Lennon Tool Bar Guardian Beasts Shun Feng Er - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample Vial
Lennon Tool Bar Guardian Beasts Shun Feng Er - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample Vial
Details
Hue: Dusty rose with burgundy depth. Described as a dusty mauve pink with subtle burgundy undertones. On my swatches it reads warmer and rosier than mauve, and the burgundy is more than subtle wherever the ink pools.
Shading: Moderate. Clear light-to-dark variation in the swab bar and in writing, with ink gathering darker at the ends of strokes.
Sheen: None.
Shimmer: None.
Flow: Medium
The interesting bit: Shun Feng Er (順風耳), the Wind-Tracking Ear, can hear any sound carried on the wind. He and his partner Qian Li Yan, the Thousand-Mile Eye, guard Mazu, the sea goddess, and stand beside her in temples across Taiwan. One legend says they were two demons who fought Mazu for her hand in marriage, lost, and swore to serve her instead. This ink is from Lennon Tool Bar's Guardian Beasts Vol. 3, alongside Qian Li Yan, Hu Ye and Shen Long. The brand was founded in Tamsui, Taiwan, in 2014 to promote the island's indigo dyeing tradition.
This is a hand-decanted 4ml sample vial from my own bottle.
Photos are my own swatches on Tomoe River Paper.
I'm a collector and I'm always happy to talk ink, so please message me if you have any questions.
Postage
Royal Mail or Evri, your choice at checkout, from £1.90. Free over £20. Dispatched within 2 working days. UK only for now.
Returns
Change your mind within 14 days and I'll refund you, including standard outbound postage. Return postage is yours unless something's wrong. Opened vials can only be refunded in part. Full details in my refund policy.
What you're getting
A 4ml vial, hand-decanted by me from my own bottle. Swatch photos are mine, on Tomoe River paper. Colours vary with paper, nib and screen, so treat them as a good guide rather than an exact match.