on saleSailor Kiwaguro Pigmented Black - Ink Sample

Love the inks and so grateful that I was able to try as Moleskine is so ink unfriendly.

A lovely black with a hint of sheen to it. It's on my list to buy.

Even writes on photo paper. Magical!

Kiwaguro is fantastic to use. Smooth and lubricated, does not feather on most papers, and actually completely waterproof. But Lamy Obsidian and Noodler's blacks are all truer blacks; especially next to those shades Kiwaguro has a slight sheen and seems a bit grayer in comparison.

I have been using Sailor Kiwaguro in my King of Pen, in which it flows very smoothly. I have not tried it in any other pens. Sailor Kiwaguro resists water and bleach, and it dries in about 10-20 seconds.Using a dip pen, I wrote out each ink's name on A4 Rhodia Seyes paper. The inks: Platinum Carbon black, Platinum Cassis Black, Platinum Forest Black, Diamine Registrars Blue-Black, Lamy Benitoite, Namiki Blue, De Atramentis Archive Ink, Sailor Souboku, Sailor Kiwaguro. And these Noodler's inks: Keng Te-Chung, Heart of Darkness, Lexington Grey, Bad Blue Heron, Legal Blue, Bad Green Gator, Red Black, Polar Blue, Polar Brown, Bulletproof Black, Liberty's Elysium, and Fox Red. I submerged the paper in water over night. Then I wrung out the paper and re-submerged it into about half a gallon of water mixed with about a fourth cup of bleach. I left that for 3 hours, rinsed the paper, and laid it out to dry. Theses inks did not make it through: Platinum Cassis Black, Platinum Forest Black, Diamine Registrars Blue-Black, Lamy Benitoite, Namiki Blue. These inks faded: Bad Blue Heron, Noodler's Red Black, Bad Green Gator, Liberty's Elysium, and Legal Blue. These inks washed out a bit: Sailor Souboku, Noodler's Black, Noodler's Fox Red. I could not make out any difference between the before and after of the other inks.