Am I really on the eleventh day of Inkmas already? Today, I guess I’m still in Poland with KWZ and I’m Warsaw Dreaming ($15 for 60ml bottle). It seems oddly appropriate to review the darkest ink on day after the darkest night of the year. Warsaw Dreaming is a dark, dark, dark blue black. It’s…
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12 Days of Inkmas: KWZ Walks Over Vistula
On the tenth day of Inkmas (I’m starting to think I didn’t count my days correctly or maybe I should have done Inkmas Advent because I have a ton more inks I could review!), I decided to go to Poland and take a walk with KWZ Walks Over Vistula ($15 for 60ml bottle). The name derives…
12 Days of Inkmas: Scriptus 2017 Confederation Brown
On the ninth day of Inkmas, I reviewed an ink that is virtually impossible to get. Sorry! Scriptus 2017 Confederate Confederation Brown is another sample I acquired from a member of my local pen club. It was the special ink created by KWZ for the Toronto Pen Show this year in honor of the 150th…
12 Days of Inkmas: Glare Ink Olive Brown
On the eighth day of Inkmas I actually got an ink that was wholly new to me! While at pen club last month, I was gifted two unique ink sample and Glare Ink Olive Brown from India was one of them. I know very little about the Glare brand. Internet searching revealed little more other…
12 Days of Inkmas: Kyo-no-oto #7 Hisoku
On the seventh day of Inkmas I couldn’t resist featuring Kyo-no-oto #7 Hisoku ($28 for 40ml bottle). This smoky blue grey color is one of my favorite ink colors. When I first got into fountain pens, one of the first bottles of ink I bought was De Atramentis Pigeon Blue which is not too dissimilar in…
12 Days of Inkmas: Kyo-no-oto #6 Adzukiiro
On the sixth day of Inkmas, the ink fairy gave to me… Kyo-no-oto #6 Adzukiiro ($28 for 40ml bottle)! Yes. There is are NEW Kyo-no-oto colors and my own personal ink fairy made sure I got a sample of it ASAP. Like all of the previous Ky-no-oto ink colors, this is a muted yet rich color. It’s…
12 Days of Inkmas: Kobe #47 Aoya Cascade Green
Kobe #47 Aoya Cascade Green is a perfectly holiday themed green. It reminds me of blue spruce and pine needles. The Kobe inks are Sailor, of course, so they are good stable inks that shade beautifully and #47 has a lovely reddish sheen. I love the shading variation in a wider nib and the dark,…