4B - Sailor 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.

4B is decent ink with rather pleasant color and good behaviour although it seems it's caused some minor nib creepn in my Kaweco. Yesterday I've broken my camera lenses but once I get new I'll make a photo of this creep/crud stuff.

Ink splash

http://imageshack.com/a/img911/6575/ve57aY.jpg

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

http://imageshack.com/a/img903/7856/eIKRvQ.jpg

Software ID

 

http://imageshack.com/a/img907/1102/enwgeW.jpg

Color range

http://imageshack.com/a/img910/2065/NkOTRk.jpg

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

http://imageshack.com/a/img910/5923/h5JQId.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img903/439/dQOcyo.jpg

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Leuchtturm1917, Pelikan M405, M nib

http://imageshack.com/a/img910/7278/fRz67k.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img633/1302/KMVIJ3.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img907/1286/czYKE8.jpg

Oxford, Hero 5028, stub 1,9

http://imageshack.com/a/img911/1830/8xmG31.jpg

Rhodia, Kaweco Sport V16N, M

http://imageshack.com/a/img905/1729/fdKH44.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img911/6011/Ip8Qp5.jpg

[jmccarty3]

Thanks for the great review. This is one of my favorite Sailors--the color is very formal and professional, but it sheens beautifully. There are only a few inks of which I own more than one bottle--this is one of them.

[white_lotus]

Your ink on my monitor appears much more grey than mine.

[AndyYNWA]

Thanks for the review.

 

However, all other reviews and samples I've seen of this ink have been much bluer and less grey.

 

I have a sample I will try next week.

Edited November 8, 2015 by AndyYNWA

[gmax]

Nice review, thank you. On my screen this looks very like iroshizuku shin-kai.

[Markol]

It isn't bad but a bit too sad.

[AndyYNWA]

Nice review, thank you. On my screen this looks very like iroshizuku shin-kai.

I have just inked up one of my pens with 4B and imho it's a bit darker than Shin-kai and has a slight muted teal component that Shin-kai doesn't have.

 

But the sheen on fp friendly paper is nice.

Edited November 11, 2015 by AndyYNWA

[gmax]

Thanks for clarifying that - it can be hard to judge these things on screen