Sailor Bungbox Nostalgia

April 14, 2016

Well here is my review for the Sailor Bungbox Nostalgia ink. I'd gotten this last year when these were readily available. Sometimes you can find them at Vanness Pen Shop web site, currently priced at $43 a bottle. If you are in Japan, or traveling there, you can shop at the Bungbox store itself.

The usual papers MvL=Mohawk via Linen, Hij=Hammermill 28 lb inkjet, TR=Tomoe River.

The ink is not waterfast or resistant at all. It's not supposed to be, but thought I'd mention it.

In the range of brown inks I own, this one is unusual. By that I mean it doesn't match color-wise anything else I have. Of course I don't have every ink, so it may well be similar to something else. The ink is perfectly nice, but pricey. After a couple weeks in the pen the ink did darken up somewhat since more water evaporated. It's nice either way.

April 14, 2016

Great review and a gorgeous color!

April 15, 2016

An excellent review of an excellent ink. I am glad I was able to purchase this ink when Vanness first made them available to the US market. It is always a pleasure to fill a pen with this ink.

April 15, 2016

Nice review. Not really my favorite type of brown but interesting due to the green in it. 43 bucks a bottle sounds pretty chunky but then you don't have to worry about customs (which I do). Among the immortals I guess only Vuitton (also 50 ml) is pricier ($52) ? Hieronymus is IMO not immortal.

Mike

April 25, 2016

Awful color. Reminds me too much of Noodler's Kiowa Pecan, another brown I thoroughly despise.

No regrets bypassing this ink several times last year.

April 26, 2016

Thanks for another excellent review, Lotus! This is one of my favorite BungBox colors. I'm a big fan of Browns...especially with a wide nib. Glad I was able to get all my favorite BB colors before the price increase. $43./bottle is getting pretty steep, IMO.