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Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Undocumented Mix

 

This is review #40 in my series. Here's the YouTube video:

 

Post-recording notes: Cleaning was relatively easy, for a partial water-proof ink. A bit of pen flush was all it needed to loosen up what little clung in the coverter and section.

 

And here is a screen of the final result, for those not interested in the video:
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Scan of Completed Review:
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Zoomed in photo:
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Absorbent Paper Closeup (puzzle paper like thick newsprint):
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Screenshots also available on Instagram: @zilxodarap

 

Previous Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-syogun.

 

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Hope you enjoy. Comments appreciated!

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Wow, that's nice. Too bad we're not allowed to know what the mix is....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Wow, that's nice. Too bad we're not allowed to know what the mix is....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

:) It's less a question of "allowed" and more that it's not possible (since the inks and quantities weren't documented). It will be sad when it's all used up.

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I love the thumb twiddle . . . :)

 

Thanks again.

:D It's called, "Liz is too lazy to go get some fancy time-lapse animation."

 

Gladly! ;)

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Great review Liz..... of anonymous atramento :D

 

It's funny how when an ink has no name, it becomes well, "boring"....

Now if we call a Night with the Sphinx Giza, special edition, then everyone want to grab sample of..... ;)

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Great review Liz..... of anonymous atramento :D

 

It's funny how when an ink has no name, it becomes well, "boring"....

Now if we call a Night with the Sphinx Giza, special edition, then everyone want to grab sample of..... ;)

I know.

Birmingham Ink Co have such super names and the Japanese style of Soft snow on a frozen moonlit lake always sets a hook in me 🥰.

Sailors 123 etc left me cold.

Mad eh 🤷‍♂

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I know.

Birmingham Ink Co have such super names and the Japanese style of Soft snow on a frozen moonlit lake always sets a hook in me .

Sailors 123 etc left me cold.

Mad eh ‍♂

Yeah.... I'm often hooked by Noodler's names and the whole back story :D

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Great review Liz..... of anonymous atramento :D

 

It's funny how when an ink has no name, it becomes well, "boring"....

Now if we call a Night with the Sphinx Giza, special edition, then everyone want to grab sample of..... ;)

Thank you! And...drat! Why didn't I think of that!? I make stuff up almost constantly. (In theory, I'm supposed to be making stuff up for a living, but so far, it's just making stuff up.) I could have called this "Midnight in Murmansk" (sounds like a spy story) or "Moonless Night on Irrelia 4" (sci-fi romance) or "Blood of the Black Dragon" (fantasy). Sigh. :( Such a lost opportunity.

 

You know, stories are this way for me - I have to have a character, and the character has to have a name, or the story ain't goin' nowhere. Apparently other authors start elsewhere - the magic system, the culture, the plot - and plug names in later, but I need a person with a name, then I can tell their story - or write it down while they tell it to me.

 

On the other hand, the person who made this didn't want people asking for some, so maybe "Undocumented Mix" is the way to go. :) Bah! "Under the Radar", "Stealth Slippers", "Blue-Black Panther", "Depressed Blueberries", "Black Opal". Sigh.

 

Ahh but A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet

Hey! Did you hack my computer!? :angry: That's review #44. The quotes for reviews 43 through 45 are all about the words we use. :D

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The Noodler's ink names always have some story behind them -- usually historical or political.

The Birmingham inks? Those are references to people or places with a connection to Pittsburgh (one of these years maybe they'll have Smithfield Street Bridge Truss Blue back in stock so I can get a full bottle of it...).

This is a quick search for info about the actual bridge (which I've been on fairly often over the years): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithfield_Street_Bridge

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

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Thank you! And...drat! Why didn't I think of that!? I make stuff up almost constantly. (In theory, I'm supposed to be making stuff up for a living, but so far, it's just making stuff up.) I could have called this "Midnight in Murmansk" (sounds like a spy story) or "Moonless Night on Irrelia 4" (sci-fi romance) or "Blood of the Black Dragon" (fantasy). Sigh. :( Such a lost opportunity.

It's never too late.... I got inspired by what you wrote and you came up with pretty good ones..... ;)

 

You know, stories are this way for me - I have to have a character, and the character has to have a name, or the story ain't goin' nowhere. Apparently other authors start elsewhere - the magic system, the culture, the plot - and plug names in later, but I need a person with a name, then I can tell their story - or write it down while they tell it to me.

Some characters are finicky and don't like to reveal their names and sometimes decide to change gender....or simply die off :D

I recently read that Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's was originally Connie Gustafson ;)

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...I recently read that Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's was originally Connie Gustafson ;)

Yeah, that would have totally changed the story. Seriously, I change a character's name and suddenly they're a completely different person. :)

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Seriously, I change a character's name and suddenly they're a completely different person. :)

 

 

Have you watched Season 1 of Nip/Tuck? Apparently changing someone's face superficially would do that do, or at least as far as the FBI is concerned. ;)

I endeavour to be frank and truthful in what I write, show or otherwise present, when I relate my first-hand experiences that are not independently verifiable; and link to third-party content where I can, when I make a claim or refute a statement of fact in a thread. If there is something you can verify for yourself, I entreat you to do so, and judge for yourself what is right, correct, and valid. I may be wrong, and my position or say-so is no more authoritative and carries no more weight than anyone else's here.

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Sailors 123 etc left me cold.

Mad eh ‍♂

 

I kinda like it, having to know the characteristics or qualities of a uniquely identifiable entity not because its 'name' or 'label' tells you what to expect, in order to find the best match available for a given set of criteria and/or get the most out of something.

 

What stops me from getting a bottle of Sailor Ink Studio #123 (and any other in that product family) is the price, either of acquiring it from a local retailer or ordering online from an overseas supplier but then having to contend with shipping charges and tax liability.

 

Personally, though, the names (of inks) that appeal most are (Sailor) kiwaguro, which from my (Chinese, not Japanese) reading of the kanji means extreme or absolute black; (Rohrer & Klingner) Helianthus, meaning sunflower and is actually the proper name of the genus; and (PenBBS #286) 幽山向晚 and so on for descriptiveness without catering to a minority whose primary language is English.

I endeavour to be frank and truthful in what I write, show or otherwise present, when I relate my first-hand experiences that are not independently verifiable; and link to third-party content where I can, when I make a claim or refute a statement of fact in a thread. If there is something you can verify for yourself, I entreat you to do so, and judge for yourself what is right, correct, and valid. I may be wrong, and my position or say-so is no more authoritative and carries no more weight than anyone else's here.

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You know, stories are this way for me - I have to have a character, and the character has to have a name, or the story ain't goin' nowhere. Apparently other authors start elsewhere - the magic system, the culture, the plot - and plug names in later, but I need a person with a name, then I can tell their story - or write it down while they tell it to me.

 

Ursula leGuin wrote her novels like that. She would have this character in her head who was insistently telling his or her story, and the name was the first thing she knew about them.

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Ahh but A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet

 

At the time of the bard there weren't as many as varieties as there are now....

It always makes me cringe, when in movies someone smells an offered rose....

It seems almost a memory, when commercial grown roses did actually smell.... ;)

 

In all honesty I'm not so inclined to try any ink simply labeled blue, black.... or by a number.....

I tried several Sailor studio samples.

I had to constantly look up the number to remember what ink I was using.... :)

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At the time of the bard there weren't as many as varieties as there are now....

It always makes me cringe, when in movies someone smells an offered rose....

It seems almost a memory, when commercial grown roses did actually smell.... ;)

 

In all honesty I'm not so inclined to try any ink simply labeled blue, black.... or by a number.....

I tried several Sailor studio samples.

I had to constantly look up the number to remember what ink I was using.... :)

Surely much of a rose's charm is its fragrance? :wub:

Agreed, the ones in my mum's garden are divine, those in florists, less so.

 

 

 

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Have you watched Season 1 of Nip/Tuck? Apparently changing someone's face superficially would do that do, or at least as far as the FBI is concerned. ;)

 

:lol: No, I haven't seen the show.

 

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Ursula leGuin wrote her novels like that. She would have this character in her head who was insistently telling his or her story, and the name was the first thing she knew about them.

I am not at all surprised to learn that! It goes right along with the Earthsea series I quote so often. Thanks for sharing that.

 

In all honesty I'm not so inclined to try any ink simply labeled blue, black.... or by a number.....

I tried several Sailor studio samples.

I had to constantly look up the number to remember what ink I was using.... :)

Well, clearly you need to give them a name! Sailor should have left a blank, foutain-pen-friendly line on the bottle for the buyer to name the ink. They missed out on some serious marketing opportunity there! ;) You could call them things like "Forgettia" and "Unmemorium". "John Doe", anyone? An orange-y hue could be "Little Orphan Annie" without paying licensing fees. :P

 

At the time of the bard there weren't as many as varieties as there are now....

It always makes me cringe, when in movies someone smells an offered rose....

It seems almost a memory, when commercial grown roses did actually smell.... ;)

...

 

Surely much of a rose's charm is its fragrance? :wub:

Agreed, the ones in my mum's garden are divine, those in florists, less so.

 

Huh. I had no idea commercially grown flowers had lost or were losing their scent. That's kinda sad. My sense of smell is all messed up from a head injury eons ago, so I wouldn't notice, but it's still kinda sad. Ditch the fragrance for more money, I guess. :(

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