Sailor Waka-Uguisu

[lgsoltek]

Sailor recently re-released the old four seasons inks. Sadly it's a limited edition (again!). I managed to get another three of them: Chu-shu, Waka-uguisu and Yuki-akari.

Murky green lovers may enjoy this ink. But seriously, this ink is not special in anyway. At this price and all the trouble in obtaining this ink I can't recommend this ink. There are cheaper and better choices out there.

 

Splash

(photo, scan. The scan turns out too yellow. The photo is slightly too green. The actual colour is more like something in between.)

 

 

Sample

 

 

Comparison

(Waka-uguisu, Sailor Joyful-2 Tsumagoi Leaf Green, Sailor Bung Box Tsuyu-hikari, Iroshizuku Chiku-rin, Montblanc Daniel Defoe, R&K Alt-goldgrun, Penbbs #157 Hangzhou, Penbbs #159 Wakaba.)

For something cheap and easy to get, with maybe even more gorgeous shading, get Alt-goldgrun. For equal trouble in getting this ink, I'd suggest hunting down a bottle of Defoe.

 

[chingdamosaic]

......I hate to see beautifully composed ink reviews of lemited editions, especially murky greens.(*weeps)

 

Rumor has it that Sailor is planning to make the old four seasons line a regular series, and I really hope it's true and soon!

[Chrissy]

Thank you for the review.

 

This one isn't anything to write home about for me. I will stick with R&K Alt Goldgrun.

[visvamitra]

Not bad.

[sakayume]

Thanks for the review. It's exactly the kind of murky green I like, so I'm glad I got a bottle. But from the comparison, I like Defoe better.

 

I'm surprised Alt Goldgrün is so much more yellow-toned though, it always seems quite green to me when I write with it.

[Cyber6]

I like Waka-Uguiso.. at the same time, I don't feel the need to buy a second bottle.

 

I usually don't stock more than 1 bottle... with Exceptions, like Rikyu-Cha, Alfred Hitchcock.. etc. Right now, I am thinking that I should have bought a second bottle of DanielDefoe... :puddle: :puddle:

 

Lovely review as always Lgsoltek.. :D

 

 

C.

[lgsoltek]

Right now, I am thinking that I should have bought a second bottle of DanielDefoe... :puddle: :puddle:

 

 

 

C.

I think so too! Btw I saw your Edelstein 2018 link. I can see a murky theme LOL...

[Cyber6]

I think so too! Btw I saw your Edelstein 2018 link. I can see a murky theme LOL...

 

 

Please vote for me again and again!!!..... I will die and go to heaven if we can get something like that..

 

 

Link in my signature for anyone who want to see and vote for me.... Deadline is today.

[mehandiratta]

Good...

M happy with Tokiwa Matsu...

[amberleadavis]

Terrific comparison!

[NicolausPiscator]

Ah! Thank you for this terrific review! You have retrieved a lot of the complex and not very easy potential of Wake-Uguisu. Your comparison with other green inks is especially interesting and illuminating. I see a confirmation of my own ink tests: Rohrer & Klinger's Altgoldgrün is somehow similar - but sometimes underestimated although it is an excellent and lush moss green.

[pgcauk]

I have an old agave plant in my garden in Los Angeles and every December when it flowers there is a little olive bird that visits and climbs up the flowering stalks to sip nectar from the flowers. I have always called him "olive bird", but this year I looked him up and think his name is "Veriole Warbler". I told my Japanese friend about him and she replied that in Japan his name is Uguisu 鶯 and he is taken as a harbinger of Spring.

I have 10,000 green inks and have never been particularly drawn to this one, but it is a good match for my drab little visitor so I think I'll pick up a box of cartriges at least!

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/warbling-vireo

 

[LizEF]

10 minutes ago, pgcauk said:

I have an old agave plant in my garden in Los Angeles and every December when it flowers there is a little olive bird that visits and climbs up the flowering stalks to sip nectar from the flowers. I have always called him "olive bird", but this year I looked him up and think his name is "Veriole Warbler". I told my Japanese friend about him and she replied that in Japan his name is Uguisu 鶯 and he is taken as a harbinger of Spring.

I have 10,000 green inks and have never been particularly drawn to this one, but it is a good match for my drab little visitor so I think I'll pick up a box of cartriges at least!

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/warbling-vireo