Pen and Ink Test List


We took many of your suggestions and purchased a big lot of pens and inks. Through preliminary testing on our samples, all the pens and inks performed well; however since the Tomoe River paper-Sanzen quality issues were batch specific last year, we are waiting to share more extensive testing until we receive samples from our paper batch purchased for our 2026 books.
If you don't see your suggestion on these lists, we are still going through comments on various platforms and placing another order for additional inks and pens.
**Note: Many asked for specific fountain pen, nib size and ink combinations, while I have an extensive collection of fountain pens, it is not going to be possible to test all pen, nib and ink combinations requested. The inks will be tested with a variety of pens and nibs sizes EF, F, M, B
Pens
(gel, fineliners, mildliners, ballpoint, brush, markers etc)
Brand | Model |
Akashiya | Sai |
Carters | |
Kuretake | Zig Dots |
LePen | Marvy |
Marvy | Le Plume II |
Marvy | Gel Reminisce |
Mr. Pen | Muted Pastel Hlt. |
Muji | Ballpoint |
Paper Mate | Flair |
Pentel | Sign Pen |
Pentel | Energel Infree |
Pentel | Energel RTX |
Pentel | Color Pen |
Pentel | Clena |
Pilot | Frixion |
Pilot | G2 |
Pilot | Precise V5 |
Pilot | Juice |
Pilot | Precise V5 Dual Tip |
Sachchi•iro (Shachihata) | Oil based Ink Silver |
Sai | Brush Pen |
Sakura | Gellyroll Moonlight |
Sakura | Pigma Micron |
Sarasa | Clip Vintage Rollerball |
Sarasa | Mark On |
Sarasa | Dry X20 |
Sharpie | Fine Point Pen |
Stabilo | Swing Cool Pastel |
Staedtler | Pigment Liner |
Staedtler | Triplus |
Superior | |
Tombow | Fudenosuke |
Tombow | Dual Brush Pen |
Tombow | Twintone |
Tombow | Fudenosuke Calligraphy Pen |
Uni Mitsubishi Pencil | Posca Paint Markers |
Uniball | Signo |
Uniball | Vision |
Write Dudes | Infinity Fine Pen |
Writech | Dual Color |
Writech | Star Glow |
Zebra | MildLiner |
Zebra | Fude Sign |
Fountain Pen Inks
Brand | Color |
Birmingham Pen Co | Antique Sepia |
Colorverse | NGC 1850 |
Diamine | Cinnabun |
Diamine | Earl Grey |
Diamine | Golden Ivy |
Diamine | Winter Miracle |
Diplomat | Royal Blue |
De Atramentis Document | Black |
Ferris Wheel Press | Granite Guardians |
Ferris Wheel Press | Bearington Black |
J. Herbin | Emeraude de Chivor |
J. Herbin | Kyanite du Nepal |
Kiwi Ink | Trecolori Green Sheen |
KWZ | Sheen Machine |
Lamy | Crystal Azurite |
Monteverde | Moonstone |
Organics Studio | Nitrogen |
Organics Studio | Henry David Thoreau Walden Pond |
Pelikan | Edelstein Golden Beryl |
Pilot | Iroshizuku Shin-kai |
Pilot | Iroshizuku Kon-Peki |
PIlot | Iroshizuku Yama Budo |
Private Reserve Ink | Chocolate |
Robert Oster | Crocodile Green |
Robert Oster | Black 'n' Blue |
Rohrer & Clinger | Alt-Goldgrun |
Sailor | 123 |
Sailor | Souboku Pigmented Deep Blue |
Sailor | Manyo HaHa |
Sailor | Viridian |
Taccia | Sabimidori |
Wearingeul | I am a Cat |
2 comments
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Stacey Keith on
Sarasa .5 Mark on Gel
Maybe I missed it. But is the new paper the same weight or more? I usually like the big books but heavier papers make it less feasible. Thank you!