Sailor Inkt Studio - 664

Sailor Ink Studio #123 is on most papers a grey ink.

The colour is light enough that I believe needs a broader nib to show properly.

As with all inks in this line I have tried, it has good general properties in terms of dry time and feathering.

It shows some interesting sheen properties that are highly dependent on the paper. Sometimes you get a bit of green or a bit of light violet.

Planning to switch to an italic/stub nib to get even more of the sheening effects of this interesting ink.

Sailor Ink studio #664 is een "teal"/ petrol achtige kleur met een goede verzadiging die net ietsjes meer lijkt te zijn dan wat vergelijkbare kleuren van andere fabrikanten. Is natuurlijk niet echt goedkoop maar voor mijn relatief klein gebruik niet een zwaarwegend bezwaar. De combinatie met Ivoor /Chamoix kleur schrijfpapier vond ik heel aantrekkelijk.

I've purchased several colors of the sailor ink studio collection. Indeed, they are in the higher price range, but for most of the colours I've got so far, it has totally been worth it. The collection has such a big range of colours and shades that you can find the perfect color to match almost any pen.
All inks have the peculiar Sailor ink smell which is not offputting to me, but some people (like my partner) might find it unpleasant.
I think the 20ml bottle is perfect because it gives me a chance to get different colors without adding too much quantity to my ink collection.
All of the inks I got so far have a nice wet flow.

I'll mention two of my favourites:

Sailor ink studio #123
This is a very popular ink and now I understand why.
The #123 got multishading between grey-purple-green that shows up best on high end Japanese paper. It stills looks very nice on other papers as well though.

Sailor ink studio #160
This is a very joyful light mint colour with high shading. I generally use it in medium and broad nibs but even in fine nibs it's easy to read.

Sailor Ink Studio #173 is a salmon pink with orange undertones and great shading. It looks nothing like the sample chart that Sailor has for this colour, and that is a good thing as the actual ink colour is much better.

I was very surprised by this colour as I had not encountered one like this before. Initially I thought it was going to be too light for regular use in anything but very broad nibs, but even in finer nibs it stands out nicely enough for longer writing, and shows brighter than in most samples I've seen online.

The unique colour more than justifies the premium price of the ink.

Ik heb inmiddels meerdere kleuren inkt van Sailor Ink Studio gekocht en zeer tevreden. Ik gebruik ze om mee te schilderen. Het zijn prachtige kleuren en vooral de dual-shade inkten zoals 123 en 280 zorgen voor hele bijzondere resultaten.
Levering was snel en goed ingepakt.

Sailor Ink Studio #735 is a dark purple with some sheen and a good drying time.

I don't find it unusual or special enough in its properties to warrant the higher cost of the Sailor Ink Studio line, unlike unusual colours or special properties such as with #143 or #162 by comparison.