Ink Review: Color Traveler Saijo
/Color Traveler ink Sakagura Black, Red Brick Chimney and Persimmon belong to the Saijo collection. You can purchase some Color Traveler inks from Shigure Inks.
Swabs:
Left to right: Sakagura Black, Red Brick Chimney and Persimmon.
Writing samples:
Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.
Dry Time: 30-40 seconds
Water Resistance: Medium
Feathering: None
Show through: Medium
Bleeding: None
Other properties: All three had low shading.
On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was some feathering and bleeding in all nib sizes.
Comparison Swabs:
Sakagura Black is lighter than these other black inks, it’s almost a dark grey.
Red Brick Chimney is closest to Tono & Lims May I Help You.
Persimmon is similar to Pelikan Edelstein Mandarin.
I used a Taroko Enigma notebook. All three inks had average flows.
Overall, Red Brick Chimney is my favorite out of the three. It’s an unusual color and not one there are a lot of similar inks to.
Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.