PILOT Iroshizuku Bottled Fountain Pen Ink, Kon-Peki, Deep Blue (Turquoise Blue) 50ml Bottle (69212)

Pilot’s Iroshizuku ink, what can I say that has already been said before? Let’s just get this out of the way, this is bar none the best ink I’ve tried to date.What makes it great? It’s flow. Even in a pilot vanishing point fine (new model) it glides across the paper with literally no pressure. Comparing this to parker quink or waterman inks that are usually dry with the vanishing point fine nib.The color of the ink is something else. I was never much of a blue fan until I saw this ink. It’s just stands out on the paper.Speaking of paper, I had no issues with this ink on pretty much all types of paper. Cheap, expensive, they all work well. It does spread on my control paper (is use it to test feathering and such) but so does every fountain pen ink (pencil only paper). In addition to that, this ink dries quickly enough. I’m a lefty and haven’t had any smear issues. I was actually worried about that when I first bought the ink due to reported long dry times but it seems that the Japanese fine nib I’m using negates that. If your a lefty, make sure to use a fine nib with this ink just in case.Now let’s discuss everything else. The bottle, it’s great. There’s a indent at the bottom of the bottle to help drain every bit with a fountain pen. The bottle itself looks fantastic. Not something you would want to toss and could make a good decor piece. Price wise you are paying quite a bit more compared to other inks out there so I would not call this a good value. If anything, this ink is like driving a sports car. The experience itself is worth the extra money.If you enjoy writing with your fountain pen, this ink may just take that to the next level if you haven’t tried it already. There’s just something to be said for a ink that looks so nice and writes so smoothly, even on dry nibs.