on saleSailor Shikiori Fuji-sugata - 20ml Bottled Ink

I purchased this purple ink alongside a lilac Leuchtturm notebook to make calculus notes more bearable, and it's been writing like a dream! I'm left handed, so I expected the dry time to be an issue, but in a Diplomat Magnum (Broad) smudging has been close to none! I've gotten tons of compliments on my note-taking and, overall, writing has been extremely fun. The color is a mid-lavender with a touch of pink and blue in places-- in all, very satisfying.

I don't like purple-purple too much but I *really* enjoy colors that toe the line between blue and purple, so I had to purchase this one when I came across it. It goes down a bit dry, so it's hard to race across the page with it, but it's VERY satisfying to watch it dry down. It looks as if the ink has tiny, tiny sky-blue crystals in it, which form the borders around letters once dry. This was a bit of an impulse purchase, but one I absolutely do not regret.

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As I slowly and surely build my ink collection I realized I needed a purple ink. There are many to choose from but I finally decided on Sailor Shikiori Fugi-sugata. Its light blueish-purple looked pretty so I went with it. It is currently inked up in my TWSBI ECO . I thoroughly cleaned this pen out with pen flush and water, and dissembled it and let it the parts sit in a water bath over night to get the truest form of this ink. The ink dries around 20 seconds so fine for journaling but not great for quick note taking. It writes on the drier side, and on a rare occasion I have a difficult time getting ink to start flowing from the pen. The ink is fairly water resistant, as far as fountain pen inks goes. When it does get wet you can see the mixture of the ink began to separate with blue dye forming around the edges. If you look at the image attached the D in drip test is the best example of this. This event never happens in normal writing I should add. I do like the shading of dark purple to light purple and I think it makes any writing with this ink look a tad more interesting. All in all I am very satisfied with this ink and would recommend it to anyone looking for a lighter purple.

blue violet is hard to find.