Tono & Lims 1 Year Anniversary Inks

Let’s take a look at the Tono & Lims One Year Anniversary ink collection. Thanks to Shigure Inks for providing samples! Universe is a clear ink with silver shimmer, Sun is a bright coral orange, Earth is a medium green with a slight yellow undertone and Moon is clear. Universe, Sun and Moon fluoresce under uv light.

Swabs:

Left to right: Universe, Sun, Earth and Moon.

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: None

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and Universe has silver shimmer. Earth and Sun both show low shading.

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

Comparison Swabs:

Universe and Moon are unlike any other inks I’ve tried, so I really have nothing to compare them to. How do you compare clear inks?

Sun is closest to Diamine Peach Haze.

Earth is closest to Colorverse Supernatural.

I used a Taroko Enigma notebook. All of the inks had an average flow.

Overall, I like Sun and Earth, but I can’t think of any reason why I would need a clear uv reactive ink. They are impossible to read unless you use uv light, so they are perfect for secret messages but unusable for anything else.

Disclaimer: These inks were provided by Shigure Inks 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.