Ink Review #1499: Kobe 01 Rokko Green

Kobe 01 Rokko Green is from Kobe’s standard lineup. Quite a while ago a pen friend gave me a bottle and I realized I’ve never posted a review. You can find this ink for sale at Vanness Pens.

The Color:

Rokko Green is a deep olive green.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink looks more like a dark forest 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: 20 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low

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

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

Comparison Swabs:

Rokko Green looks like a darker version of Sailor Jentle Epinard. Click here to see the Kobe inks together, and click here to see the green inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a TWSBI Eco Transparent Green with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a wet flow.

Overall, it’s a nice dark green, pretty well behaved with a nice wet flow.

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