on saleSailor Shikiori Yozakura - Ink Sample

I usually love pale colors of sailor inks, but this ink bled/ feathered on every paper.

This ink is the exact color that an old lady smells like. I received this ink sample as part of a random assortment. It's not a color I would have chosen myself, and it's interesting to work with! There's nothing wrong with it; it has no particular odor, dries well, flows reasonably, etc. There is a nice amount of shading-y contrast between start and end of stroke on reasonable paper.

So I was looking through some inks and which ones I would like for a sample ... and EVERYTIME I came across this Color is just jumped out to me ! So I put it in my cart .. then I purchase the order and come to realize out of almost 20 colors , this is the only one I accidentally bought double of . Just went to show everytime I came across this Color I loved it . So when I got it , I had MANY to choose from , but this was the first ink I inked up with . And omg it is just beautiful! It's like a gray dusty pinkish purple . It flowed greattt and didn't feather , and had a pretty good dry time . I absolutely love this Color !