Pilot Tsuki-yo/Moonlight (brief review)

[limesally]

Still I wouldn't buy Tsuki-yo (especially given the price and cost of shipping from Japan) just based on a slight difference in color. It's the difference in the properties and characteristics, that got my interest.

 

That's why I'm still interested too, Margana - I do love the colour of Legal Lapis, and sometimes I do feel I need the waterproofness. But for the times I don't, I would love a the same colour without the slight "drag" and nib creep I get with LL.

 

Oh, who am I kidding? It's all about the bottle, man. The bottle!! :roflmho:

[ethernautrix]

I spent less than a minute on this comparison (thus the mess, sorry!), but I think it shows that the colors are slightly different. Actually, they look fairly distinct, heh.

 

http://www.geocities.com/ethernautrix/fpn-20080510_inks.jpg

 

Edit: Oops. No, Margana, I didn't shake the Noodler's first.

 

I do think it's odd that I could not tell the difference between the colors in the original comparison (which I can't post, cos I wrote silly things, heh). I even took the sheet outside in the sun... and the colors looked the same! I'll have to look for that sheet... and study it again. Weird.

Edited May 12, 2008 by ethernautrix

[Rapt]

Legal lapis changes apparent colour depending on the pen its in. The differences in wetness and nib style and width make a difference.

 

Legal lapis in my Pelikan M605 with the 0.5mm Binder Cursive italic looks very dark and sexy, in my 1930's vintage pilot with a semi-flex nib its closer to M width unflexed and looks much lighter in colour.

 

Least that's my experience.

 

FWIW that book is on my to read list also. The local bookstore clerk recommended it after seeing me reading some other books... "Stumbling on Happiness", "In Praise of Slow"...etc...

 

 

[Viseguy]

For the record, here is Nathan Tardif (a/k/a Eternally Noodling) on Legal Blue vs. Legal Lapis. (Click on the left-pointing arrow at the end of the "QUOTE" line to view the complete post.)

 

Legal Blue is "bluer" yet is still a classic blue black, and Legal Lapis is a vintage style blue black with additional color tinges on certain grades of paper. On some grades of paper the two inks are completely different - while on others they appear similar....light sources also have influence over the color perception given off by both inks.

 

Edited to add how to go to the quoted post.

Edited May 12, 2008 by Viseguy

[KCat]

want want want

[MYU]

I just got my order today. 3 bottles of the inky elixir. Somehow, the bottles are a bit smaller than I had expected. They're deceptive, too--doesn't look like 50ml. But the colors are beautiful to look at, holding the bottles up to the light. And the bottle shape is quite unusual, definitely to be reused. They come in these matte metallic finish wrapped boxes that suggest perfume instead of ink.

 

[Deirdre]

I'm waiting for four bottles; couldn't get all five colors, darn it.

[Immoteus]

I just got my order today. 3 bottles of the inky elixir. Somehow, the bottles are a bit smaller than I had expected. They're deceptive, too--doesn't look like 50ml. But the colors are beautiful to look at, holding the bottles up to the light. And the bottle shape is quite unusual, definitely to be reused. They come in these matte metallic finish wrapped boxes that suggest perfume instead of ink.

Maybe Pilot should've promoted this line of ink as "Namiki No. 1 - No.5."

[Brian]

Okay, all these posts have me brainwashed that I have to try these inks. I've enlisted my sister in law to hunt them down on a trip into Tokyo. If successful I'll have three bottles of this stuff to put into a Namiki Yukari Royale. She's going to pick and i really hope there are no peacock blues...

 

Thanks for the wealth of information provided.

[MYU]

I finally got around to photographing 3 of these superb inks. Not great photos, but enough to get the idea of how Iroshizuku inks impress. Incidentally, the labels on the bottles are really nice--thick with a kind of shimmer to them; definitely not just "stuck on paper" as you might think from the photos.

 

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t154/MYU701/pens/Pilot/Pilot_Iroshizuku_boxes.jpg

 

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t154/MYU701/pens/Pilot/Pilot_Iroshizuku_inks.jpg

 

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t154/MYU701/pens/Pilot/Pilot_Iroshizuku_KonPeki-AsaGao.jpg

[Deirdre]

Yay, I'm glad someone finally took a picture of the bottles. They're pretty amazing.

[Phthalo]

Hrmph! I did post pictures of the bottles a little while ago.

[Deirdre]

Hrmph! I did post pictures of the bottles a little while ago.

I'm very tired. I meant boxes. Sorry.

 

(Very very crispy.)

[Brian]

Immoteus,

 

I just got the tsuki-yo last week and have been using it in a Pel M805 and MB JP Morgan, both in medium point. I really should have loaded it in something with a broad or stub point but wanted to see what the general color would be like. I found your comments to be pretty spot on. The ink tends to stay wet once on paper but not for very long. Shading quality is good but subtle enough to show character. Its an interesting shade of blue I haven't tried before. I will be sad when its gone.

 

 

[Breck]

Gorgeous. There's definitely no way I'm not getting some on my trip as long as there's still some left in Tokyo when I get there...

[Breck]

Sorry to double up, but I just noticed the conical depression in the bottom of the ink bottle in the photo. Very nice touch.

[Renzhe]

That's a lot of glass.

[Shona]

Has anyone gotten any of the new colors? I'm in with Syo-ro(Truffle) which looks like it might be a teal-y green. I so want this color but it's sold out until July.

 

http://ujuku.ath.cx/ujuku-shop/kaimono/fou...SHIZUKU-new.htm

 

[Phthalo]

I ordered four of the new colours (not Peacock)... mine should be here in a couple of days!

[Shona]

I ordered four of the new colours (not Peacock)... mine should be here in a couple of days!

Please review when you get them.

 

I found a few scans on Amazon.jp of my favorite and the other new inks.

 

The teal green ink - http://www.amazon.co.jp/パイ...329&sr=1-12

 

http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/images/...329&sr=1-10

 

http://www.amazon.co.jp/パイ...329&sr=1-13

 

http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/images/...329&sr=1-14

Edited June 29, 2008 by Shona