Kobe Purples

Let’s take a look at four Kobe inks. You can find these inks for sale at Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: 56 Shichidanka, 62 Nunobiki, 32 Tamon and 53 Pearl Silver.

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: low-medium shading.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was some feathering in every nib size as well as some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Nunobiki is brighter than Pilot Iroshizuku Jurojin. Shichidanka is a bit more red than Robert Oster Go Go.

Tamon is similar to Robert Oster Purple Rock.

Pearl Silver is lighter than these other grey inks.

Longer Writing:

All four had average flows.

Overall, I love all four of these. They flow well and are well behaved. 56 Shichidanka and 62 Nunobiki are my favorites, the colors are gorgeous.

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