Pilot’s Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo is a deep teal fountain pen ink in the company’s Iroshizuku line of luxury inks.
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Pilot Iroshizuku Fountain Pen Ink Review
Pilot’s Iroshizuku is a line of high quality fountain pen inks. They are some of the best priced, best performing inks sold today, but with 24 inks in the line it’s hard to try them all.
Well, we bought all the inks and are going to review the full family below, with commentary on each of the 24 Pilot Iroshizuku fountain pen inks.
Pilot Iroshizuku Ama-iro
Pilot’s Iroshizuku Ama-iro is a sky blue fountain pen ink in the luxury ink line.
Pilot Iroshizuku Tsutsuji
Pilot Iroshizuku Red Tsutsuji, or azalea, is a deep pink color. It has a hints of black in its shading but remains definitively pink and light-hearted.
Pilot Iroshizuku Yu-yake
Pilot Iroshizuku Yu-yake is also known as sunset orange. It’s a luxury fountain pen ink in the company’s Iroshizuku ink collection.
Pilot Iroshizuku Take-sumi
Pilot Iroshizuku Take-sumi is a charcoal black, or slightly off-black, fountain pen ink in the Iroshizuku line of luxury inks.
Pilot Iroshizuku Chiku-rin
Pilot’s Iroshizuku Chiku-rin is a light green ink in the company’s luxury collection of inks. Despite being a high-end Iroshizuku ink, Pilot has maintained reasonable prices throughout this line.
Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-peki
Pilot’s Iroshizuku Kon-peki, which is almost always referred to simply as “Kon-peki” or “konpeki” is a medium blue fountain pen ink. The most accurate color to describe it would be cerulean.
The Best Pens for Bullet Journals
Bullet journals are a wildly popular method for organizing your life. It’s one of those things that you never heard of before but then a few months later it’s a foundation of your sanity. It’s not hard or complex, but as with all systems, the right tools can make a difference.
Here are our picks for the right pens for your bullet journal journey…
Pilot CON-B Fountain Pen Converter
The Pilot CON-B is an aerometric, or pump-style, fountain pen converter sold with the Pilot Metropolitan fountain pen and Pilot Parallel.
Pilot CON-20 Fountain Pen Converter
The Pilot CON-20 was a aerometric, or pump-style, fountain pen converter sold with some Pilot pens. The basic construction of the converter was a rubber bladder inside of a metal shell with a press plate on the side. You’d submerge the bottom of the converter in ink, press the plate and the ink would bubble. After you would let go and the spring-loaded press plate would suck ink into the bladder making for a cheap, but not very good converter.
Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen
The Pilot Metropolitan is a very popular beginner fountain pen thanks to it’s sub-$20 price point, metal body, and classic design. This is a great first fountain pen for people who are getting interested in the hobby but who aren’t quite ready fro upgrading to a gold nib pen.
Unlike many newer affordable fountain pens, the Metropolitan is mostly made of metal. Later models, like the Explorer have largely moved to plastic bodies.
The Best Pens for Sweaty Hands
It’s a fact: hands sweat. And this can happen at some pretty inconvenient times, like during a test or an extended writing exams. Actually, these are times when hands can sweat a lot, causing problems with legibility, pen control, and comfort.
So what are the best pens for people with sweaty hands? Here goes…
Pilot Precise and Hi-Tecpoint Pen Guide
Pilot basically makes a number of versions of the same pen. This all wouldn’t be worth deciphering if the pen wasn’t so good, but it is so let’s start to dig into the Pilot Precise and Hi-Tecpoint series. The pens have been around since 1984, so they are well established and remain popular to this day.
Pilot Precise V5 Rollerball Pen
The Pilot Precise V5 is the extra fine (0.5 mm) version of Pilot’s super popular needlepoint rollerball.
The 0.7 mm version of this pen is known as the Pilot Precise V7. The two pens are the same aside from the different diameter of the writing tip.