Azure 5 - Kwzi

[visvamitra]

As some of you may know Poland is one of biggest exporters of cosmetics, furniture and fruits. But we also have inks. Or, to be more precise, one ink maker - KWZI. Konrad offers handmade inks in more than sixty colors. You can check his website here.

Azure 5 is one of five azure inks in KWZ line. It's a favourite of mine. The ink feels very smooth in both finer and broader nibs, it offers great lubracition and overall performance is rather satisfying. The thing that can be disturbing to some people is strong vanilla odour. Actually when you unpost the pen, sit straight and write you can still feel it even though the nib si more than 50 cm from your nose.

I haven't experienced any problems with this one.

First let's look at the bottle.

Ink splash

Ink on kitchen towel

Color range

Color range

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Kokuyo Myo, Dunhill Longitude, medium nib

Semikolon, Kaweco Classic, medium nib

Edited January 9, 2017 by visvamitra

[mehandiratta]

I also love this ink...

This is my favorite azure ink

[inkstainedruth]

Wow -- you're getting some nice sheen there. (Great, swell, another one goes on the short list -- which is getting progressively longer.... I should just leave that file open on my desktop when I log into FPN.)

Thanks of the review. And not. I should not be looking at ink reviews when the temperatures are in the teens and the wind chills are in single digits....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[cleosmama]

That's a beautiful color! Thank you for the reviews, Vis.

[visvamitra]

Well, it really is cool color. I rarely use blue but when I do I fill pens with J. Herbib Eclat de Saphire, KWZI Azure 5 or Robert Oster Blue Night (for blue/black). I guess I don't really need other blue inks although I'm always eager to try new things and discover some unknown gems These three are fine and I tend to come back to them from time to time.

[amberleadavis]

Those are some pretty sheens. Thank you for the wonderful review.