Irori - Sailor Jentle Ink (2016)

[visvamitra]

In 1911, Mr. Kyugoro Sakata, an engineer from Hiroshima in Japan, was introduced to the fountain pen. Mr. Sakata was so intrigued by the design and function of the pen he decided to begin a company to craft the finest writing instruments in the world. In honor of his British friend, he chose to name the company Sailor Pen.

The Sailor Pen Company has maintained this heritage of quality and technical perfection over the years. Apart from offering very well made pens, the company has employed an ink master - pure genius who's managed to create greates fountain pen inks ever (it's my opinion not validated by research but shared by many of us). I would guess that during the years Sailor created approximately 600-800 inks (most of them under other names).

One of internatioonally available line of Sailor inks is Sailor Jentle line. At the moment we have two of them. The new one reintroduces colors that were missed by hundreds of geeks. I'vwe bought full line of new Jentle inks and I'll review them all in following weeks. The inks are:

1. Chu-shu
   
2. Fuji-musume
   
3. Irori
   
4. Kin-mokusei
   
5. Rikyu-cha
   
6. Sakura-mori
   
7. Waka-uguisu
   
8. Yuki-akari
   

Today I'll say few words about

Irori

The color is strong, vibrant and saturated. The ink behaves well on variety of papers. It has no water resistance. I haven't observed any feathering or bleedthrough.

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Color ID

Color range

Tomoe River, Kaweco AL Sport, broad nib

Leuchtturm1917, Kaweco AL Sport, broad nib

Clairefontaine, Kaweco Sport, broad nib

Rhodia, Lamy Al-Star, B

[lgsoltek]

I do like this.

[migo984]

Nice

[namrehsnoom]

Really nice red (if I had any use for more red inks, I'd probably go for it).

[inkstainedruth]

This appears to skirt the edge of being an orangey red without crossing it, and an ink I might try.

Thanks for the review -- and not... (I have too many inks already...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[mehandiratta]

Hmmm Nice bright Red... Pinkish Red....

Lovely color though.... did you happen to see any sheen

[Cyber6]

I wished my Irori was the color I see on my screen....

 

I find my Irori leans too orange... I am ok with orangey-reds, but not so with red-orangey... if you can follow that.

 

 

Maybe I need to put it on a real wet broad nib.... is currently on a medium flow, medium nib.

 

 

 

C.

[ehemem]

This is an ink I could live with...

[chromantic]

Thanks for another thorough review, vis. As I commented on lgsoltek's review, I will likely buy this even though it's brighter than I usually like my reds. Yet I don't think it's the brightness that's bothering me; comparing both reviews, it just seems there's something slightly 'off' about the color and I can't quite put my finger on it. The color range shows little spread and shading is minimal but that doesn't bother me with other inks so I don't think that's it. Just something odd about it.

[visvamitra]

It seems Diamine Wild Strawberry and Sailor Irori are almost twins:

[AndyYNWA]

Sometimes when I see this ink, I get tempted to buy a bottle. Next time I see it, it's more a "meh" feeling...

Can't make up my mind...

 

Thanks for the review though...

[MCWB]

It seems Diamine Wild Strawberry and Sailor Irori are almost twins:

 

I think Diamine Poppy Red is also very close to Irori, probably closer than Wild Strawberry. I had Poppy Red and Irori loaded up about a month ago (albeit in different pens) and I couldn't split them.

[Aelie]

Thanks for the review! There is something very unique about Irori's color: one day I think it's pure red, red with some orange the next day, then red with some pink the day after.

 

One thing I do know for certain is that I will buy a bottle of Irori when my sample runs out! That might take a while though, given how rarely I use red inks...

[mongrelnomad]

I used to love this ink way-back-when. Now I've stocked up on the new release, I can't stand it; such an insipid shade, almost translucent with absolutely no depth or body.

 

Such a shame, especially when compared to other Sailor reds such as Kobe 27, Oku Yama or Grenade....

[Chrissy]

 

I think Diamine Poppy Red is also very close to Irori, probably closer than Wild Strawberry. I had Poppy Red and Irori loaded up about a month ago (albeit in different pens) and I couldn't split them.

 

I agree with this.

[phillieskjk]

A very vibrant red, I might have to try it out.