Silent Night - Bung Box

[visvamitra]

Sailor is my favourite ink maker. Sadly their most interesting inks are available only in Japan or from internet retailers. There are few japanese shops famous for their wide and interesting range of Sailor inks. One of most well-known is Bung Box. A lot of people were taken by interesting bottles and intriguing colors. It seems however that recently many ink enthusiasts started to shy away from this line since Bung Box inks became much more bitterly expensive than other Sailor inks.

The line consists of quite a few colors. My list is incomplete and most of the names aren't translated well. If you have full list of BB inks and/or could gheklp me with correcting english names, help me sort this out

1. 4B Blue/Black
2. BB Espresso
3. Dandyism
4. Emerald
5. Enshu Black
6. Fuyiyama Blue
7. Hamanako Eel
8. Imperial Purple
9. Ink of the Witch
10. L’Amant
11. Luminous Green
12. Melancholic Gray
13. Mocha
14. Music Black
15. Nostalgia
16. Oamezaki Sunset
17. Omaezaki
18. Omaezaki Blue
19. Orange
20. Pink
21. Ruby
22. Sapphire
23. Soleil
24. Tears of Clown

Before I write few words about the ink allow me to start by saying thank you mmg112 for sending me samples of different inks.

Silent Night is strange color. In some pens it's almost black with blue accents. In others it could be called blue/black. Although I'm pretty sure there are people who like this color I find it hideous. Frankly it's one of most repulsive colors I've seen in a while.

Blah.

Ink splash

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Drops of ink on kitchen towel

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Software ID

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Color range

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Oxford recycled, 90 g - Kaweco Sport Classic, eyedropper, B

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Leuchtturm1917, Pelikan M405, M nib

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Oxford, Hero 5028, stub 1,9

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Water resistance

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[haruka337]

Silent Night, it's my perfect blue-black ink. Its performance across the board is excellent.

[Tas]

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Oh my word, YES !

[white_lotus]

Hm... It's looking pretty grey on my screen, and grey inks are in the same category as yellow inks, for me.

[Ghost Plane]

Hm... It's looking pretty grey on my screen, and grey inks are in the same category as yellow inks, for me.

Agree

[lgsoltek]

Leipziger Schwarz?

[lgsoltek]

As for the ink names, I think there's Omaezaki Ocean Blue and Omaezaki Sky Blue. There's also a Sweet Potato Purple and a Sweet Potato Yellow. I'm not sure how many pinks they have but I suspect it's two? One is Mother Pink. There's also a Lycoris Red. There's also Norwegian Woods Green (maybe the Emerald in your list?)

[swanjun]

As for the ink names, I think there's Omaezaki Ocean Blue and Omaezaki Sky Blue. There's also a Sweet Potato Purple and a Sweet Potato Yellow. I'm not sure how many pinks they have but I suspect it's two? One is Mother Pink. There's also a Lycoris Red. There's also Norwegian Woods Green (maybe the Emerald in your list?)

 

There's a seasonal pink that pops up around Valentine's Day called Sweet Love Pink.

[haruka337]

Hm... It's looking pretty grey on my screen, and grey inks are in the same category as yellow inks, for me.

I see what you mean. I pulled up this thread on my tablet and desktop, it does look a bit grey. On my cell and laptop, the color looks correct. Silent Night, in person, is decidedly not grey.

[bobje]

What a great, unequivocal, absolutely clear statement in an ink review: "one of most repulsive colors I've seen in a while." Thank you, Visvamitra!

[Abner C. Kemp]

An interesting ink, it certainly looks like there is some discernible sheen going on. Probably a bit too dark for my tastes. Also, not that much different than other much cheaper inks on the market. Thanks for another great review.

[migo984]

Hmmmmmm. My Silent Night looks less grey, more blue than it appears here, and I get a lot of sheen. It's an OK ink, and I like the colour, but I much prefer Kobe #51, with its lovely green/silver aura.

[Ghost Plane]

That makes me feel better, as I have a bottle of #51 headed my way. Yay, Atsu!

[jasonchickerson]

I love well-named inks and this is one. It is distinctly the color of the sky at dusk.

 

The color is not for me but I'd use it if I needed to use black. Because I refuse to use black.

[jsolares]

It doesn't look grey at all in paper on the pens i've tried it, but on a wet Montblanc 146 it almost looks black.

[Tas]

It doesn't look grey at all in paper on the pens i've tried it, but on a wet Montblanc 146 it almost looks black.

 

Don't ! You're making it sound even more gorgeous . . .

[haruka337]

^You'll know the extent of its beauty soon enough. X3

[Tas]

^You'll know the extent of its beauty soon enough. X3

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[J85909266]

I love it. I now have this on my radar. Thanks again, Vis. You are my inky hero.

[fireant]

I'm not sure how many pinks they have but I suspect it's two? One is Mother Pink.

 

 

There was an anniversary ink called Sakura that is a delicate pink too.