Sheen From Sailor (Nano) Pigment Inks

[A Smug Dill]

On Bloc Rhodia No16 80g/m² paper:

 

KIWAGURO written using a Pilot VP 18K gold F nib

SEIBOKU written using a Lamy steel EF nib

SOUBOKU written using a Pilot Metropolitan steel F nib

[inkstainedruth]

Oh, drat -- now you're just making me want Soubuku all the more....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[A Smug Dill]

Be ‘warned’, in order to get that purple-tinged-with-green sheen from Sailor souboku, the ink has to be very saturated, and stay wet on the page for a very long time.

 

The gold sheen from kiwaguro and purplish-red sheen from souboku isn't very noticeable to my naked eye. I actually cannot detect the sheen from kiwaguro by looking at the page even now, and I was very surprised that the camera picked it up.

[jmccarty3]

Souboku is doing superbly for me at work in a Sailor Pro Gear Realo with a fine nib. It's well-behaved on all sorts of paper and starts up every time.

[A Smug Dill]

I have a black Sailor Pro Gear Realo, still factory-sealed in a clear plastic sleeve, because I can't decide which ink to put in it. On the one hand, I want it to write with a super-reliable archival ink; but, being a piston-fill, I'm wary and reluctant to put a pigment ink or iron gall ink in it. I have no idea whether that pen is as easy to completely disassemble as a Wing Sung 3008 for a thorough cleaning.

[A Smug Dill]

In a more ‘practical’ application:

 

 

[jmccarty3]

I have a black Sailor Pro Gear Realo, still factory-sealed in a clear plastic sleeve, because I can't decide which ink to put in it. On the one hand, I want it to write with a super-reliable archival ink; but, being a piston-fill, I'm wary and reluctant to put a pigment ink or iron gall ink in it. I have no idea whether that pen is as easy to completely disassemble as a Wing Sung 3008 for a thorough cleaning.

 

Based on my experience with several fills of Souboku, you needn't worry about using it in your Pro Gear Realo. I have tried quite a few iron gall and pigment inks in this pen, and have had no trouble at all.

[TheDutchGuy]

Fantastic penmanship, very inspiring.

[A Smug Dill]

Astoundingly, the sheen from Sailor seiboku and souboku somehow survived a 60-minute soak in a shallow plate of clean, warm water.

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After:

[Intensity]

Very cool! That Preppy with EF nib and ACBB must be a dry writer—my ACBB never looked so pale/bright teal.

[Caeruleum]

Seiboku doesn't care at all about water, alcohol, light, it just doesn't move

 

Very cool! That Preppy with EF nib and ACBB must be a dry writermy ACBB never looked so pale/bright teal.

I'm very surprised to. In my somewhat wet EF Safari it looks almost black. I would like it to be lighter and especially to smear less when dry, which it probably would in this Preppy.

[JulieParadise]

On 5/16/2019 at 12:23 PM, A Smug Dill said:

Astoundingly, the sheen from Sailor seiboku and souboku somehow survived a 60-minute soak in a shallow plate of clean, warm water.

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After:

 

Oh, this must have escaped me when you posted it! I am happy to praise Platinum Carbon Black and Sailor Souboku all day long. I just love these inks! Well-behaved, lightfast, waterproof (enough, depending on the paper and how they sat on it), and exactly where I'd want them to be colour-wise.

 

Thank you for showing your test results!