Ink Review #1629: Kobe 38 Kitanosaka Night Blue

Kobe 38 Kitanosaka Night Blue is from Kobe’s standard collection and is available in 50 ml bottles. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.

The color:

Kitanosaka is a deep moody blue black.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has some pink and green 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: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, medium pink and green sheen, and no shimmer.

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

Comparison Swabs:

Kitanosaka is lighter than Diamine 1864 Blue Black. Click here to see the Kobe inks together, and click here to see the blue black inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Franklin-Christoph 46 Blue Diamondcast with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a wet flow.

Overall, I really like this ink. It’s well behaved, has a nice wet flow, and I love the pink and green sheen!

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