Nice variety of colors! Really excited to try writing with them all and maybe even draw something! They arrived packed very well, and with a sticker! <3

I recently bought a 10 pack sample set, along with wearingfuls ink paper book. The inks were well varied and beautiful! will definitely order again ;)

This was my first order of any sample ink. I got a great selection and it helped me learn what brands I like.

Getting free samples of ink and only paying shipping, I can’t be too hard on the company.

However, I did stumble on this via a YouTube review of the 8 inks they received in the mail and I am admittedly disappointed with the colors I received.

Noodlers Rattler Red seems to be a standard color in these free gifts - as someone who isn’t a red fan, it’s likely not a big seller overall. What upsets me more is the amount of green ink I got - 1 Diamine meadow, 2 Diamine dark forest, 3 sailor manyo nobiru, 4 Robert oster crocodile green. Why did you need to send me 4 green inks?

I can only assume these ink colors are not big sellers and so stock is likely higher so sending out 2ml samples doesn’t harm the profit margin by all that much since those inks are likely sitting around going bad.

3 stars overall. I like to try new inks, I’m brand new and I haven’t tried inks from Robert oster or Sailor or J Herbin or Noodlers. So I got to try colors - even if I didn’t like them - to see how they respond to my paper choices. And I get to rule out half a dozen colors I simply do not like - green as a whole, not to my liking.

It’s always great to have the ability to trial a whole bunch of mystery inks- who knows what you’ll find? Such a small no-risk commitment imho. I think if you do this often, you’d do well to invest in a tray or two to hold each of these little sample containers. But I highly recommend buying samples!

I like the random ink selection because they selected inks I would not have thought to buy or try samples of. Even if I would not have selected them I like the idea of at least testing them out. An example is whiskey brown copper by de atremantis. Maybe not a color I would use regularly but I will definitely try it.

Got a lot of cool colours I would’ve never thought of using, excited to use the inks I got, I think it’s better doing it this way so your not confined to one ink for such a long time.

I love getting these grab bags and trying things I'd normally never consider. This picture includes two inks that weren't in the sampler--Yama Budo (wanted to see what all the fuss was about) and Document Brown (I got a sample of this one in a previous sampler, loved it, bought a big bottle).

I normally don't like "surprise" bags (I like a little more control), but I had a coupon to get this item "free" with email sign-up and found I was very excited to see what I'd get. I was not disappointed!All vials were tightly closed and enclosed in plastic bags to control leakage - though thankfully, there was none. The samples I received were: Noodler's Blue Ghost (invisible ink! so cool!), Noodler's Tokyo Gift (lovely cool red), Noodler's Cardinal Kestrel (warmer red), Rohrer & Klingner Helianthus (sunny yellow), Herbin Rose Cyclamen (almost neon purple-pink), Platinum Blue-Black (slightly muted cool-blue), Diamine Golden Brown (warm, darkish yellow), and Diamine Cocoa Shimmer (chocolate brown, and already on my wishlist, so very excited to try!). I love the variety and am excited to try them out. Will definitely try out a sampler set like this again.

This ink set was so great! I got to try my first red, orange, and gray inks. I got: Noodler's Tokyo Gift, which is a red with pink undertones. I think it would be great for grading or editing, as it stands out on the page, but not just as a red ink. It works in finer nibs great! There's something more to it. Diamine Red Dragon is bold and darker than Tokyo Gift. Pilot's Yu-yake is a wonderful orange, bright and welcoming and dark enough to read. Robert Oster Envy is an ink I never would have purchased on my own, and the silver shimmer really makes the green pop. It would look great in a medium/broad nib. Colorverse Rainy Day is so special: it's my favorite light blue. I had gotten a bottle from another place, but this is going to be great to give to a friend in compliment with Brunch Date. Robert Oster Bondi Blue is so cute and bright and looks like a perfect pool color. Diamine Ghost has light purple undertones to it, making it a mysterious color. Lastly, Pilot's Fuyu-Syogun is a dark gray that's good for a middle gray - not too light, not too close to black. Hope this helps you put one in your cart!

I got an email about free ink samples for my birthday and I sped off to purchase them! I'm super fortunate that my favorite color is blue, because they're all blue/grey/black and I love them so much. I've started a swatch collection in my TN (I bought the Goulet notebooks for TN for my birthday as well) and they look so pretty together. There was a great variety in the types of ink: shading, shimmer, and some nice regular inks in gorgeous colors. I'm definitely going to grab a bottle of Monteverde Blue/Black and Smoke Noir.

Very nice selection of inks with some shimmer mixed in. Plan to purchase some of those for holiday gift writing. Glad I got them otherwise I’d never know

One leaked out during shipping but they were all well sealed so none got in any of the others just the leakage out. Still beyond happy with my shipment

Amazing choices! Beautiful ink

Beautiful color that I can't wait to try

Pleasantly surprised by how much ink is actually in these little samples. Definitely the best way to test out new inks

Im obsessed with my ink samples! The colors are so bright and vivid. Will be ordering again soon! Thank you!

Well I was surprised... I received 3 shades of purple and 2 shades of blue in my surprise sample pack. I liked 1 color out of 5, but at least it was free to find out what I don't like.

I got green assorted surprise inks, definitely love them.

The ink is an excellent quality. It gathers on the nib very well. Transference to the paper is smooth and the color is vibrant and even. The number and selection of colors granted in the sample set are also a very good value for the price. Overall, I would recommend this ink, but just be careful when you're testing it out and don't be like me, who spilled her favorite color of ink immediately and now I don't have any of that color anymore haha.

I really like the sample inks and the colors are beautiful wish it had shimmer but it doesn't but still good ink 10/10

This is why you should buy a random ink sample set:
I would never in a million years have bought brown ink. I mean, c'mon, BROWN?? As boring as black, but less dignified, thought I. And yet, there it was, in my sample set.
It turns out I like it. Well, huh.

Great way to sample various inks. I was a bit disappointed that half of my set were Herbin inks, which I'm not super fond of, but it was a random set so that's a minor quibble.

Excellent surprise of color mix. I haven't tried the colors yet but hope to very soon. Mr. Goulet and team expedited the shipments and I have been very happy with all I have ordered and received to date, thanks folks! I will order again.

I enjoyed the samples but I do wish it had more variety. I had more blue inks. But I can’t complain since this was a random sample pack. I will be ordering some of the inks I received. The packaging was also very cute