PILOTfountain pen ink iroshizuku INK-50-AJ hydrangea

Just a review to let people know the writing samples on this page for this ink don't really reflect the color in person.The color of text on the page is an almost light gray with a hint of violet.Normally I use a fine nib with fountain pens, but for me this ink is too light without enough contrast to see easily unless under a task lamp.There's nothing wrong with it, but just be aware you may find you like it better with a medium nib than a fine nib. This is the poorest contrast ink I've ever bought, so you should probably have good eyesight if you want to use this.The bottle design is beautiful and I will buy other colors from this company.All the inks in this series are lubricated inks, so if you have a piston mechanism fountain pen that's the type you want to buy, and there are far more colors in this series of inks from Pilot than with, for instance, Noodler's Polar and Eel series inks, which are also both lubricated inks.This didn't work for me, and I'll have to find someone to give it to, but there's really nothing wrong with it, just be aware you may want a more contrasty or vibrant ink unless you have perfect eyesight (like I used to).

This ink is a wonderful color in the Iroshizuku fountain pen ink pallette. It is a light blue color with a touch of purple. One can see the purple and its influence in this ink. The blending is superbly perfect, leaving a totally liquified product, similar to all the Pilot Iroshizuku inks that are brought in from Japan. See the color chart to get a full feeling for this color. In addidition to this color, Ajisai Hydrangea, a "purplish blue color" the inl produces a wonderfully satisfying light blue color with a definite purple tone. Carefully and precisely balanced, Pilot selects this color for its fine balance and its addition in rounding out the liquid ink pallette available to fountain pen or other liquid ink users. This ink is highly recommended and can be used in all types of pens. It is truly one of the finest liquid inks I have ever used in my fountain pens. However, I have never had a problem with Pilot Iroshizuku inks. They are exceptional.As a final note, I would also recommend very highly the Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-goa - Morning Glory which has a deeper purple influence and is even more expressive of the writer's mood than is this color. See me review on that ink as well. Pilot always seems to find the finest quality inks in the most expressive colors. I never hesitate using one of Pilot's Japanese imports. After all, Pilot sells and makes fountain pens as well and they have gone through the same problems with liquid inks as the rest of us. If anyone should understand this problem, it would be Pilot. And it does seem, that they do understand it. 'Try It, You'll like it!'

Have you ever had to go through an old person's love letters, and seen that old shade of pale purple-blue?I found some letters that my grandmother had written to my grandfather when they were fools for each other, and this is the color that their ink had faded to over time. When I look at this color, I can smell the old paper, and the faint hint of the flower petals pressed in between pages.Aji-sai is a timeless blue-violet, reserved and refined yet not timid on the page at all. It's on the flat and slightly watery side, so if you're wanting lots of pigment, shading or sheen, this is not the ink for you.It makes "dry" pens write like the wettest writer, yet the wet pens simply glide across the page as smoothly as ever. Despite how wet and lubricating their inks are, Pilot Iroshizuku doesn't take forever to dry. The ink goes down, and it's dry within 10 or so seconds. Unless you use a super-wet, super-broad nib, it won't feather or bleed through most of the decent paper brands out there (meaning: not copier paper and not vile American notebook paper). Every ink in this line is the very definition of a well-behaved ink.Oddly, this particular color sort of reminds me of the old mimeograph blue ink. I had to walk away while writing a letter with it, came back and saw that color. Without thinking, I automatically picked up the paper and held it close to get that mimeograph smell. Only I didn't, and I was a little sad about it.

Beautiful ink that writes wonderfully in all of my pilot pens - but arrived with a broken cap. Beware!

Iroshizoku ink is brilliant high quality ink...like a lighter shade of the beautiful lilac trees around sans the bouquet.

Loving this ink. The color is just as beautiful as the blue hydrangea and it transfers well to the paper. Smooth and an ink I'm enjoying using.

I like the way these inks dry quickly. The ink behaves well in the pens. I buy inexpensive pens from China and this brand of inks makes the pens perform their best

I used many different ink over the year, but this Pilot ink is the best of the best as far as I am concerned. I actually use several different colors of inks and Pilot ink is the only brand I stick with now.

The colour of the ink is lovely but the ink bleeds and feathers a lot.See photo 1 for a feathering comparison of Iroshizuku ink vs Lamy vs Parker Quink on a good quality Moleskine notebook.The feathering is considerable worse if the paper has skin oil or dried sweat or fingerprints etc (see feathering in photo 2 from the same notebook. For reference, Photo 1 was of a clean and dry page).Photo 3 is the bleed from the reverse of Photo 1.*UPDATE* So after some research online, I bought a Midori notepad and a Clairefontaine notebook and they work like a charm with wet inks like the Iroshizuku! No feathering or bleeding. Note, however, that these are expensive notebooks / notepads. So unless you're (i) a stationery hound (like me) who doesn't mind spending the extra buck for quality paper; or (ii) someone who only writes occasionally, a better idea would be to stick to drier inks.

There are hundreds of different ink brands available for sale in stores and online across the internet, but I have found from trial, error and testing that the Pilot Iroshizuku Fountain Pen Ink line works best for me.The many brands of fountain pen inks available all possess different properties, characteristics, drying times, saturation rates, shade abilities and smoothness’s, but I have concluded that Iroshizuku Fountain Pen Ink by Pilot perfectly suits my individual taste and exceeds my stringent ink requirements.Iroshizuku Fountain Pen Inks are a premium line of inks manufactured by Pilot. These inks are individually packaged in beautiful glass bottles which are aesthetically appealing and add a wonderful addition to any desktop.The many vibrant Pilot Iroshizuku Fountain Pen Ink colours available in today’s market add a professional look to any document, signature or personalized note.

Easy breezy Japanesey... hand blown glass formed on the inside with an extension well at the bottom, to get every last drop! Quality of the ink is excellent...many fabulous choices of exotic colors, there will be a wait, sometimes up to 1 + 1/2 months, but well worth it, if you have patience. I found the price was amazing, because if you buy this in in a store in north America it would be 2wice the cost and a bit more. So the cost outweighs the wait.

Es un color tal y como se indica. Ciertamente tiene un tono violáceo. La tinta corre sin problemas y es muy fácil de limpiar con agua en caso de querer cambiar de color.Es verdad que tarda un poco en secarse, se forma que si se le pasa el dedo por encima se quita un poco.

La tinta perfecta pero no puede ser que pidas un color en mi caso shin-kai y te envíen ajisai. Mal muy mal