Sailor Kiwaguro

Review of Sailor Kiwaguro fountain pen ink using a Pilot Penmanship EF nib.

Chapters:
00:00 Swatch color comparison
00:12 Zoom (microscope) photo
00:18 Microscope smear
00:30 Line Width
00:36 Written review
00:52 Dry Time
01:13 Writing Sample
02:18 Subjective Analysis
02:57 Zoom of absorbent paper
03:04 Water test
04:08 Quote & Writing Prompt
04:36 Close-up of completed review
04:48 Scan of completed review
04:54 End screen, links to channel and previous review

Post-recording notes: Cleaning wasn't bad for a permanent ink, but I did have to get out the Q-Tips and pipe cleaner to wipe away the grey film left behind. This is a brown-leaning black, but the brown is only visible in larger swatches, not in writing. The images are all accurate to my eyes: black. :)

The line width measurement is one of the lines used for dry time. Magnification is 100x. The grid is 100x100µm. The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each. The line width for this ink is roughly 306µm. (For the curious, with 201 inks measured, the average line width is 294µm.)

The first smear is likely just a fluke of the light, but I thought the rainbow was neat, so I included it - it's pretty close to what I saw. The second smear shows the brownish undertone to this black - not quite the right shade, but not too far off, either. Both let you try to find a path through the maze. :D

Screenshot: http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

Scan of Completed Review: http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

Zoomed in photo: http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

Absorbent Paper Closeup (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper): http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

Line width measured via microscope at 100x: http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

Microscope slide at 100x:
http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

Microscope slide at 100x, different area:
http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

Water test results:
http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

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