Category: Tsubame
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Birmingham Independence Grey on Tsubame
Ink Independence Grey is a dark grey ink, so dark that it looks almost black. The ink has a very wet flow. Due to the flow, I think the ink will be more suitable in the finer or drier nibs. On Tsubame’s Fools paper, Writing Sample This was written with a TWSBI ECO-T medium nib.…
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Lennon Tool Bar Winter Bamboo Shoots on Tsubame
Ink Winter Bamboo Shoots is from the Winter 2019 limited edition series. The ink is an olive green colour with a wet flow. Before using it, I thought I would dislike this colour. But as I wrote with it, I found that it was an acceptable colour for writing. Not that I fell in love…
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Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki on Tsubame
Ink Pilot Iroshizuku is Pilot’s luxury line of fountain pen inks. The inks are consistent and well-behaved, garnering many fans. For a while, I hold off buying a bottle because they are more expensive compared to other ink brands. But of course, “expensive” is a relative term, and there are also ink brands that are…
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Dominant Industry Citrus Yellow on Tsubame
Ink Citrus Yellow is a yellow ink with orange undertones. It’s that shade of yellow that makes me think of egg yolks. The ink has an average flow. The ink is yellow when wet and the orange starts to appear as it dries, which makes it hard at times to see what I am writing.…
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Van Dieman’s Tassie Salmon on Tsubame
Ink Tassie Salmon is part of the Tassie Seasons collection. It represents summer. Tassie Salmon is a pale pink with a tinge of orange. I find the colour too light for my liking. It has an average flow. On Tsubame Fools paper, Writing Sample This was written with a TWSBI ECO-T medium nib. Below are…
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Ferris Wheel Press Three Steamboats on Tsubame
Ink Ferris Wheel Press Three Steamboats is from the Freshly Squeezed Collection. The ink looks like a minty green to me. It is a lovely colour with shading and no sheen. However, in writing, I find that it often lays down too light a line and the high contrast of the shading means I have…
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Kakimori #01 Po on Tsubame
Ink Kakimori is the name of a stationery store in Tokyo. In late 2021, they released a line of pigment inks with names inspired by Japanese onomatopoeia. They are housed in cute round glass bottles meant to evoke the shape of a water droplet on a flat surface. Each ink has a brief writeup that…
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Birmingham Boysenberry on Tsubame
Ink Boysenberry is formerly from the Swift Formula collection where the inks were designed to be wetter than average and performs well in a wide variety of fountain pens. The company had since changed their ink collections and this ink is now found under the Keystone Formula collection. This ink is a medium purple with…
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Birmingham Mountain Laurel on Tsubame
Ink Birmingham Pen Company is a small family-run business that makes fountain pens and fountain pen inks. While the company started with fountain pens, it seemed their focus is now on inks. Mountain Laurel is part of the Crisp Formula collection where the inks were designed to work well on a variety of papers. This…
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Diamine Monboddo’s Hat on Tsubame
Ink In 2019, the Fountain Pens UK Facebook group collaborated with Diamine to create two inks, Scribble Purple and Monboddo’s Hat. The inks are named after Scribble Monboddo, a purple ink lover who runs the Too Many Purples blog. Monboddo’s Hat is a ink colour inspired by Scribble Monboddo’s purple top hat. The ink is…
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