EFNIR: Sailor Kujukuri Coast Hamanasu

[LizEF]

Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Sailor Kujukuri Coast Hamanasu

This is review #102 in my series.  Here's the YouTube video:

Post-recording notes:  Bits of greenish-gold sheen can be seen in the zoom.  Cleaning was easy with plain water, but did take a bit longer than usual (red + sheen = more time).

And here is a screen of the final result, for those not interested in the video:

Scan of Completed Review:

Zoomed in photo:

Absorbent Paper Closeup (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper):

Images also available on Instagram: @zilxodarap

Previous Review: Robert Oster Green Lime.

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Hope you enjoy.  Comments appreciated!

[yazeh]

Really love this colour. It reminds of R7K Sketchink Jule and Super5 Australia... 

Good job, Liz

[LizEF]

47 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Really love this colour. It reminds of R7K Sketchink Jule and Super5 Australia...

I like that it can sheen a lot but still be well-behaved (no smearing after dry, no flow problems).  I assume you can find it in Japan, near this "Kujukuri Coast", but that's the most I can tell you about it.  This is one of @A Smug Dill's gifted samples.

 

48 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Good job, Liz

Thanks!

[A Smug Dill]

Woohoo! A Sailor Kujukuri Coast ink finally makes an appearance in ink reviews.

 

This ink has more than a passing similarity to Sailor Shikiori (né Jentle) Okuyama:

• https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/272272-sailors-full-ink-lines-including-shop-exclusives-compiled-in-a-post/?do=findComment&comment=4209771
• https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/198510-inks-with-a-sheen/?do=findComment&comment=4267539

As far as I've seen, this is a ‘limited edition’ — which has nevertheless been re-released in the ‘new’ rectangular-footprint 50ml Sailor ink bottles recent — exclusive to a single Japanese retailer. I think I came across (online only, of course, as opposed to in physical visits to bricks-and-mortar stores) a couple of sellers of inks in this series in Hong Kong and China (or was it Taiwan?), but they are rare as ‘invisible’ clear UV-fluorescent fountain pen inks.

 

 

Thanks for another excellent review (and scan without a green cast, haha)!

[LizEF]

19 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

Woohoo! A Sailor Kujukuri Coast ink finally makes an appearance in ink reviews.

 

19 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

This ink has more than a passing similarity to Sailor Shikiori (né Jentle) Okuyama

Oh, yes, those do look very similar.  I suspect most of us could be happy with the more-easily-obtained look-alike.

 

20 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

Thanks for another excellent review

Gladly!

 

21 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

(and scan without a green cast, haha)

Fluke, I'm sure.  I still haven't figured out the whole scanning thing - why it sometimes works and other times not.  Same with the GIMP color correction - I've found that sometimes I can do it in various sequences, and get the color pretty good, other times, nothing seems to work...  Sigh.  Learning experience.

[mizgeorge]

Thank you as always Liz for a fab review of an ink I'd never heard of! 

 

I like it, but I don't love it. I think it's the green gold sheen I'm not too keen on - I rather like the base colour, especially in the dry time test where it looks much pinker.

 

Not one I need, especially as I have others in a similar vein, and of them, I think my favourite is probably Diamine Manggis. 

[A Smug Dill]

@mizgeorge Diamine Manggis sheens harder and also forms crud like mad, though. It's the only new bottle of ink I've come across that is full of crud under the cap when I first opened it; the bottle was tightly sealed enough that there was nil leakage in transit making its way from Malaysia to Australia, so I don't think it can be attributed to an undue amount of exposure to air.

[mizgeorge]

3 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

@mizgeorge Diamine Manggis sheens harder and also forms crud like mad, though. It's the only new bottle of ink I've come across that is full of crud under the cap when I first opened it; the bottle was tightly sealed enough that there was nil leakage in transit making its way from Malaysia to Australia, so I don't think it can be attributed to an undue amount of exposure to air.

That's so weird. Mine arrived (also from Malaysia) without so much as a hint of anything cruddy, and I've just checked both the pen it's in and the bottle and it's perfect. I'm going to leave it out and check it again in a few days.

[LizEF]

21 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

Thank you as always Liz for a fab review of an ink I'd never heard of! 

You're very welcome!  And thank you!

 

23 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

I like it, but I don't love it. I think it's the green gold sheen I'm not too keen on - I rather like the base colour, especially in the dry time test where it looks much pinker.

FWIW, I just opened my Hobonichi and flipped back to the pages with this ink, and I didn't see the sheen unless I angled the paper (lighting right now is very indirect), so this isn't a super-sheener where you can't see the color of the ink - it's just that the sheen isn't hard to see, and I lucked out with camera and lighting angles.

 

But I totally understand not needing to buy another ink - I've been there for a while now - but oddly, it hasn't totally stopped me...

 

26 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

Diamine Manggis

Oh, Dill gave me this one, too, so eventually, I'll be able to compare.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Seems I've missed a few reviews.  This is a very nice color, and I can easily see the sheen. But I already have Oku-Yama, as well as Iro Yama- Budo, sooo....

 

Thanks for another great review.  Even if I am not persuaded to BUY an ink, I like watching these.  But those feather close-ups are scary.  😱

[LizEF]

50 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Thanks for another great review.

You're very welcome!

 

50 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Even if I am not persuaded to BUY an ink, I like watching these.

 

50 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

But those feather close-ups are scary.  😱

Keep in mind it's practically newsprint, and it's super-magnified.

[LizEF]

Here's the line width measurement. The line is one of those used for dry time.  Magnification is 100x.  The grid is 100x100µm.  The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each.  The line width for this ink is roughly 330µm.

 

[LizEF]

For those who like the color of this ink, but who can't find an easy / affordable way to purchase it, Diamine Writer's Blood turns out to be a near twin - color-wise.  You'll have to tune in to review #214 to see about other attributes.