Kobe Hummingbird ($35 for 50ml bottle) is a collaboration between Vanness Pen Shop and Nagasawa Kobe inks. The color was inspired by the Arkansas hummingbird plumage and came about when Lisa Vanness was speaking with the team at Nagasawa Kobe and discovered that hummingbirds do not exist in Japan. So to share the love of…
I love that Kobe Nagasawa has been creating inks inspired by places in Kobe like the Chocolate Museum and this most recent release: Kobe Lampwork Museum Maroon. Many of their ink colors are inspired by plants, places and other elements that are in the Kobe area. I think its a great way to create and…
I keep picking up more purple inks. I don’t know what’s possessed me but I keep finding new, different and interesting purply colors. Over the last few months, I grabbed a bottle of the Yachingstyle Bellflower, Ink Institute Echeveria Sahviana (Mexican Hens) and Diamine Inkvent Black Edition Potpourri. The Inks: I confess I bought Ink…
Kobe Ink Fellisimo Chocolate Museum Strawberry Chocolate ($33 for a 50ml bottle) was a bottle of ink I picked up at the California Pen Show in February with Valentine’s Day in my heart. I mean who doesn’t love chocolate covered strawberries? So I grabbed this ink which was created in combination with the Fellisimo Museum…
Today’s review is another for the definitely not peach files. In fact, I would have slotted this one in with the Living Coral of 2019 inks! Kobe #12 Okamoto Pink ($30 for 50mL) is a bright pinky coral ink with beautiful shading. There’s no sheen, but tons of lovely pinks and corals. It reminds me…
Welcome to Inkmas Day 4! I recently found a gorgeous new color from Kobe – City Museum Gray. The ink looks like a warm mug of hot chocolate – not just in the swatch, but in writing as well. Depending on your paper, your nib, and the lighting, this ink can appear anywhere from a…
