Ink Review #2861: 3 Oysters Bukhansan

Our third orange ink this week is 3 Oysters Bukhansan from the I.COLOR.U collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers, my sample came from Vanness Pens.

The color:

Bukhansan is a very unsaturated red-orange.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has a little bit of shading.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

• EF Pilot Vanishing Point

• F, M, B Pilot Ishime

• Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)

• Rhodia Goalbook

• Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)

• Leuchtturm A5

• Pen & Gear Paper from Walmart

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had feathering in all nib sizes and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Bukhansan is lighter than Kyo-iro 04 Moonlight of Higashiyama. Click here to see the orange inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a TWSBI Eco Transparent Orange with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has an average flow.

Overall, I like the color, but I didn’t love this ink in the longer writing sample with the TWSBI Eco. The combo just didn’t work well-I had to prime the feed twice to keep it writing, which is why it looks lighter and then darker all of a sudden.

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Ink Review #2491: 3 Oysters Haneul

Today’s ink is 3 Oysters Haneul from the I.COLOR.U Collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Haneul is a bright turquoise blue.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has just a little bit of pink sheen where the ink pooled.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

• EF Pilot Vanishing Point

• F, M, B Pilot Ishime

• Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)

• Rhodia Goalbook

• Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)

• Leuchtturm A5

• Pen & Gear Paper from Walmart

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: medium shading, tiny sheen, and no shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering in all nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Haneul is close to Waterman South Sea Blue. Click here to see the blue inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Pilot Vanishing Point Azure with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a dry flow-I had to prime the feed twice to finish the page.

Overall, the color is so pretty but the flow is way too dry for me.

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Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored.

Ink Review #2223: 3 Oysters Marine Green

Let’s take a look at 3 Oysters Marine Green. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Marine Green is a deep teal with red sheen.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has some pretty red sheen.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

• EF Pilot Vanishing Point

• F, M, B Pilot Ishime

• Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)

• Rhodia Goalbook

• Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)

• Leuchtturm A5

• Pen & Gear Paper from Walmart

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: medium shading, medium red sheen, and no shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had just a little bit of feathering and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Marine Green is closest to Troublemaker Opon Channel Blue. Click here to see the teal inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Sailor Pro Gear Sparkling Shamrock with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma Notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, I like this ink. It’s well behaved and a gorgeous color.

Thanks to all my Patrons! I couldn’t do these reviews without you! You can find my Patreon page here.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored.

Ink Review #1725: 3 Oysters Dancheong

3 Oysters Dancheong is from the 3 Oysters I.Color.U series of inks. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Dancheong is an unsaturated pink red.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has some black sheen.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

• EF Pilot Vanishing Point

• F, M, B Pilot Ishime

• Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)

• Rhodia Goalbook

• Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)

• Leuchtturm A5

• Pen & Gear Paper from Walmart

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper there is some feathering but no bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Dancheong is less saturated than Van Dieman’s Tasmanian Safron. Click here to see the red inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Sailor Pro Gear Slim Supernova Red with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a dry flow.

Overall, this is a well-behaved ink overall, if a bit dry in flow. I don’t love the color or the flow so it’s not a must-have ink for me.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored.

Ink Review #1716: 3 Oysters Giwa

3 Oysters Giwa is from the I.Color.U collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Giwa is a deep green black.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has interesting black sheen.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

• EF Pilot Vanishing Point

• F, M, B Pilot Ishime

• Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)

• Rhodia Goalbook

• Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)

• Leuchtturm A5

• Pen & Gear Paper from Walmart

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper there is just a little bit of feathering in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Giwa is less saturated than Robert Oster Green Black. Click here to see the green inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pilot Custom 74 Forest with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a dry flow.

Overall, I find this color interesting, it looks green on some papers and simply black on others. I do wish the flow was a bit wetter.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored.

Ink Review #1696: 3 Oysters Gogung

We are continuing on with brown inks this week! Today’s brown ink is 3 Oysters Gogung from the I.Color.U collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Gogung is a dark cool-tone brown.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has some brown sheen.

Writing samples:

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

*For my writing samples I use:

• EF Pilot Vanishing Point

• F, M, B Pilot Ishime

• Vintage Mabie Todd Swan (flex nib)

• Rhodia Goalbook

• Taroko Enigma notebooks (68gsm TR)

• Leuchtturm A5

• Pen & Gear Paper from Walmart

Dry time: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On 20 lb copy paper there was some feathering and bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Gogung is closest to Colorverse Space Laika. Click here to see the brown inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pelikan M800 Renaissance Brown on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a dry flow.

Overall, this is a fine ink, but rather too dry for me.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored.

Ink Review #1630: 3 Oysters Hangangmul

Today’s blue black ink is 3 Oysters Hangangmul. I purchased my sample of ink from Pen Chalet.

The color:

Hangangmul is a deep blue black.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has some pretty deep red 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, low red sheen, and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was feathering in most nib sizes and a few dots of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Hangangmul is closest to Aurora Blue Black. Click here to see the 3 Oysters inks together, and click here to see the blue black inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a TWSBI Mini Rose Gold with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a dry flow.

Overall, this is a nice blue black! It’s pretty well behaved and a lovely color too!

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored.

Ink Review #1555: 3 Oysters Doldam

3 Oysters Doldam is from the I.Color.U collection. I purchased my sample of ink from Pen Chalet.

The Color:

Doldam is a medium grey with shading.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink ranges from light grey to a medium brown.

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 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

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

Comparison Swabs:

Doldam reminded me of Montblanc Oyster Grey at first, but when compared Oyster Grey is cooler-toned than Doldam. Click here to see the 3 Oysters inks together, and click here to see the grey inks together.

Longer writing:

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

Overall, this ink is generally well behaved, and has some interesting shading. I still prefer Montblanc Oyster Grey over Doldam.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored.

3 Oysters DIY My Color Kit

3 Oysters recently sent me their new DIY My Color kit to try out, so I’ve been having fun all week coming up with different ways to use it.

The kit comes in a useful silver tin, packaged well. The kit includes:

• 10-5ml bottles of ink

• 2-5ml bottles of ink toner

• 1 glass pen-mine is green

• 2-5ml beakers

• 1-5ml empty glass bottle with eyedropper top

• Instruction book

• 4 coloring postcards

The instructions show how to mix inks, how to create lighter and darker colors, and a sample chart of possible colors. You can see this chart re-created below.

Swabs:

Left to right: Black, Brown, Red, Magenta, Orange, Yellow, Green, Emerald, Cyan and Violet.

Writing samples:

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

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low-there is just a little bit of bleeding, mainly in the swabs and the Violet color.

Other properties: low shading, tiny to no sheen, and no shimmer. Violet shows some green sheen, Black shows some grey sheen and Cyan shows some pink sheen. I was only able to see the sheen in large swabs on Tomoe River paper, but none in writing.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was lots of feathering in every nib size as well as bleeding, so I would not recommend these inks for cheap paper.

Comparison Swabs:

For these comparisons, I wanted to show some alternatives, as well as coming up with a set of inks you could create yourself from one brand to get a similar mixing kit. Since I have a lot of Diamine inks, and they generally mix safely, I made sure I showed a Diamine alternative for each color.

Black is similar to Sailor Jentle Black, although they are not an exact match-the Sailor ink has a cooler tone, as does Diamine Jet Black.

Brown is similar to SBRE Brown, Diamine Ochre is a bit less orange than 3O Brown.

Red is similar to another 3 Oysters ink I have already reviewed-Chili Red, but Diamine Tulip is another alternative.

Magenta is similar to Monteverde Garnet, Robert Oster Hot Pink and Diamine Claret.

Orange is similar to Diamine Blaze Orange, Montblanc Lucky Orange and Sailor Jentle Apricot.

Yellow is similar to Diamine Sunshine Yellow, Pilot Iroshizuku Daikokuten and Private Reserve Buttercup.

Green is closest to Colorverse Supernatural, but Diamine Meadow is another close alternative.

Emerald is almost an exact match for 3 Oysters Aqua Green, but is also similar to Colorverse Morning Star and Diamine Steel Blue.

Cyan is almost an exact match for 3 Oysters Blue, but is also similar to Colorverse Supernova, KWZ Hawaii Blue and Diamine Asa Blue.

Violet is similar to Diamine Lavender and warmer than Colorverse Hayabusa and Waterman Tender Purple, but Tender Purple does have a similar green sheen.

I had a lot of fun re-creating the sample chart from the instructions. I simply mixed 50-50 ratios of each of the colors. So many possibilities from 10 basic inks. I did notice that there wasn’t a lot of difference in the mixes with orange and brown. They are pretty close on their own, so their mixes looked pretty similar.

I love that you can create gradients with this kit. I did notice that it takes twice as many toner drops to create the same change one drop of black can make. For example, 4 drops of toner would create a similar difference to 2 drops of black.

Finally, I made two of my own mixes. What I called Moody Teal is a mix of Emerald, Red and Toner-I picked the name while it was still wet, but it dried to more of a green than teal. It almost reminds me of Robert Oster Sydney Darling Harbour, but darker. Moody Blue is a mix of Red, Cyan and Black. Again, I named it while it was still wet, but it dried to more of a teal. There are so many different colors you could create.

Overall, I really enjoyed this kit, and was impressed by how well thought-out it was. There are so many possibilities. I was sad when I quickly ran out of certain colors (I ran out of Black and Emerald first), so I was excited to find that Cityluxe has the inks for sale individually. UPDATE: I just found out that Vanness Pens (USA) has them in stock and on sale!

Disclaimer: This product was provided by 3 Oysters for the purpose of this review. All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.