Category: Yamamoto
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Diamine Ancient Copper on Yamamoto Ro-Biki
Ink Diamine Ancient Copper is a burnt orange ink with a wet flow, some shading and no sheen. In places where the ink had pooled, it looked brown. I enjoy the wet flow and the colour of the ink. The orange-brown range of this ink makes me think of rust, but ancient copper sounds better […]
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Lennon Tool Bar Yundoumuhua on Yamamoto Ro-Biki
Ink Yundoumuhua is an ink from Lennon Tool Bar’s Indigo Series. What I find fascinating is that depending on the language, the words “熨斗目花” on the label may be pronounced differently. A Mandarin speaker will say “yùn dǒu mù huā”. However if you take the same words and move them to Japan, it is pronounced […]
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Diamine Aurora Borealis on Yamamoto Ro-Biki
Ink Diamine Aurora Borealis is a colour was chosen by the members of Reddit’s fountain pen community (/r/fountainpens). This was the second ink that Diamine created for them. The ink is a teal colour with an average flow, some shading and very little sheen the only appears on certain papers. On New Chiffon Cream paper, […]
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Birmingham Boysenberry on Yamamoto Ro-Biki
Ink Birmingham Pen Company is a small family-run business that makes fountain pens and fountain pen inks. While the company started with making fountain pens, it seemed their focus is now on inks. Boysenberry is from the Swift Formula collection where the inks were designed to be wetter than average and performs well in a […]
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Taccia Light Washed Jeans on Yamamoto Ro-Biki
Ink In 2020, Taccia launched the Jeans collection, a range of inks inspired by the colour of jeans. This is the Light Washed Jeans ink from the collection. The ink is a light, unsaturated blue with shading and no sheen. This is the second lightest ink in the Taccia Jeans ink series. It is readable […]
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Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki on Yamamoto Ro-Biki
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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Taccia Classic Blue Jeans on Yamamoto Ro-Biki
Ink In 2020, Taccia launched the Jeans collection, a range of inks inspired by the colour of jeans. This is the Dark Washed Jeans ink from the collection. The ink is an unsaturated mid-range blue with a little shading and no sheen. I didn’t notice any feathering or bleedthrough on New Chiffon Cream paper. I […]
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Taccia Indigo Jeans on Yamamoto Ro-Biki
Ink In 2020, Taccia launched the Jeans collection, a range of inks inspired by the colour of jeans. This is the Indigo Jeans ink from the collection. The ink is a dark blue with a wet flow. On New Chiffon Cream paper, there is shading and very little sheen. There is no feathering and a […]
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Taccia Grey Jeans on Yamamoto Ro-Biki
Ink In 2020, Taccia launched the Jeans collection, a range of inks inspired by the colour of jeans. This is the Grey Jeans ink from the collection. The ink is a pale blue-grey with an average flow and some shading. I feel this is pretty accurate to the colour that was seen on some types […]
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Ferris Wheel Press Three Steamboats on Yamamoto Ro-Biki
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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