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I bought one of the acclaimed Pilot Iroshizuku inks last week. It's also the first ink I've bought at a store in-person. Here it is on my desk at work. I've been using it in a notebook that doesn't really show off any nice fountain pen qualities, but even so, I've been enjoying this ink. The purple color looks great, and it dries quickly, which is nice for a lefty.

Seems like every other fountain pen user besides me has used these before; do you have any favorite colors?

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[-] tuckerm@feddit.online 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I has a decent amount of shading. I only have it in a pen with a fine nib right now, so it doesn't show up very much, but it's noticeable.

Here it is on an Apica notebook. I think the real color is a little darker than this; I got a little water in the feed when I was cleaning it, so this is a slightly watered-down version of the ink.

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[-] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 1 points 3 days ago

Lovely. What is the scent like?

[-] tuckerm@feddit.online 1 points 2 days ago

I didn't notice one; I don't think it has one. I'm away from my desk until Monday, so I can't check it out for a few days. But it's not an intentionally scented ink, and I don't think it had much of a scent at all.

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