Sailor Nagasawa - Kobe 52 Inks

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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/

Thanks to incredible and generous people from FPN and PWF (polish forum)I was able to review almost full line of Nagasawa-kobe inks. Almost because today I've found out that soon two new colors will be introduced. It's never-ending story I guess

 

Adamon, Amberleajames, Aoirghe, Cyber6, Haruka337, Mmg112, Vijay, Yennefer, Mmg112, Tinjapan I want to thank you for sharing ink samples with me. I hope I've done them justice.

At the moment Nagasawa-Kobe offers 52 inks, but soon two more will be introduces. I've managed to try and review 52 of them:

• 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

Ink Splashes

Tomoe River, Kaweco Classic Sport, Broad nib

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Tomoe River, Kaweco Classic Sport, Broad nib

Leuchtturm1917, Kaweco Classic Sport, Broad nib

Lyreco, Kaweco Classic Sport, Broad nib

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Clairefontaine, Kaweco Classic Sport, Broad nib

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Midori, Hero 5028, stub 1,9

Water resistance

Before Immersion

After immersion

Summary

Thank you for your attention. I have few more things to scan but for instance that should do it. In my opinion Nagasawa-kobe line of inks is the best line of fountain pen inks ever created. I enjoy inks of other makers, but none of them offers such quality and huge palette of intriguing hues. Even though some colors aren't made for me, all of this inks behave extremely well in a variety of pens on a variety of papers. That's something. If - right now - you're reaching for your wallet don't blame me. It's Sailor Ink-master that ingenuity makes us drool and look for this inks. I know some people are hesitant to stock things. I'm one of them. You wouldn't believe but at the moment I have maybe 30 bottles of ink. If I don't use something I usually sell it or give it to someone. However the earth insists to keep on turning and before some time these inks may be gone. That's why I'm planning to stock some of them.

 

My number one in the line is no. 3 Kyuu-Kyouryuuchi Sepia. Other inks I would love to have are Souraken Tea Green, Minatojima Island Blue, Kaigan Stone Grey, Kano Cho Midnight Blue, Minatogawa Lime, Ijinkan Red, Arima Amber and Kounan Maroon. Other two I like a lot are Taisanji Yellow and Suzuran Green but happily I have full bottles of them.

 

I want to express once again gratitude to all those who made this comparison possible by sharing their inks. Adamon, Amberleajames, Aoirghe, Cyber6, Haruka337, Mmg112, Vijay, Yennefer, Mmg112, Tinjapan thank you a lot!

 

I hope you like this comparison and find it in any way helpful. Please share your experience with Nagasawa-kobe line of inks and vote in a poll.

Edited December 13, 2015 by visvamitra

[swanjun]

This is glorious. I feel like this thread should win a prize.

[migo984]

I wish I could vote but I keep getting an error message :-(

[Tas]

Sterling work visvamitra.

 

I can hear pockets emptying all over this community . . .

 

(May I extend my thanks too to all those who helped visvamitra by sending over the samples. FPN members are so generous)

Edited December 14, 2015 by Tas

[visvamitra]

@Migo - it seems than in order to vote you have to mark at least one answer to each question :/ I didn't know. But please write us which are your favourites and which do nothing for you? It seems the least intriguyng color is no. 35 Suwayama Leaf Green. No one commented in the review of this one. I can agree. It's rather boring color.

[migo984]

My favourite ink of them all is:

Sano-cho Midnight - just sumptuous and it feels like velvet on the paper.

 

Others I really enjoy using are:

Injkan Red, Nagisa Museum Blue Grey, Kaikyo Blue, Bordeaux, Sannomiya Pansė, Minatogawa Lime, Kitanozaka Night Blue and Minotajima Island Blue.

 

I'm not keen on Rokko Island Sky or Sumiyoshi Brown.

 

Thank you Vis, for all your fab reviews of this series of inks. It's a wonderful resource. Sailor inks are head and shoulders above any others, as far as I'm concerned.

 

Ps I also love the LE inks Turner Brown, Van Gogh Cobalt and Ur Lapis Blue

[UDog]

Vistamitra...a consummate sommelier.

[lgsoltek]

No adjective in superlative form is enough to describe this review (and this whole line of ink).

[Hallel]

This is an absolutely wonderful review. I'm bookmarking it for the future. A very impressive project Vis!

[Massi]

I thought you make a great work with the reviews, and now i find this astonishing compendium.

Thank tuo Visvamitra

[hooper]

Can't thank you enough for this comprehensive overview!

 

Maya lapis and Indigo are my favorites. Nakayamate Black looks very interesting and Foreigners Ward Sepia is probably the best color in my opinion.

[alexander_k]

Spectacular! I can't thank you enough - but also I can't blame you enough for the collusion: why are they doing this to me? Don't they know that I'm incapable of resisting nice inks? How many pens do they expect me to have inked at the same time? I'm lost ;-)

[Joban]

Thank you for all your hard work.

[amberleadavis]

Great Stuff!

[annakat]

Your reviews have made me spend quite a bit of money!! Fortunately I can't get my hands on these (although I do have a list now in case I ever do find them)!! Please stop with the incredible reviews. It's terrible for my budget!

[kpatters5274]

Thank you so much for this! I love your comparison/ compilations at the end of a review set. Thankfully, you steered me away from two inks that I was considering-- though I've now replaced them with two others that I will like much better. Well, assuming I ever stumble across them...

[mhosea]

In my opinion Nagasawa-kobe line of inks is the best line of fountain pen inks ever created. [...] However the earth insists to keep on turning and before some time these inks may be gone.

The notion that it might be the "best line ... ever" does not seem unreasonable. However, I am not finding them very much available at this point, just a few colors. Hopefully that is a temporary thing.