Sailor Kobe # 46 Nagisa Museum Blueish Grey

[visvamitra]

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Kobe (神戸市 Kōbe-shi) is the sixth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture. It is located on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bayand about 30 km (19 mi) west of Osaka. With a population around 1.5 million, the city is part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto. Its name comes from "kanbe" (神戸), an archaic title for supporters of the city's Ikuta Shrine. Kobe became one of Japan's 17 designated cities in 1956.

Kobe is famous for its shirines and nioce architecture but among fountain pen and ink afficionados the name Kobe cause increased heart-rate. The city is a home of Nagasawa-Kobe stationery shop that offers incredible lione of more than fifty inks made by Sailor.

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https://kobe-nagasawa.co.jp/

My master - plan is to prepare comparison of full line of Nagasawa-Kobe inks. Not an easy task as they're not the most obtainable inks on the market, but hopefully I'll manage to do it

At the moment Nagasawa-Kobe offers 52 inks:

• Rokko Green
• Pier Blue
• Old Foreigner Ward Sepia
• Kitano Foreigners Residence Red
• East Asia Black
• Kobe Bordeaux
• Kaikyo Blue
• Arima Amber
• Suma Purple
• Mikage Grey
• Ikuta Orange
• Okamoto Pink
• Nunobiki Emerald
• Maya Lapis
• Maiko Green
• Nada Brown
• Shioya Blue
• Sannomiya Panse
• Minatogawa Lime
• Motomachi Rouge
• Taisanji Yellow
• Shinkaichi Gold
• Nagata Blue
• Nakayamate Black
• Tarumi Apricot
• Wadamisaki Blue
• Kounan Maroon
• Suzuran Green
• Suma Kaihin Blue
• Ooji Cherry
• Kaigan Stone Grey
• Tamon Purple Grey
• Rikyuu Moon Yellow
• Sourakuen Tea Green
• Suwayama Leaf Green
• Sakaemachi Indigo
• Minatojima Island Blue
• Kitanozaka Night Blue
• Kobe Brick
• Sumiyoshi Brown
• Suma Rikyu Rose
• Rokko Island Sky
• Gakuen Toshi Fresh Green
• Sumaura Seaside Blue
• Hashibuse Silhouette Green
• Nagisa Museum Grey
• Aoya Cascade Green
• Suidousuji Marchais Blue
• Kitano Olive Green
• Kyo-machi Legend Blue
• Kano-cho Midnight
• Shioya Vintage Sepia

Nagisa Museum Blueish Grey is well behaved ink but I'm not really keen on its color.

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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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Tomoe River, Kaweco Classic Sport, B

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Leuchturm 1917, Kaweco Classic Sport, B

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Oxford, Hero 5028, stub 1,9

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[Algester]

hmmm complex... not sure if it's similar to Pen and Message's fuyugare... is it?

[migo984]

hmmm complex... not sure if it's similar to Pen and Message's fuyugare... is it?

 

I really love this ink. It writes like silk and is a quite complex grey/blue. Prepare to be shocked........I prefer it to P & M Cigar!

 

I also have Fuyugare - my bottle is darker, more monotone and less blue than #46.

[Tas]

Love it.

However, I can't say I prefer it to Cigar. Apples & Oranges . . .

[migo984]

Love it.

However, I can't say I prefer it to Cigar. Apples & Oranges . . .

You're quite right. It's not really a valid comparison.

Suffice to say I have multi bottles of #46 (one of the very few inks where I have more than 1 bottle) and use it frequently. My bottles of Cigar don't get used much by me, although my other half enjoys them.

[Cyber6]

I do like greys.... and this one looks real nice.... I just don't use grey much... ... My greens (dark murky), golds, browns and reds are used very often. :D

 

 

Still a very nice grey... Thanks again Vis!!!!..

 

 

 

 

C.

Edited November 19, 2015 by Cyber6

[Tas]

. . . anyway Cigar is so last season. I'm all about KWZI's EXCELLENT Hunter Green

[migo984]

. . . anyway Cigar is so last season. I'm all about KWZI's EXCELLENT Hunter Green

Oh yes - green is definitely the new black :-) I'm rocking my new R & K Ivy Leaf ink, made for Tsutaya.

[Algester]

hmmm now I would to see a comparison with Kiri-same, this and Fuyu-syogun

[haruka337]

hmmm now I would to see a comparison with Kiri-same, this and Fuyu-syogun

+1

[wastelanded]

hmmm now I would to see a comparison with Kiri-same, this and Fuyu-syogun

I can do that, I will tomorrow.

 

I really like this ink. It needs a wide, wet nib in order to breathe.

[RedScarves]

Was a comparison done?

(I would like to see between kiri-same, fuyu-syogun, and this as well... )

[mehandiratta]

boring....

 

thank you for the review....

[visvamitra]

Quick comparison

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[Tas]

Ooo. I forgot how lovely Gris de Payne was . . .

[migo984]

Ooo. I forgot how lovely Gris de Payne was . . .

Tas, I have a bottle of GdP if you want it?

[DrDebG]

Tas, I have a bottle of GdP if you want it?

If Tas isn't interested, I would jump at the offer. I love L'A P. Callifolio inks!

 

Vis, another great review! I really appreciate all of the time and effort you put into these. So many of us rely on your expertise! Thank you!

[migo984]

If Tas isn't interested, I would jump at the offer. I love L'A P. Callifolio inks!

 

I'm in the UK so it would be too expensive to ship to you I'm afraid. Tas lives locally to me.

[RedScarves]

Ooooh all the kobe greys as well!~

Thank you thank you.

Looks like I would have to add a kobe grey to my order

 

@migo984 would I qualify as local if half of the year you're in Aust? (I remember I read that somewhere on here...)

[Tas]

Tas, I have a bottle of GdP if you want it?

 

 

 

If Tas isn't interested, I would jump at the offer. I love L'A P. Callifolio inks!

 

Vis, another great review! I really appreciate all of the time and effort you put into these. So many of us rely on your expertise! Thank you!

 

I could post some to you by way of spreading the love . . . ?