Sailor 50 States Part 2

Today let’s take a look at five new inks in the Sailor 50 States collection: Delaware, Maryland, Georgia, Washington and Alaska. Thanks to Pen Chalet for sending these inks over for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Delaware, Maryland, Georgia, Washington and Alaska. These inks come in square 20ml bottles.

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 15-30 seconds

Water Resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, low sheen (Delaware) and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was lots of feathering in every nib size as well as some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Maryland is closest to Diamine Sepia.

Delaware is closest in color to Sailor Ink Studio 931.

Washington is similar to Lennon Tool Bar Wenshan Pouchong Tea. Georgia is browner than Robert Oster Astorquiza Olive.

Alaska is close to Pilot Iroshizuku Shimbashi-iro.

Longer Writing:

I used an Odyssey notebook. All of the inks had an average flow.

Overall, out of the five inks Maryland is my favorite but I enjoyed all five of them.

Disclaimer: These products were provided by Pen Chalet 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.

Sailor 50 States

Sailor has been putting out more inks from their 50 States collection. Let’s take a look at Texas, Virginia, Oregon, New York and Illinois. I purchased my bottles of ink from Pen Chalet. Sailor has been naming some inks for this collection on their Instagram page-keep an eye on their Insta stories to vote on names.

Swabs:

Left to right: Texas-inspired by the state’s history of making leather goods, Virginia-inspired by the state bird the cardinal, Oregon-inspired by the state tree the Douglas Fir, New York-inspired by the baseball team, and Illinois-inspired by the Chicago skyline.

These inks come in square 20ml bottles. (My site host is being a bit of a pain right now so I’m having to change up format a bit).

Writing samples:

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

Dry Time: 15-40 seconds

Water Resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

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

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was lots of feathering in every nib size as well as some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Texas is closest in color to J Herbin Lie de The.

Virginia is closest in color to Sailor Shikiori Yodaki.

Oregon is a little warmer in tone than Diamine Deep Dark Green.

Illinois is close to Diamine Midnight. New York is a little darker than Colorverse Apollo 11.

Longer Writing:

I used a Mabie Todd Swan on a Taroko Enigma notebook. All of the inks had an average flow.

Overall, out of the five inks New York is my favorite but I enjoyed all five of them. The only thing I don’t love is the price-$1/ml is rather dear for everyday use.

Disclaimer: I purchased these inks myself and all photos and opinions are my own. This page does contain affiliate links, but is not sponsored in any way.