Sailor Kobe # 24 Nakayamate Black

[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

Nakayamate Black is decent ink. The thing is I don't use black inks.

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Software ID

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Tomoe River, Kaweco Sport Classic, B

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Leuchtturm1917, Kaweco Sport Classic, B

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Oxford, Hero 5028, stub 1,9

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[visvamitra]

Wow, it seems everyone is as enthusiatic about this ink as me

[Tas]

Ha.
You know I like my blacks. Can't see anything in this that would make me want to add a bootle to the drawer. I'm sure it's lovely to use but it needs to be lovely to look at too.

 

Sorry.

[inkstainedruth]

Sorry, yesterday was a travel day (and so, for the most part, was Friday) so I wasn't anyplace to log in.

As for the ink. Well, um. It doesn't really hold much appeal for me -- it's not super black, and there are shading blacks that are a lot easier to get hold of. But thanks for the review.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[J85909266]

It's a nice black ink, certainly not a bad one. That said, I already have a black that meets all my needs, so exploring others is pretty pointless. There is no color ambiguity with black. It either is or isn't.

[mehandiratta]

the thing is even i dont use black inks...

 

however as usual .... wonderful review...

[haruka337]

What a curious shade of black. It appears to have a warm, underlying color in some of the swabs and it looks ravishing on cream colored paper.

 

I must have it.

[haruka337]

Tried this ink recently and it's wonderful.

As I suspected, this black appears warm due to its belying brown tone, which becomes quite noticeable deepening on the pen paired with it. It's curious in its undertone, rainbow chromatography, when in use or even in an accidental mess--I haven't encountered an ink such as this to date. That and it's a well behaved ink; I love an ink that can conduct it self with dignity.

For fans of black ink, #24 Nakayamate is a jewel.

[migo984]

Tried this ink recently and it's wonderful.

As I suspected, this black appears warm due to its belying brown tone, which becomes quite noticeable deepening on the pen paired with it. It's curious in its undertone, rainbow chromatography, when in use or even in an accidental mess--I haven't encountered an ink such as this to date. That and it's a well behaved ink; I love an ink that can conduct it self with dignity.

For fans of black ink, #24 Nakayamate is a jewel.

I've not been attracted to this one. How does the warm undertone compare to Do-you?

[haruka337]

#24 Nakayamate's undertone is much warmer than Do-you's stony belying color (which I adore), but the former displays a stark, almost, sienna brown, which you can see in the splat edges of visamitra's first image. However, it's more characteristic in high flow fountain pens, but this black maintains a noticeable warmth across most nibs.

Frankly, this ink is more of a black brown/brown black, so your comparison to Do-you is quite apt.

I'm going home early today (yeay!) and will scan in the ink cards of both colors for comparison.

[migo984]

#24 Nakayamate's undertone is much warmer than Do-you's stony belying color (which I adore), but the former displays a stark, almost, sienna brown, which you can see in the splat edges of visamitra's first image. However, it's more characteristic in high flow fountain pens, but this black maintains a noticeable warmth across most nibs.

Frankly, this ink is more of a black brown/brown black, so your comparison to Do-you is quite apt.

I'm going home early today (yeay!) and will scan in the ink cards of both colors for comparison.

Thank you haruka :-)

[haruka337]

OKAY! I got this done on Friday, but didn't get around to cropping and loading it up until today--apologies, migo.

 

So it turns out Do-you is the warmer for the two inks, but you'll see why it's easy to mistake Nakayamate as the warmer, browner ink.

 

The scan is fairly accurate and sort of picks up on Nakayamate's curious matte affect, otherwise, you can tell Do-you is warmer.



Here's a photo of both inks swabbed against white poster board.


Here's the odd (but charming!) matte brown finish of Nakayamate and why I initially thought it more brown than Do-you:


The trail of black spots on the right card (Nakayamate) are black. It's where the ink fell thickest. There is no sheen on the spots, only a matte brown finish where the ink fell moderately. The streaks of light and shadow points to the fact that the matte brown is not sheen; one can see the brown within the shadow on the right card. Written text on cards was done in black tip marker, not with the noted inks.

 

I adore both inks immensely.

 

Hope that was useful.