Usagiya Setouchi Marine Blue

[gylyf]

It's a great ink, provided you're into greenish blues:

 

 

Close-up:

 

 

Sheen:

 

 

Swatch:

 

 

 

[lgsoltek]

I like it!!!

[lgsoltek]

I wonder how it compares to Sailor's Minakami Turquoise (Joyful-2). This reminds me that I still haven't written a review of it yet.

[Old_Inkyhand]

Very pretty!

[Mew]

Someone said that usagiya inks are slightly problematic as compared to other sailor inks. I think kojima denim is problematic and Pione too.

Do you have any of these? If yes, can you tell?

Edited June 8, 2016 by Mew

[saskia_madding]

I do so love this ink! It was not one of the ones in that line that had any issues, in my experience. It was perfect.

[Mew]

I do so love this ink! It was not one of the ones in that line that had any issues, in my experience. It was perfect.

Can you tell which ones had issues? I'll get rid of them.

[inkstainedruth]

Wow. The sheen on this is amazing! How hard is it to get this ink? (Says the person who overspent a bit at the Triangle Pen Show last weekend, including getting a bottle of Akkerman Shocking Blue, and then went back to the hotel room and ordered 2 bottles of Lamy Dark Lilac before it disappears.... )

Do I need more ink? No. And, well, yes. But the wallet says no.... sigh....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[cellardoor04]

Love the shading on this one. Would like to know where/how to get it as well, please!

[skeskali]

What a fun ink!

[gylyf]

Love the shading on this one. Would like to know where/how to get it as well, please!

They're available on Usagiya's Rakuten site:

 

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/8989usagiya/c/0000001411/

 

They only post a few colors at a time and they tend to sell out quickly. I just got lucky with the timing.

[Pensei]

Can you interact with that site if you do not read Japanese?

[gylyf]

Can you interact with that site if you do not read Japanese?

I used a Google Translator browser extension to translate the site, then ordered through White Rabbit.

[gylyf]

It's back up on Rakuten, for those who are interested.

[DrDebG]

I love this! I will have to see if I can get some.

[Pensei]

Thanks gylyf. That's pretty ink, but I'm not sure I'm ready to go to the advanced class of White Rabbit.

Edited June 14, 2016 by Pensei

[mehandiratta]

very nice...

[jmccarty3]

I'd assume that by the time you get an order to buy in to White Rabbit, and they contact the store, the ink will be sold out.

[bstnnyc]

Thank you for this great review! I've been interested in seeing a detailed review of this blue ever since Algester first posted the Usagiya list. Although I'm not a big fan of greenish blues, this one looks special. Since I'm over my ink budget for the year though (since March... ) I will add this one to next year's shopping list.

[EricTheRed]

Wow, what an excellent color. It leaps off the page. It would be great if Amazon and/or Goulet would start selling this stuff...