Ink Review #1550: Kobe 10 Mikage Gray

Kobe 10 Mikage Gray is from Kobe’s standard lineup. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.

The Color:

Mikage Gray is a medium grey-purple.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink looks much darker.

Writing samples:

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

Dry time: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, low black sheen, and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was quite a bit of feathering and bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Mikage Gray is more purple than any of these other greys. Click here to see the Kobe inks together, and click here to see the grey inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a TWSBI Eco Cement Grey with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a wet flow.

Overall, I enjoyed this ink. It is a very purple leaning grey, so it would be a great ink for Halloween.

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