Pilot Iroshizuku LE Set

A while back a pen friend sent me a set of limited edition Pilot Iroshizuku inks that was released in Japan. I’m a big fan of Pilot inks so I was so excited to see this set in the mail. Thanks to Fudefan for sending these inks over for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Fukagawa-nezu, Shimbashi-iro and Edo-murasaki.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

*For my writing samples I use:

• EF Pilot Vanishing Point

• F, M, B Pilot Ishime

• Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)

• Rhodia Goalbook

• Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)

• Leuchtturm A5

• Pen & Gear Paper from Walmart

Dry Time: 50-60 seconds

Water Resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low-medium shading, Edo-murasaki has a little bit of gold sheen and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was a bit of feathering in every nib size as well as bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Fukagawa-nexu is warmer than Pilot Iro Fuyu-syogun but not as warm as Pilot Iro Kiri-same.

Shimbashi-iro is pretty close to Pilot Iro Ebisu.

Edo-murasaki is closest to Ostrich Purple Amethyst.

Longer Writing:

I used a Taroko Odyssey notebook. All three inks have a wet flow.

Overall, I like all three of these inks, but Fukagawa-nezu is my favorite. I feel like Shimbashi-iro is close enough to Pilot Iro Ebisu that I don’t need a big bottle of it, but full size bottles of the other two are on my wish list.

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