Ink Review: Sailor Studio 273

Ink Review: Sailor Studio 273

By Jessica Coles  I fell in love with Sailor Studio 273 as soon as I saw a photo of the ink on two different types of paper – the ink looked like an entirely different color when only the paper was changed. This is another ink that I have placed in my “Inks that have really…

Ink Review: Sailor Studio 653

Ink Review: Sailor Studio 653

By Jessica Coles  I love purple inks.  Dark purple, light purple, purples that lean red and purples that lean blue.  All purple inks find a home with me. I think I seek out purple inks because, as a child, there were NO purple inks.  My rainbow of ink color was restricted to those in a…

Ink Review: Sailor Studio 462

Ink Review: Sailor Studio 462

By Jessica Coles Lately, Sailor has been flooding the ink scene with new ink choices.  This has been quite a delight to ink collectors although it is also a curse to completionist collectors who just need to have each color.  Sailor Studio inks are available in a standard line of 100 separate inks.  Although each…

Ink Review: Sailor Studio 123

Ink Review: Sailor Studio 123

By Jessica  I have stated before that I love finding inks that are unusual or tricky. I have found another one!  Recently I have jumped into the Sailor Studio ink line.  This is not a smart thing to do. Sailor Studio boasts 100 separate inks in this collection and unfortunately, they are amazing!  I began…

Ink Review: Monteverde Ruby

Review by Laura Cameron The final ink that I ordered as part of the Monteverdepalooza of the past few weeks is Ruby ($8 for 30ml bottle). Ruby is a bright, almost fire engine red, that leans a bit orange. In heavy inkblots, Ruby sheens a greeny-yellow, but in regular applications it just shades really nicely. It…