Pilot Iroshizuku Ajisai

Review of Pilot Iroshizuku Ajisai fountain pen ink using a Pilot Penmanship EF nib.

Chapters:
00:00 Swatch color comparison
00:05 Zoom (microscope) photo
00:10 Line Width
00:15 Written review
00:33 Dry Time
00:51 Writing Sample
02:19 Thundering kitty feet
02:21 Subjective Analysis
02:46 Zoom of absorbent paper
03:07 Quote & Writing Prompt
03:51 Close-up of completed review
04:03 Scan of completed review
04:08 End screen, links to channel and previous review

Post-recording notes: This is another semi-pastel royal blue. It's more purple than Herbin Éclat de Saphir, less purple and lighter than Kaweco Royal Blue, and lighter and slightly more purple than Rohrer & Klingner Königsblau.

The microscope slide was dullsville. Cleaning was quick and easy with plain water, but also showed the ink is surprisingly concentrated, so it may take more flushes than you'd *expect*, but it's still easy.

Errata: "...he pulled out one on enchantments." (one is missing the e)

Zoomed in photo (The color seems too dull to me.)
http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

Screenshot (When I look at the whole page, it seems very close to what my eyes see. When I zoom in, the ink color is too dark, muted, and blue. Go figure. Color is weird.)
http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

Scan of Completed Review (This is closest. (On my other monitor, it's lost its pastel-ness, but color is close, just too dark.))
http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

Absorbent Paper Close-up (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper) (AP seems too muted, almost chalky. Copy paper is close. (On my other monitor, both are close, so go figure.))
http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

Line width (The "I" in "Ink:". 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 284µm. With 288 inks measured, the average line width is 297µm.)
http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/E...

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