Today let’s take a look at three Kobe green inks from the standard collection. You can find these inks for sale at Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: 76 Futatabiisan Park Tree, 34 Sorakuen Tea Green and 43 School Urban Fresh Green.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 40 seconds

Water Resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: All three had medium shading.

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

76 Futatabiisan Park Tree is a bit darker than Bungubox Kaoru.

34 Sorakuen Tea Green is a bit lighter than Robert Oster Moss.

43 School Urban Fresh Green is just a touch more yellow than Octopus Fluids Lindgrun.

All three inks had an average flow.

Overall, 76 Futatabiisan Park Tree is my favorite simply because I like the color most out of the three, but all three are lovely and well behaved.

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