Kobe #56 Rokko Shichidanka

[yazeh]

Kobe #56 Rokko Shichidanka 

 

Many thanks to @Lithium466 for the sample 🙏

Ink is named after a Japanese Hydrangea:

The chroma represents the complex tones of the flower. 

 

I most enjoyed doing washes with this ink, rather than writing. The ink is too complex and gorgeous to write with. 😛

If I were to use it for writing it would be on a white Japanese paper with a B nib. The colour simply sings and evokes mid-summer. On Rhodia it was flat, and it bled through with a B nib. 

 

Note that the pink dye in the chroma is stubborn and will take time some time to clean your pen  

  

Writing Samples:

 The texts are poems by Akiko Yosano ( 1878 – 1942) translated by Sam Hamill & Keiko Matsui Gibson. The darker colour on the Japanese Ef nib is due to the fact that the ink had stayed for a week or two in the pen, before I did the writing sample. 

 

Photo:

 

Comparison:

Water test:

 

 

and finally some artwork:

This was inspired by an artwork by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. The paper is a no name super absorbent paper, they grey ink is Noodler's Pasternak.

and here is another work where I used a water brush on the feed of a fountain pen to soak up the ink and draw on Canson Mixed media paper:

The black ink is Platinum Carbon Black using the same technique. 

 

 

·      Pens used: Pilot F3A Ef, Lamy (EF/F/M/B, 1.1), Osmiroid Copperplate nib

·      What I liked: Chroma, doing washes.

·      What I did not like: Writing on Rhodia/ cheap paper, cleaning

·       What some might not like: Price

·      Shading: With B nib.

·      Ghosting: On cheap paper, yes and a bit with B nib on Rhodia. 

·      Bleed through: A few dots on cheap paper and a bit surprisingly with wide nibs on Rhodia

·      Flow Rate: Wet

·      Lubrication: Nice

·      Nib Dry-out: Did not notice.

·      Start-up:  Did not notice. 

·      Saturation: Not saturated. 

·      Shading Potential: With wet M/ B nibs and on Japanese paper. 

·      Sheen: Did not notice. 

·      Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: A bit with the flex nib on cheap paper.  

·      Nib Creep / “Crud”: Did not notice.

·      Staining (pen): Did not notice, but the pink dye might stick. 

·      Clogging: No. 

·      Cleaning: The pink dye is persistent. 

·      Water resistance: Not at all. 

·      Availability: 50 ml bottles

 

Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier  

 

 

 

[Sailor Kenshin]

@yazeh, I have no experience with this ink!  But I love the chroma, the sketches (esp. #2) and hydrangeas in general.

 

Thanks once again for these wonderful Ink-Splorations! 

[LizEF]

Thanks, @yazeh! Great review of an interesting color.  Pretty flowers, nice chroma.  Do you have some Iroful paper?  I could send you some and perhaps it would help you like this ink a little more for writing.   Seems like a very soft color, perhaps relaxing like Herbin Eclat de Saphir...  The shading from your B and flex nibs is lovely.

 

Love kimono-swatch-kitty.     Water-test kitty makes me smile.  I wonder what Mr. Mouse is saying to him.    And samurai mouse is back! Hooray! Love the artwork.  Very sophisticated kitty and lovely flowers.   Very lovely addition to my Saturday evening.

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

@yazeh, I have no experience with this ink!

 

1 hour ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

 But I love the chroma

I thought you would love it

 

1 hour ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

, the sketches (esp. #2) and hydrangeas in general.

Thank you! Hydrangea are lovely

 

1 hour ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

 

Thanks once again for these wonderful Ink-Splorations! 

A pleasure!

[yazeh]

13 minutes ago, LizEF said:

Thanks, @yazeh! Great review of an interesting color. 

🙏

13 minutes ago, LizEF said:

Pretty flowers, nice chroma.  Do you have some Iroful paper? 

Nope I was going to get some after your review

 

13 minutes ago, LizEF said:

I could send you some and perhaps it would help you like this ink a little more for writing.  

 

 

13 minutes ago, LizEF said:

Seems like a very soft color, perhaps relaxing like Herbin Eclat de Saphir... 

 

Even more relaxing

 

13 minutes ago, LizEF said:

The shading from your B and flex nibs is lovely.

 

Isn't Mrs. Shadily Shady

 

13 minutes ago, LizEF said:

 

Love kimono-swatch-kitty.    

 

 

13 minutes ago, LizEF said:

 

Water-test kitty makes me smile.  I wonder what Mr. Mouse is saying to him.   

It's worse being in an Ink bottle than getting wet

 

13 minutes ago, LizEF said:

And samurai mouse is back! Hooray! Love the artwork.  Very sophisticated kitty and lovely flowers.   Very lovely addition to my Saturday evening.

Thank you so much. Mean a lot. I also loved your latest Platinum Zentangle. Gorgeous work. I loved what looked like old film canisters on the top

 

[LizEF]

53 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Nope I was going to get some after your review

Just PM me if you want to sample a few sheets first - happy to send them.

 

54 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Even more relaxing

Impressive!!

 

54 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Isn't Mrs. Shadily Shady

 

54 minutes ago, yazeh said:

It's worse being in an Ink bottle than getting wet

No doubt!

 

55 minutes ago, yazeh said:

I also loved your latest Platinum Zentangle. Gorgeous work. I loved what looked like old film canisters on the top

Thanks!  Didn't even consider what those top arcs looked like, but yeah, I can see it now.

[Penguincollector]

   You really do this beautiful ink justice! I very much enjoyed your drawing and your review. I used it with a broad Osmiroid italic straight nib and fell in love. 

[PithyProlix]

Thank you for showing this so well! It's beautiful. 

 

I couldn't help but think this might be very similar to Herbin Bleu Myosotis and/or PenBBS April Diamond, not sure. 

[Lithium466]

Thank you for your review and the lovely sketches!

That ink works really well in a Pilot CH912 FA, or a Pilot Falcon SEF for ex. I no longer have some Iroshizuku Ajisai but I wonder how they'd compare.

 

The house I grew up in had a huge beautiful hydrangea in front, producing that lovely complex mix of blues and purples. I believe it is still there nowadays

 

PS: I think I included some Iroful within the Pelikan paper sandwich.

[Lithium466]

1 hour ago, PithyProlix said:

Thank you for showing this so well! It's beautiful. 

 

I couldn't help but think this might be very similar to Herbin Bleu Myosotis and/or PenBBS April Diamond, not sure. 

Oh no! Bleu myosotis has good lubrication but is (slighly) darker, greyer and bluer too. Also flatter and boring, but maybe that's just me

Can't say about the PenBBS.

[yazeh]

12 hours ago, LizEF said:

Just PM me if you want to sample a few sheets first - happy to send them.

 

Thank you!

12 hours ago, LizEF said:

Thanks!  Didn't even consider what those top arcs looked like, but yeah, I can see it now.

 

 

[yazeh]

12 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

   You really do this beautiful ink justice! I

Thank you!

12 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

very much enjoyed your drawing and your review.

🙏

12 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

I used it with a broad Osmiroid italic straight nib and fell in love. 

 

[yazeh]

5 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

Thank you for showing this so well! It's beautiful. 

Thanks 🙏

5 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

I couldn't help but think this might be very similar to Herbin Bleu Myosotis and/or PenBBS April Diamond, not sure. 

I checked on Anderson's Inktool and INkswatch. As @Lithium466 said, Kobe seems to be more vibrant

 

 

[yazeh]

4 hours ago, Lithium466 said:

Thank you for your review and the lovely sketches!

🙏

4 hours ago, Lithium466 said:

That ink works really well in a Pilot CH912 FA, or a Pilot Falcon SEF for ex. I no longer have some Iroshizuku Ajisai but I wonder how they'd compare.

According to Anderson's Ink tool, Ajisai is darker and more saturated

https://andersonpens.com/ink-tool/

4 hours ago, Lithium466 said:

 

The house I grew up with had a huge beautiful hydrangea in front, producing that lovely complex mix of blues and purples. I believe it is still there nowadays

Hydrangea colours fluctuat depending to the soil ph. If the soil is acidic they're blue, if it's natural, purple and If Alkaline pink  That's a lovely memory, thanks for sharing 🙏fox

 

4 hours ago, Lithium466 said:

 

PS: I think I included some Iroful within the Pelikan paper sandwich.

🙏

[Lithium466]

8 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Hydrangea colours fluctuat depending to the soil ph. If the soil is acidic they're blue, if it's natural, purple and If Alkaline pink  That's a lovely memory, thanks for sharing 

I first learned that in middle school during a chemistry lesson and then tried unsuccessfully to make the soil more acidic so it would lean more blue. Of course my version of making the soil more acidic at that time only implied various experiments with pouring Coke and vinegar...which never had any noticeable effect 😂

[yazeh]

3 hours ago, Lithium466 said:

I first learned that in middle school during a chemistry lesson and then tried unsuccessfully to make the soil more acidic so it would lean more blue. Of course my version of making the soil more acidic at that time only implied various experiments with pouring Coke and vinegar...which never had any noticeable effect 😂

 

[inkstainedruth]

@yazeh That's a pretty color -- and seems to be not too light to be illegible on the page, either.

Thanks as usual for the comprehensive review.  And, well, not....

(Well, as it turns out it already *was* on my list of "inks to order by December of 2024....)

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[InesF]

Thank you, @yazeh, for this ink review and for your drawings! 👍

 

While it is not in my prey colour range, I love how the ink behaved when applied with a brush. Japanese cat lady looks quite amused - may it be because of mouse or because of the ink colour?  

Thumbs up 👍👍 for trying to protect cat from the water test. I guess, it got wet by accident? 🤭

[yazeh]

14 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

@yazeh That's a pretty color -- and seems to be not too light to be illegible on the page, either.

😊

14 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Thanks as usual for the comprehensive review.  

🙏

14 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

 

And, well, not....

(Well, as it turns out it already *was* on my list of "inks to order by December of 2024....)

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

You can't blame it all on Mame, can you? 😂

[yazeh]

4 hours ago, InesF said:

Thank you, @yazeh, for this ink review and for your drawings! 👍

A pleasure 🙏

4 hours ago, InesF said:

 

While it is not in my prey colour range, I love how the ink behaved when applied with a brush.

Yes. It's quote fun with a water brush😊

4 hours ago, InesF said:

 

Japanese cat lady looks quite amused - may it be because of mouse or because of the ink colour?  

Ot maybe both 😊

4 hours ago, InesF said:

Thumbs up 👍👍 for trying to protect cat from the water test. I guess, it got wet by accident? 🤭

Well it's not my fault that it wanted to hide in an ink bottle 😂