{"title":"Tono \u0026 Lims","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"tono-lims-kaleidoscope-awa","title":"Tono \u0026 Lims Kaleidoscope Pure AWA — 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e A muted sea-green. In writing it lays down as a soft, slightly greyed sage-green; where the ink pools it deepens considerably to a dark pine-teal with cool blue-green edges. Retailer copy for the Pure line describes Awa as a deep green with bright green undertones, and Japanese listings for the original Kaleidoscope version call it a light green. My swatches sit between the two — the written line is lighter and greyer than \"deep green\" suggests, while the swabs go darker and more teal than \"light green\" implies. It is a quiet, dusky green rather than a bright mint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Strong. The swab bar and drops show clear light-to-dark range, and the heavier pools break into distinct darker bands with pronounced edge halo and visible chromatic separation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen:\u003c\/strong\u003e None.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e None. The Pure series is the shimmer-free version of the Kaleidoscope inks — this bottle contains no glitter particles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit:\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Awa\" (あわ) means foam or bubbles — fitting for a soft sea-green. The Kaleidoscope series began as event-exclusive releases sold at Japanese pen shows, made with shimmer; Kaleidoscope Pure was created afterwards as a shimmer-free version of those same colours so collectors who couldn't attend the events could still get the shades. Tono \u0026amp; Lims is the project of Takashi Ono, working with Lim's Lab, an ink producer in South Korea, and the Kaleidoscope colours are all named after poetic Japanese words. The maker also describes this series as fluorescent under UV light — I haven't tested Awa under a UV lamp, so I can't confirm how strongly it reacts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003cbr\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003cbr\u003eI'm a collector and I'm always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tono \u0026 Lims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57266211586374,"sku":"INK-030","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/TonoandLims-AWA3.jpg?v=1789166016"},{"product_id":"tono-lims-kaleidoscope-ibuki","title":"Tono \u0026 Lims Kaleidoscope Pure Ibuki - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e A soft, sandy olive-brown. Retailers describe Ibuki variously as a light brown with yellow undertones, a dark yellow, and a pastel tea brown with yellow and pink shading — my swatches sit warmer and greener than \"yellow\" suggests. Written and in the swab bar it dries to a pale mushroom-tan; pooled in the drops it deepens into khaki and olive-brown, with visible pink-red separation at the edges of the heavier drops. Light-toned in normal writing, so worth knowing it reads pale on the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Strong. Wide range between the light dip-pen strokes and the pooled areas, with clear tonal steps and darker halo edging where the ink gathers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen:\u003c\/strong\u003e None observed on Tomoe River.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e None. The Pure line is the non-shimmer version of the Kaleidoscope range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow: \u003c\/strong\u003eMedium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tono \u0026amp; Lims is a Japanese brand founded in 2018 after Takashi Ono met Mr Lim, who runs an ink lab in South Korea, at a stationery festival — the inks are formulated and made at Lim's Lab in Korea. The Kaleidoscope series was built around the idea of shifting perspective, with each colour released in a shimmer version and a plain \"Pure\" version; Ibuki is a standard edition. The name いぶき is usually read as \"breath\", though it's also the Japanese name for the Chinese juniper and for Mount Ibuki, and retailers have listed it under all three. It's a fluorescent ink and glows yellow under UV — but reviewers consistently note the glow is only really visible while the ink is still wet, and it fades as it dries - I have never seen it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eI'm a collector and I'm always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tono \u0026 Lims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57266211619142,"sku":"INK-031","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/TonoandLims-Ibuki3.jpg?v=1789507984"},{"product_id":"tono-lims-earth-contact-opal","title":"Tono \u0026 Lims Earth Contact Opal — 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e A pale champagne-yellow that deepens to olive-gold and warm brown where the ink pools. Retailer copy generally describes it simply as a gold ink; my swatches on Tomoe River show it lighter and cooler than \"gold\" suggests in normal writing, and considerably more complex in heavy application — the muddler swabs break into distinct olive-green and warm brown-mauve zones rather than staying a single tone. Worth knowing this is a genuinely pale ink on the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Strong, with a wide range from near-transparent pale yellow to deep olive-brown, and a darker halo at the edges of strokes on premium papers. The light areas are light enough that legibility depends on nib and paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen:\u003c\/strong\u003e None.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes — a fine, densely suspended shimmer. It reads gold in writing, but the particles are actually a mix of green, pink and silver, which is what gives it the opalescent flicker. Shake the vial before filling, and it does better in a broader nib.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit: \u003c\/strong\u003eOpal is number 003 in Tono \u0026amp; Lims' Earth Contact series, a run of shimmer inks each built around a gem or mineral. Opals aren't usually thought of as yellow, but the name isn't really about hue — it's about opalescence, the play of rainbow colour that appears when light moves across the stone. That's what the multi-coloured shimmer is doing here, and why the particles are green, pink and silver rather than plain gold. Tono \u0026amp; Lims itself is a collaboration between Japanese fountain pen enthusiast Takashi Ono and the South Korean ink maker Lim's Lab, which is why the brand's inks tend to sit somewhere between Japanese restraint and Korean colour experimentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eI'm a collector and I'm always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tono \u0026 Lims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57266211684678,"sku":"INK-032","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/TonoandLims-Opal3.jpg?v=1789166463"},{"product_id":"tono-lims-earth-contact-fluorite-daylight","title":"Tono \u0026 Lims Earth Contact Fluorite Daylight — 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tono \u0026amp; Lims describe it as a pale base with similarly coloured glitter. On my Tomoe River swatches it reads as a soft dusty rose-brown: warm beige-pink in the writing sample, cooling to a greyish mauve-taupe under indirect light, and deepening to a proper cocoa brown where the ink pools. The one real divergence from the official description is the shimmer — it isn't \"similarly coloured\" at all, it's distinctly gold and contrasts with the base rather than matching it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present throughout. Light to moderate in normal writing; strong in swabs and pooled areas, running from pale beige at the thin edges to dark chocolate at the heavy ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen:\u003c\/strong\u003e None.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes — fine gold, and generous with it. Understated in the writing sample, unmistakable in swabs and under direct light, where it flares to an olive-gold. Shake the vial before filling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fluorite is the mineral that gave fluorescence its name — the word was coined in 1852 after the way certain fluorite specimens glow. It's also the mineral collectors prize for showing up in almost every colour there is, and for looking like a different stone depending on the light you hold it in. Tono \u0026amp; Lims took that idea and ran a whole sub-set through it inside the Earth Contact Line — Daylight, Snow, Crystal, Marine, Indigo, Mint — one mineral, several moods. Daylight (catalogue number 026-5) is the warm one. Earth Contact is the brand's gems-and-minerals shimmer series; Tono \u0026amp; Lims themselves are a Japanese label founded by Takashi Ono, with the ink made in South Korea by Lim's Lab.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eI'm a collector and I'm always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tono \u0026 Lims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57266211750214,"sku":"INK-033","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/TonoandLims-FlouriteDaylight3.jpg?v=1789166896"},{"product_id":"tono-lims-baby-colour-monte-bianco","title":"Tono \u0026 Lims Baby Colour Monte Bianco — 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e A warm chestnut brown with a distinct red-orange cast — terracotta at writing weight, deepening to a cocoa brown where it pools. Worth flagging: the official listings place this in the Baby Color pastel range and give a swatch value around RGB 208\/159\/144, which reads as a soft rosy tan. On Tomoe River my swatches come out noticeably deeper and browner than that suggests. The dip-pen bar and handwriting are a mid terracotta-brown rather than a pastel, and the swabs go deeper again. Treat it as a soft, muted brown rather than a pale one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate. The writing sample shows gentle light-to-mid variation rather than sharp contrast. Where ink pools heavily the tone shifts a long way — the swab drops dry with dark chestnut concentration edges and, in one, a cooler grey-brown band separating out at the rim. That's a muddler swab exaggerating the effect, so expect something gentler from a nib.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen: \u003c\/strong\u003eNone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer: \u003c\/strong\u003eNone. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Monte Bianco is the Italian name for Mont Blanc — and for the dessert named after it, sweetened chestnut purée piped in fine vermicelli strands over cream to mimic the peak. The bottle label shows the dessert, not the mountain, which explains why an ink called \"white mountain\" is chestnut brown. It sits in the Baby Color Line, Tono \u0026amp; Lims' 30-colour soft-shade range, where the names split between desserts (Financier, Yakiimo, Green Smoothie) and wordplay on \"U\". The brand itself is a Japan–Korea collaboration between Takashi Ono, a fountain pen enthusiast, and Lim's Lab in South Korea, begun after the two met at a stationery show in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003cbr\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003cbr\u003eI'm a collector and I'm always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tono \u0026 Lims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57266211782982,"sku":"INK-034","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/TonoandLims-MonteBianco3.jpg?v=1789165594"},{"product_id":"tono-lims-baby-colour-financier","title":"Tono \u0026 Lims Baby Colour Financier — 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e A warm golden amber that deepens to caramel brown where it pools. Tono \u0026amp; Lims list it as orange-brown within the Baby Color line, which is marketed as soft and pastel-like — my swatches don't really read pastel. The written line and swab sit at a readable mid-tone, and the pooled areas go considerably darker and ruddier than the official colour chip suggests. Closer to browned butter than to orange. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Strong and very characterful. The drops show a clear golden core with hard, dark tide lines at the edges, and even the swab bar lightens noticeably through the middle. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen:\u003c\/strong\u003e None visible in my swatches. The darker rims are concentration, not sheen. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e None. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow: \u003c\/strong\u003eMedium. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit: \u003c\/strong\u003eA financier is a small French almond cake made with beurre noisette — browned butter — which gives it that golden crust the ink matches. The usual story goes that it was named for the financiers of the Paris stock exchange district, being baked in a rectangular mould said to resemble a gold ingot and neat enough to eat without ruining a suit. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003cbr\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003cbr\u003eI'm a collector and I'm always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tono \u0026 Lims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57266211815750,"sku":"INK-035","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/TonoandLims-Financier3.jpg?v=1789422895"},{"product_id":"tono-lims-deepspace-star-forming","title":"Tono \u0026 Lims DEEEP SPACE Star Forming - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e A warm tan-to-cocoa brown with a dusty mauve undertone. Tono \u0026amp; Lims describe it as a beige brown shading to pale peach — on my Tomoe River swatches the light end reads khaki-gold rather than peach, with no pink in it, and where the ink pools heavily a distinct plum-mauve separates out that the official description doesn't mention. Written with a dip pen it lays down mid-brown and dries golden-tan as the line thins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Strong. There's a wide range between the pale gold of a light stroke and the deep cocoa of a pooled edge, and the swabs show clear chromatic separation — tan base with mauve-plum and dark brown gathering at the edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen:\u003c\/strong\u003e None.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e None.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFlow: Medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Star Forming is part of the DEEEP SPACE collection (three Es, deliberately), a series built around the cosmos — the void, the glow of stars, the colour of nebulae. A star-forming region is exactly that: a cold cloud of dust and gas collapsing under its own gravity until it ignites, which makes the dusty browns and mauves in this one a more literal piece of naming than it first looks. Tono \u0026amp; Lims is a Japanese brand founded by fountain pen enthusiast Takashi Ono, made in partnership with Lim's Lab in South Korea, and the collection is known for exactly this kind of colour separation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eI'm a collector and I'm always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tono \u0026 Lims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57266211848518,"sku":"INK-036","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/TonoandLims-StarForming1.jpg?v=1789507616"},{"product_id":"tono-lims-dutch-canal","title":"Tono \u0026 Lims Dutch Canal — 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e A mid-toned denim blue with a grey-slate lean — canal water rather than sky. I couldn't find an official manufacturer colour description for this one, so there's nothing to diverge from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Strong. Both the dip-pen bar and the writing sample move from pale steel blue to dark navy, with pronounced darkening at stroke ends and swab edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen:\u003c\/strong\u003e None.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e None.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tono \u0026amp; Lims is a Japanese brand founded by Takashi Ono, with the inks made in South Korea by Lim's Lab, and a large part of its output is one-off event and collaboration colours rather than a standing catalogue. Dutch Canal is one of a Netherlands-themed pair — the other is Dutch Meadow — released around the brand's presence at the 2026 Dutch Pen Show in Utrecht, where Tono \u0026amp; Lims sponsored one of the lettering workshops. The label art carries the joke: a Friesian cow in a scarf standing in front of an arched canal bridge, two of the most exportable images of the Netherlands in one square inch. The colour goes with the water, not the postcard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eI'm a collector and I'm always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tono \u0026 Lims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57266213257542,"sku":"INK-074","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/TonoandLims-DutchCanal3.jpg?v=1789508362"},{"product_id":"tono-lims-x-moemi-of-idea-switch-its-a-new-day","title":"Tono \u0026 Lims x Moemi of Idea Switch It's a New Day - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e The maker describes it as a reddish purple on application that shifts as it settles, revealing new depths of colour. My swatches broadly agree but land more muted than \"reddish purple\" suggests: writing and the swab read as a dusty rose-mauve, while heavier pools dry to a deeper wine-plum with cool blue-violet centres and a warm red-brown edge. Expect a soft, greyed mauve in normal writing rather than a saturated purple. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate. My swatches move from pale dusty rose in thin areas to deep plum-brown where the ink pools, with clear tonal breaks across the wash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen:\u003c\/strong\u003e None.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes — fine, evenly dispersed shimmer that reads silver to pale champagne on my swatches. Subtle in ordinary writing, obvious in pooled areas and under angled light. \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit:\u003c\/strong\u003e This is from Tono \u0026amp; Lims' Puddle Story line, made in collaboration with Moemi of Idea Switch, a craft-focused stationery shop in Fukuoka. The series was built around the colours a puddle's reflection throws back, used as a metaphor for the passage of time — hence inks that visibly change as they dry. The Japanese name, 明日という名の過去 \/ 新しさの繰り返し, translates roughly as \"the past by the name of tomorrow, the repetition of newness.\" Retailers have rendered it in English several different ways, so you may also see this bottle sold as \"The Past Named Tomorrow, The Repetition of Newness.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003cbr\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003cbr\u003eI'm a collector and I'm always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tono \u0026 Lims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57266215190854,"sku":"INK-126","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/TonoandLims-It_sanewday3.jpg?v=1788631266"},{"product_id":"tono-lims-beyond-the-horizon-turbulent-sea-4ml-fountain-pen-ink-sample","title":"Tono \u0026 Lims Beyond the Horizon Turbulent Sea - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e A muted grey with a blue-green lean. Officially described as grey to blue-grey; in my swatches the written line and swab bar sit more towards a cool grey-teal than a pure blue-grey. Where the ink pools it separates into dusty mauve-rose and deep teal-black, which the official description doesn’t mention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes, clear light-to-dark shading in the swab bar and visible in handwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen:\u003c\/strong\u003e None seen in my swatches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer: \u003c\/strong\u003eNone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow: \u003c\/strong\u003eMedium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit: \u003c\/strong\u003eTurbulent Sea belongs to Tono \u0026amp; Lims’ Beyond the Horizon series, which honours early seafarers who crossed open ocean in wooden boats long before modern navigation. Its stablemates include Sunda, Sahul and Wings of the Sea. The label art is a dragon-prowed longship with a striped sail riding curling waves, which suits an ink that looks calm grey on the page but turns stormy (teal, slate and plum) wherever it pools. Tono \u0026amp; Lims is a Tokyo-based brand, and its inks are made by Lim’s Lab in South Korea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003cbr\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003cbr\u003eI’m a collector and I’m always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tono \u0026 Lims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57573292671302,"sku":null,"price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/Tono_LimsTurbulentSea3.jpg?v=1791731146"},{"product_id":"tono-lims-x-nocco-mushroom-image-ink-benitengutake-shimmer-4ml-fountain-pen-ink-sample","title":"Tono \u0026 Lims x nocco. Mushroom Image Ink Benitengutake Shimmer - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e A bright, warm scarlet red, the colour of a fly agaric cap. No official colour description is published. The bottle art shows a pinkish-crimson cap, but my swatches are a truer, warmer red with no pink lean. Heavier pools deepen towards crimson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate. Light-to-dark variation shows in the swab and in wider strokes. Fine writing is fairly even.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen: \u003c\/strong\u003eNone observed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer: \u003c\/strong\u003eYes. A fine pinkish shimmer, clearly visible in pools and swabs and subtle in writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow: \u003c\/strong\u003eMedium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit: \u003c\/strong\u003eBenitengutake is the Japanese name for the fly agaric (Amanita muscaria), the red-and-white spotted toadstool of fairy tales. The name breaks down as beni (crimson), tengu (the long-nosed goblin of Japanese folklore) and take (mushroom). The ink is a collaboration between Tono \u0026amp; Lims and nocco., a mushroom-inspired textile and goods brand run by Japanese artist Yui Kubo. Each mushroom in the collection was made in two versions, plain and shimmer. This is the shimmer one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003cbr\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003cbr\u003eI’m a collector and I’m always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tono \u0026 Lims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57573984174406,"sku":null,"price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/Tono_LimsxNoccoBenitengutake3.jpg?v=1791735410"},{"product_id":"tono-lims-deep-field-laniakea-4ml-fountain-pen-ink-sample","title":"Tono \u0026 Lims Deep Field Laniakea - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e Muted khaki-olive that splits into dusky teal-blue. Tono \u0026amp; Lims don’t publish a colour description for Laniakea, only that the Deep Field inks separate into two tones. In my swatches it writes as a soft greyish sage-khaki. The teal shows at the edges of strokes and in thicker lines. In heavy pools the olive deepens to a dark green-black. The swabs pool far more than any nib will, so expect the writing sample rather than the dramatic banding in everyday use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading: \u003c\/strong\u003eStrong. It separates into two tones, olive-khaki and teal-blue, rather than shading light to dark in one colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen:\u003c\/strong\u003e None seen in my swatches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e None.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow: \u003c\/strong\u003eMedium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit: \u003c\/strong\u003eLaniakea is the galaxy supercluster that contains the Milky Way. It’s a Hawaiian name meaning “immeasurable heaven”, given by the astronomers who mapped it in 2014. Its edges were defined by tracing which way roughly 100,000 galaxies are flowing. The branching gold artwork on the label looks like that map of the supercluster, with the small red dot marking our own galaxy. Its sister ink in the collection, Great Attractor, is named after the gravitational pull at Laniakea’s centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.\u003cbr\u003ePhotos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.\u003cbr\u003eI’m a collector and I’m always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tono \u0026 Lims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57574266470726,"sku":null,"price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/Tono_LimsLaniakea3.jpg?v=1791736979"}],"url":"https:\/\/thepensmuggler.co.uk\/collections\/tono-lims.oembed","provider":"The Pen Smuggler","version":"1.0","type":"link"}