

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Pens/DSC09890_zpsf6a1d823.jpg

 

I would like to make a gentle (and meant to be polite) suggestion about photos of ink on paper. You can see here, and in many posts, that the paper appears gray. Yet it's almost certain that the paper was actually white. But when you take a photo with most cameras, it tries to expose so the subject is mid-tone. For example, a photo of snow, comes out gray. Ditto for any white subject. There are several ways to correct this:

 

1. If the camera offers a "snow scene" setting, try that.

2. If the camera allows for exposure corrections (from -2 to 0 to +2), select +2.

3. Increase the contrast in a photo editor until the paper looks white. Irfanview is an excellent free editor.

 

I attach a photo, taken from this post, in which I've increased the contrast to make the paper white.

 

Sincerely yours,

 

 

Alan

Edited October 24, 2015 by Precise

[mongrelnomad]

mongrelnomad - would you pretty please post some pictures of Joyful-2 purple heart? I wanted it SO BADLY and didn't get any.

 

As you wish

 

[saskia_madding]

my god, that is GORGEOUS! Thank you for posting it, nomad! I am even more envious now.

 

 

As for picture levels, while I understand people's concerns, I take A TON of different pictures and then sift through them very carefully. I choose the ones where the ink in the picture most closely represents what it looks like IRL, and I hold the writing samples against the screen for comparison. So while the modified picture may have white paper, I don't personally think the ink is as representative of the real colour as the original picture with grayer paper.

[Ghost Plane]

Nice! (Starts another page in the wish book. "List" is inadequate)

[Precise]

 

As you wish

 

In my recent post about increasing contrast to make paper appear as it was originally (white, rather than gray), I accidentally deleted the original photo and left a different photo. But this post has only one photo, so I won't make that mistake. Above is the same photo with increased contrast to make the paper white.

 

Edited October 26, 2015 by Precise

[Precise]

Here is an attempt to show both original exposure and contrast-enhanced exposure on one screen. Note that the ink color is fairly close, but the paper is lighter. With more editing effort, it's possible to lighten only the paper.

Edited October 26, 2015 by Precise

[mongrelnomad]

Here is an attempt to show both original exposure and contrast-enhanced exposure on one screen. Note that the ink color is fairly close, but the paper is lighter. With more editing effort, it's possible to lighten only the paper.

Ink purple3.jpg

Ink purple5.jpg

 

Thanks for that. It's a pretty good representation...

[Algester]

how does purple heart compare to the like of R&K's alt-bordeaux?

[RayJ]

 

Thanks for that. It's a pretty good representation...

May I ask how you get the Joyful Honda inks? I tried finding something online, but no success. As per my understanding, WRE or Tenso can only get stuff for you if they have an online store which can ship to their office.

I'd rather not go through Atsu for 7-8 bottles and I don't know anyone in the Gunma Prefecture.

Edited October 26, 2015 by RayJ

[Algester]

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/ac-fan/2990030033247/

Joyful honda rakuten I'm not sure if it's prefecture specific but this one is in Gunma prefecture

[RayJ]

Thank you.

[vanishsophie]

Here is an attempt to show both original exposure and contrast-enhanced exposure on one screen. Note that the ink color is fairly close, but the paper is lighter. With more editing effort, it's possible to lighten only the paper.

Ink purple3.jpg

Ink purple5.jpg

I think this color is pretty similar to Sweet potato purple, but actually sweet potato purple has a golden sheen.

I asked Atsu if Joyful will be avalialble or not, but he said he could not even be sure about that.

I wish I would be able to get then in the future.

They all look nice, decent and steady color.

[mongrelnomad]

I think this color is pretty similar to Sweet potato purple, but actually sweet potato purple has a golden sheen.

I asked Atsu if Joyful will be avalialble or not, but he said he could not even be sure about that.

I wish I would be able to get then in the future.

They all look nice, decent and steady color.

I've not tried SPP, but I stopped using BB Ink of Witch because I found it had a really long drying time (nowhere near as bad as the Hougado Pen Gallery Purple-black, but still...) Purple heart dries quickly and is very well-behaved.

[mongrelnomad]

how does purple heart compare to the like of R&K's alt-bordeaux?

 

Never tried the R&K, sorry...

 

May I ask how you get the Joyful Honda inks? I tried finding something online, but no success. As per my understanding, WRE or Tenso can only get stuff for you if they have an online store which can ship to their office.

I'd rather not go through Atsu for 7-8 bottles and I don't know anyone in the Gunma Prefecture.

 

I ordered them back in February through Atsu...

[RayJ]

 

 

I ordered them back in February through Atsu...

Thank you.

Joyful Honda has 15 sailor inks, and it's quite possible that I may like multiple colors. Getting more than a bottle from Atsu is expensive, so better to go with WRE or Tenso.

 

On another note, received an email from bungbox. Seems like they are restarting international shipment with only 8 colors in those useless Jentle ink bottles.

 

Edit: is that a Hakase in your display picture mongrelnomad?

Edited October 26, 2015 by RayJ

[mongrelnomad]

 

Edit: is that a Hakase in your display picture mongrelnomad?

 

Yup... two of them

[RayJ]

^Wow. 2 of them.

That roll-stopper was a dead give-away.