• Reviews around nib (4.44 of 5)

    Pilot Iroshizuku Bottled Fountain Pen Ink, Take-Sumi, Bamboo Charcoal, Black (69224)

    • Add some premium paper and an excellent nib and you have beautiful characters etc
    • The color is beautiful (Scotch Grey) and displays lovely shading with a fine to medium nib
    • This is in comparison to Lamy cartridge black ink and Waterman Serenity Blue which I use in a Franklin-Christoph Libertas fine nib
    • They are too translucent to look good on the page, even when using good paper like Rhodia or Moleskine notebooks, unless you are using a very flexible nib that can lay down a lot of ink with lots of line variation.
    • : This ink looks great on paper, no bleeding and minimal nib creep
    • Other people have been able to, apparently, so maybe I just have a slightly faulty nib
    • Flows well and doesn't clog the nib'
    • The ink has the right level of wetness with fine as well as medium nibs
    • Realize your nibs, your writing style and your paper may very well vary from my results.
    • I’ve included a photo sample of it written in my Leuchtturm 1910 notebook with a Pilot Prera Iro-ai Fine nib pen
    • The fine nib does not give the color justice
    • Flows well, nice and wet through my TWSBI F or B nib, Goulet #6 F nib, and a Monteverde M nib
    • Add some premium paper and an excellent nib and you have beautiful characters etc
    • I use a Levenger fine nib pen and have never had any luck finding an ink wet enough to flow consistently and smoothly....until now
    • This is quick writing sample with the Monteverde Impressa using a Fine nib and regular paper
    • But if you have a fine nib, give this ink a try
    • Smooth in even my cheaper pens with bad nibs.
    • I have it in a pen with an extra-fine nib and it works very well
    • If you like extra-fine nibs, I think this ink is fine for you, too.
    • I have used it on all types of paper and four different pens from extra fine nib to a broad nib and this ink performed well with everything so far.
    • I was actually worried about that when I first bought the ink due to reported long dry times but it seems that the Japanese fine nib I'm using negates that.
    • If your a lefty, make sure to use a fine nib with this ink just in case
    • Shading is very evident and is highlighted when using a flexible nib.
    • You get some really cool shading even with a fine nib
    • Using this ink in a Cross Century II Fine Nib, I find this ink enjoyable to write with.
    • It is a deep green that flows freely in my extra-fine nib in my Lamy AI-Star on Tomoe River paper
    • I say potentially as it acts just fine on the copy paper I use and even some of my notebook paper; however, some of the notebook paper I used it on exhibited feathering and bleed-through, making my fine nib look like a wet-writing medium-broad nib
    • Grate Ink, works very well with good quality paper, nice color, even spread, I am using it in my namaki vanishing point mountain pen fine nib
    • I usually use copy paper with an extra fine nibs for collage purpose
    • I realised that because I'm using a fine nib, the colour doesn't go as deep as what others portray it to be
    • The three lines are a black papermate flexgrip, a blue Pilot G2, and then the Shin-Kai from my Lamy Safari with fine nib in that order
    • I like big, bold nibs
    • Using in a CON-50 in a Pilot Metropolitan fine nib, and I'm very pleased.
    • I have a somewhat expensive medium nib pen, and it rights nice and dark
    • It seems to flow great on a Lamy Vista Fountain Pen Demonstrator, Clear Medium Nib (L12M)
    • I became a fan of this ink after watching the video of famous nibmeister John Mottishaw demonstrate the difference between cursive italic and oblique nibs where he uses this ink.[
    • The sharp nib hit in the point in the little cone causing the bottle to hairline fracture causing ink to leak out.
    • With an Extra Fine nib it dries pretty fast
    • fine and medium) nibs.
    • Momiji on 20 or 24 lb canary paper deposited with a Japanese fine nib is a beautiful thing.
    • Comparing this to parker quink or waterman inks that are usually dry with the vanishing point fine nib
    • It solved my problem and makes using my fine nib pen a pleasure again
    • I prefer wet broad pens, don't like the scratchy feeling of fine nibs
    • Add some premium paper and an excellent nib and you have beautiful characters etc
    • I'd recommend a wider nib to really emphasize the green color (as it nearly appeared black with my narrower nib)
    • I wasn't particularly a fan of the lightness of color, as my pen of choice is a japanese fine nib
    • Coupled with a calligraphy pen or a wide nib, you'll see nice shading as well, not so much with a fine nib, but it is there if you look close.
    • I use this in a fine nib for taking notes in tight spaces
    • For a fine nib, I would go with Montblanc
    • The medium nib shows the beauty of the color.
    • Flows and dries well on bond and tracing paper, putting down a dense brown line for freehand drawings, using a Namiki Falcon fine nib.
    • So far, in a fine nib pen it dries quickly, and even on cheap copy paper doesn't seem to feather too much.
    • This ink flows excellently -- I'm using it in a Lamy Safari with an Extra Fine nib
    • I can write as fast and as unencumbered as I like, and this ink never ends up staining my left hand.