Today's ink is Sailor Jentle Sakura-mori, "Cherry Blossom" from the 2016 Four Seasons collection. "Cherry Blossom" is a great name since it is the color is a perfect match for the pink blossoms. Recently Sailor switched from 50ml bottles to 20ml bottles, but some retailers (like Pen Chalet) still have 50ml bottles left.

The color:

Sakura-mori is a beautiful spring pink with a heavy yellow undertone.

Swabs:

In large swabs there is some nice shading. You can see some of the yellow undertone coming through.

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: medium shading, no sheen, and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was a little bit of feathering, and a tiny bit of bleeding, mostly in the flex nib.

Comparison Swabs:

Ink swabs for comparison, left to right (top to bottom for mobile RSS): Sailor Jentle Peche, Sailor Jentle Sakura-mori, and Papier Plume Garden District Azalea. Click here to see the Sailor inks together. Sakura-mori is brighter than Peche, but not as bright as Garden District Azalea.