Tono & Lims Sakura Inks, Part 2

Today we are looking at six more inks from the Tono & Lims Sakura collection: Kagawa: Peaceful Time, Miyagi: Tender Heart, Akita: Expectations, Fukushima: Unshaken Conviction, Hyogo: True Story and Yamanashi: Wind of Sakura. These inks come in square 30ml glass bottles. Thanks to Shigure Inks for sending samples over for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Kagawa, Miyagi, Akita, Fukushima, Hyogo and Yamanashi.

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 to medium shading, no sheen, and no shimmer.

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

Comparison Swabs:

Kagawa and Miyagi are both pretty close to each other, Kagawa is just a little less saturated. Akita is a little bit darker than Sailor 160. Fukushima is more saturated than Lennon Tool Bar Firmament.

Hyogo is a little bit darker than PenBBS 133. Yamanashi is just a touch lighter than Birmingham Snowflake.

I used an A5 Yoseka notebook. All of the inks had an average flow.

Overall, out of these six inks Akita is my favorite- I love the minty color. Hyogo is too yellow-green, I’m just not a fan of the color. Yamanashi is a bit pale in the lighter part of the shading-can be hard to read sometimes so I don’t think I would buy a full bottle of it. Kagawa and Miyagi are both pretty close to each other, I don’t think you need both.

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.