Another Four Blue Inks
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- In this video I struggle to pronounce the name of one of the four blue inks I am reviewing as part of my ongoing series on blue fountain pen inks. This time we look at Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuyu Kusa and Skin Kai as well as Noodle's Baystate Blue and Liberty's Elysium.
I very much like the broad pen, but would find it more valuable if you showed the fine and broad samples physically close together. Sometimes the ink can appear as a very different color depending on how much is deposited on the written page. Thanks! Loving the Blue Series!
Thanks for the feedback. I have been thinking much the same thing and will be doing a fine/broad side by side comparison in my next videos.
I feel like it helps a lot to see how different inks write with different pens. I enjoyed this video very much.
Thanks Anna. I have been surprised more than once at how different an ink can appear depending on which pen it is coming from.
@@gordonsviewsreviews3360 20 years ago, my Mom got me a set of pen tips with some quills. The tips look like they might be brass or something. I've only tried them with one type of ink (Levenger). It didn't even occur to me that ink can look different when used with different pens.
Excellent review, I like the broad nib on your dip pen, thanks!
I like that you also show how the ink performs with the broad nib. Thank you! I really like Tsuyu Kusa as well.
Glad you like it. Even though I struggle to pronounce it I love that Tsuyu Kusa ink.
Enjoyed the video. Refreshingly free of pen speak. Think the double sample is an excellent idea broad and fine nib. Pilot Irozuku inks are popular here in the UK among the pen community but super expensive.
Thanks Derek. Yeah the Pilot Iroshizuku inks are not cheap here in Canada either but they are nice inks. Thanks for the feedback on the broad/fine issue. It is appreciated and very helpful.
Greetings from belgium, keep up with the good work.
Thanks Kevin. I have been a little (okay, a lot) slow at getting the next video out but it will be posted in early January. I'll be looking at blue-green inks.
I think it is a very good idea to write with the broad nib. You see the differences among the inks more clearly.
I like the rythm and the way you uses.
Greetings from 🇪🇦. Sorry for my english.
Thank you for using the broad dip pen! I’ve been wondering if such a thing existed! I love dip pens and have several but they all seem to be fine point! Doing ink samples with a dip pen is great. Easy and less waste of ink!
Thanks for the feedback Liz. I really appreciate it and I am glad you found it helpful
Pls. Continue this trend of reviewing blue inks.
HI Tushar. I plan to continue reviewing blue inks and I am also going to look at a few greens and maybe some browns. I will likely get into some of the other colours as well.
Love your blue ink reviews.
Still too scared to try Bay State Blue, though!
At about 7:50 you referenced Liberty's Elysium being very close to Pilot Iroshizuku Kon Peki, which you reviewed in a previous review, but I haven't been able to find that ink in any of your previous reviews. Hope you reply and point me in the right direction....
I have about nine of the Pilot Iroshizuku inks, most of them blue or teal, and I can totally understand your fondness for Shin Kai (Deep Sea Blue).
Blue-blacks are some of my favorites after blues and teals, and Shin Kai is one of the best. Very peaceful yet appropriate for formal communication.
Keep up the great work, thank you! 👍
Thanks again. Baystate Blue is an INTENSE ink. I had it dry in a pen the cat knocked behind piece of furniture and it took three days of soaking and cleaning to get it working again!. Regarding the Kon Peki, it was one of the first inks I bought and I was certain i had included it in my first blue ink review. When I was checking what inks I had reviewed in preparation for my next video I was surprised to see I had not reviewed the Kon Peki yet so it is one of the four I will be reviewing in my next video in about a week.
@@g.websterstudios6674 I have a bottle of Kon-Peki and it's one of my favorites. Beautiful bottle, too. Looking forward to your review of it.
I like the fine and broad comparison. As another wrote, I would love to see the fine and broad sample written together. Along with the color swatch.
Thanks for your input Therasa. I do appreciate it.
I agree. The very large views on your other video were very helpful, too.
I enjoy these blue ink videos. The two types of nibs is a great idea. It would be more helpful to put the writings together so we can compare them much better. BLESSINGS
Thanks for your feedback. It is a good suggestion. I'll see what I can do in the future.
I've been using Tsuyu-kusa for a while and I really like it! The shading on a medium-flow nib is really neat. I think the proper pronunciation is something like tzu-you ku-sa. And for Baystate Blue, I just got a bottle of it yesterday, been really enjoying it so far. It's really saturated even on the dry nib of my pocket sailor pen, it was really a perfect fit.
Sadly Goulet pens doesn't ship to my country, so I probably won't be getting a bottle of it any time soon.
Pilot Kon Peki is a very close match to the Liberty's Elysium if that helps. And despite my struggles to pronounce it, [ your suggestion helps, thank you :-) ] I still really like the Tsuyu Kusa.
As they say if you first dont succeed, try try try again. The words are a mouthfull but none the less easy to pronounce once you lock your tongue around the annunciations.
Thanks for the presentation. I enjoyed it through and through.
I can say it in my mind easily but when I open my mouth... Thanks for your comment.
Your the best!!!!!!
Thank you Andrew. So are you.
Excellent review, love it.
Can you tell me more about the blue state, please? I feel it is very bright but still lovely but an issue of feathering all over the cheap paper which is in formal use ( hospitals, offices ETC ).
As a solution, I am using blue state in finer nips pens which will make less feathering . otherwise you can't enjoy that ink in everyday use papers.
please , advise similar colour and fewer problems.
Thanks Mustafa. Feathering on cheap paper is an issue common to most inks, not just Baystate Blue. It sounds like you have found a solution that works for you. I have only had Baystate Blue for a couple of months now so I can't tell you too much more about the ink than I covered in the video. It is known to be a staining ink and I have a pen where Baystate Blue dried out in the pen when the cat knocked it under a cabinet and we didn't find it for about 8 weeks. Now I am struggling to unclog the pen. (Open to suggestions) As for any similar inks, I haven't found any yet. If I find any I will do a comparison video of them. Not much, but I hope that helps a bit.
Love the vibrant color of Bay State. Hesitant about the feathering. Maybe an EF nib will control. I really appreciated the juxtaposition of the inks demonstrated here. Well done. Thank you!
@@billminckler6550 Thanks Bill. The Bay State is intense.
Where did you get your fine glass dip pen? I have one and it tears the paper and the lines are inconsistent in width.
I bought mine on Amazon. I'm on vacation now but I will post the link when I get home early next week.
@@gordonsviewsreviews3360 Thank you 😊
Hi Theresa. I came home early! The glass dip pen I purchased is apparently no longer available. However, there is one available by the same manufacturer, BTSKY. Here is the Amazon.com link: www.amazon.com/BTSKY-Handmade-Signature-Writting-Christmas/dp/B07CXHRFQY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1JNA2NSA1J951&keywords=btsky+glass+dip+pens&qid=1660415850&sprefix=btsky+glass+dip+pen%2Caps%2C2659&sr=8-1 and the Amazon.ca link: www.amazon.ca/BTSKY-Handmade-Signature-Writting-Christmas/dp/B07CXHRFQY/ref=sr_1_5?crid=16JXEDJPYVODB&keywords=btsky+glass+dip+pens&qid=1660416241&sprefix=btsky+glass+dip+pen%2Caps%2C384&sr=8-5
I hope that helps.
To pronounce Tsuyu-kusa (four syllables), think of the way some people in Europe (especially people in CZcams catvideos shot in Turkey) call their 🐱s ["tss, tss, tss"] blendrd with an "ooh", as in Winnie the P"ooh". So tss + ooh = [tsooh] & [yooh] which becomes "tssooh-yooh" (two syllables), almost like what a lawyer does, "sue you", but with a tss blended with the "sue". Not "tooh-sooh", but said belended together quickly, "tssooh". The second word is, kusa [kooh-sah], So all together it becomes = [tsooh-yooh, kooh-sah]. Just remember that in Japanese, all vowels are short, except for the "o" which has a long "oh" sound, as in, "oh-oh". a, e, i, u and o = "ah, eh, ee, ooh and oh". Iroshizuku = "ee-row*-she-zoo-koo". *Actually the "r" sound has a blended "L", "R"...your tongue will brussh the roof of your mouth. It's hard to explain in words. Some English speakers use a hard "r" sound and that's understandable. In shin-kai, think of "kai" as in "high", "bye" or "guy" but with a "k", and you don't. have to emphasize the "ee". Just "kai" as "hi". In Japanese, the vowel sounds are similar to the vowel sounds in Spanish and Hawaiian. So u-ku-le-le is actually "ooh-kooh-leh-leh", and not yook-ka-lay-lee. 🍍🌺🌴🏄🏻♂. It's easy, because the vowel sounds never, ever change, as it does when speaking English. Do you have other blue Pilot Iroshizuku inks? If so, which one is your favorite blue? How would you rank your blues Iroshizuku inks? I just bought a bottle of Pilot Iroshizuku Ama-iro, but I didn't open yet. I'm afraid that it might be too similar to Waterman's Inspired Blue. Do you have both inks? If so, would you say that they are just about the same color or quite different? How does Iroshizuku Shin-kai compare to Diamine's Prussian Blue? Or other Blue-Black inks? I think your broad nib, dip pen is a great idea! But it would be even more helpful if you could write with the dip pen next to the glass pen marks, that would make it easier to do a side by side comparison.. Which of the two pen holds more ink (requires less re-application of ink)? The glass or the dip pen? Which one do you like better and why? Thank you so much for all your informative videos! 😊
Thanks Gloria Jay. I have struggled all my life with phonetics and I can usually butcher a pronunciation with very little provocation. I'm a creative speller as well. Your directions help. Thank you. The only other Pilot Iroshizuku ink I have (at the moment, several on my wish list) is Kon-Peki which I like but the Tsuyu Kusa is definitely my favourite.
my favourite ink is baystate blue
It is an intense blue.
Nice intro 🤣👍👌
Thanks.
Liberty's Elysium is a limited production exclusive to precisely one dealer?
No thanks. I tend to dedicate a pen long term to a particular ink. An exclusive one dealer ink is going to have short term availability ~ possibly "one batch and it's history!" short term.
Don't at least some of the Pilot iroshizuku blue inks allegedly have a sheen when used on some (but not all) papers?
Supposedly the isuki-yo has a reddish sheen. I haven't noticed any sheening on Rhodia paper, though.
I hear you on the "exclusive" part, but this ink has been available for several years and is apparently a "copy" of Pilot's Kon-Peki made by Noodler, so easy to find a "replacement" if Liberty's Elysium is no longer available.
Brian Goulet helped develop the ink, and his company is very successful. I expect L. E. to be around for a long, long time. I
@@g.websterstudios6674 A bit of additional info: L. E. is a permanent (bullet proof) ink, for those needing a waterproof ink.
@@abc-wv4in That's really good to know. Thank you for sharing that.