Ink Review #1268: Sailor's Sailor

Sailor’s Sailor, despite having a slightly silly name, was developed to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Sailor Ink Studio events. I dream of one day being able to attend an Ink Studio event and having Sailor’s ink mixer Osamu Ishimaru make me my own custom ink-it’s on my bucket list. Thanks to Shigure Ink for sending this ink over for review!

The color:

Sailor is a beautiful medium blue that shades to a darker blue.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has some beautiful shading and rose gold sheen.

Writing samples:

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

Dry time: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low

Other properties: high shading, high rose gold sheen, and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering and bleeding in all nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Sailor is closet to KWZ Azure #3, but shades much lighter and darker than Azure’s base. Click here to see the Sailor inks together, and click here to see the blue inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pelikan M600 Turquoise with an extra fine nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a wet flow.

Overall, I love this ink. I love that it shades and sheens, even in an extra fine nib. The color is great, the shading and sheen are fabulous and the wet flow is lovely. I will be using this ink often!

Disclaimer: This ink was provided by Shigure Ink for the purpose of this review. All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored in any way.