PILOTNamiki Iroshizuku Chiku-rin Bottle of Ink for Fountain Pen 5.000 Deep Orange

I have to admit that my go to Blue Black at the moment is the extremely lovely Diamine BB, which is really effective through all my F and EF nibs. It's saturated, super lubricated and shades beautifully. I saw the Tsuki-Yo and had to buy it at the price offered here on Amazon by Santa in Japan, and I'm glad I did.Don't be misled by translation of 'Moonlight Turquoise' - it's not turquoise - Pilot Tsuki-yo is a beautiful blue black with a hint of turquoise that, through my fine nibbed pens has a lovely greyish green tint to it that is midway between the Diamine BB and a blue that leans towards turquoise slightly, (Diamines Majestic Blue being a case in point).I've just dipped five different fine nibbed pens, and (sad face) unlike my other Irishozuku inks, I can't get it to shade, but the upside is it hardly feathers even on the cheapest papers (T*sco squared notepad being the lightest I tried).And the more I look at it in natural light, the more it resembles Sailors Sei-Boku in colour - just a few shades darker, especially on cream paper, and that can't be a bad thing.It gives a nice crisp line to my script, and it's very satisfying to use, it dries quickly and shows no fading after 48 hours on the windowledge in bright sun.Although it performs well through fine nibs, I know Tsuki-Yo would be stunning through M and B nibs (especially a stub) as this the extra flow would really show this ink off at it's best. I have one B nibbed jinhao that I use purely for comparison purposes and Tsuki-Yo through that is a truly gorgeous blue black without any hint of grey/green, I wish my handwriting fitted fatter nibs, but hey ho.The bottle is beautiful also, with its trademark crystal glass and internal indentation for the nib, and I always smile at that silver grey cord...very classy.Am I pleased with this purchase? Absolutely, this is a nice addition to my collection and an ink that could be used for both personal or business use. Buy it with confidence, it really is that good.Hope this helped.

The shade may be a little much, though I love it. I’ve written letters and editing notes in it for a decade or so - it isn’t easy to miss. Great, long-lasting ink.

I bought this ink from JapanPremium, delivery took about 3 weeks but as this came straight from Japan for very reasonable postage costs I did not mind, it was certainly dispatched very quickly - within a few hours.I love this ink. Predominantly used in a Lamy 2000 medium and it is a good combination. As other reviewers have mentioned it is a very distinct brown. Dark and saturated it screams class and has rapidly replaced Noodler's 54th Massachusetts as my favourite work ink. I never thought I would find a brown that is work appropriate.The flow is great, like all Iroshizuku inks, and there is a touch of shading but not too much to distract. I have experienced a little nib creep if the pen has been pocketed for a while, that sai, it is a very easy ink to clean up and washes off skin very easily.For those who have yet to experience the joy that is having an Iroshizuku bottle on your desk I can only advise that you buy at least one of the line up immediately. They are very impressive in real-life, photos do not do them justice. It would almost be worth having one for ornamental reasons alone so the fact that the ink is fantastic too makes this actually good value. Ok, I may be justifying another bottle but I really am that pleased with it.

I do love me some orange inks, but I was put off getting this because it had a rep in the fountain pen community of 'ooh yucky'. I was tempted to take a punt though because it was on sale for £15 - a bargain against the RRP for Iroshizuku inks. I am so glad I did. I LOVE this ink. The colour is gorgeous - aptly named as sunset orange - and the shading is amazing, with a marvellous range of colours anywhere from pale peach to deep orange. This is an Apache Sunset that you can actually *use* as a writing ink. The flow is effortless and the pen just glides across the paper, laying down a wet, juicy line. I can't stop looking at a page of writing once I've done it, which is always a good sign that I've bagged myself a top-ten ink.I use this as a letter-writing ink and for drawing. At work, I use it with a fine nib for margin notes and annotating - stand-out but not in-your-face. It makes reviewing documents a joy instead of a chore, and somehow suggestions/corrections written in a beautiful colour seem to be taken much more graciously! It's not waterproof, but it behaves impeccably on all the papers I've tested it on so far, and that includes cheap copy paper at work. I've added a writing sample (which doesn't do the ink justice) and some comparisons against other orange-y inks in my collection.

For any pen I own these inks work great and available in a variety of beautiful colors. This is a deep rust red - very pretty. Buy it - you won’t be disappointed.

This is one of the finest inks that I've had the pleasure of using. Can't go wrong with Pilot Iroshizuku inks IMO. Great color, free flowing and smooth. Buy it....

The color looks amazing and I would keep it just for how itlooks in the bottle on my desk.So spirit uplifting.Handling this glass jar in my hand feels so special, I feel connected to all the people wholike me love fountain pens and used it for centuries.The color is really fabulous and even if you don't need it, buy it for the warmth itbrings into your soul on a rainy days without sun.Keep it on your desk and just hold it from time to time, tilt it and watch the colorlife to radiate into your spirit.Magic. Pure magic.I bought extra pen just for this color so I don't have to swap colors and wash thenib to keep the purity of the color.

As an avid fountain pen user, I have purchased and tried oh so many different inks in just as many pens and nibs... I recently bought an extra fine nib from Kaweco and I could not for the life of me get it to stop being scratchy and uneven, even with Kaweco ink....UNTIL, I used THIS ink. Now it writes BEAUTIFULLY. There's just something special about this ink that it always writes smoothly in every pen. I will 100% be buying this ink from now on and in additional colors. I find it to write very smoothly, no feathering, on all kinds of paper, with all nibs of various brand and size, and it never skips or gives me trouble. It's just gorgeous and unflawed. I also really enjoy the packaging. I think the simple yet elegant bottle looks professional but adds to the environment as it's attractive in and of itself. I truly cannot love this ink more. I prefer this ink over many, many popular brands I have used. This is beginner friendly, it's well worth the price. This bottle will last quite a while. It's very much worth it. I would highly recommend this ink to all fountain pen users for whatever the purpose. It's fantastic!!

La tinta llegó en perfecto estado, estaba muy empacada para no sufrir ningún tipo de accidente en el envío. Adicionalmente la calidad de las tintas de pilot, especialmente de la línea Iroshizuku es excepcional. Un color increíble y una tinta muy agradable de utilizar.