{"product_id":"nagasawa-kobe-ink-monogatari-150-purple-sepia-4ml-fountain-pen-ink-sample","title":"Nagasawa Kobe Ink Monogatari 150 Purple Sepia - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue: \u003c\/strong\u003eOfficially a purple sepia. On my swatches the written line reads as a dark sepia-brown with a purple undertone. The purple shows more clearly in wider strokes and at the edges of pooled ink, where the ink splits into a warm orange-brown with plum-purple edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate in normal writing, stronger in wide strokes. The pooled swabs show heavy shading and clear chromatic separation into brown and purple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen: \u003c\/strong\u003eFaint, only in heavy pools.\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\u003e This ink was made in 2024 for JR West’s project marking 150 years since the Kobe to Osaka railway opened in 1874. The purple sepia is meant to evoke the retro-modern feel of Kobe Station, whose 1930 building is still in use, and the 117 series “City Liner” Special Rapid train. The box shows the train’s blueprints and photos of the first two station buildings. “Monogatari” means “story”. Nagasawa began the Kobe INK Monogatari range in 2007 to capture Kobe in colour after the 1995 earthquake.\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":"Kobe \/ Nagasawa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57410947219782,"sku":null,"price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/Kobe150purplesepia3.jpg?v=1791752813","url":"https:\/\/thepensmuggler.co.uk\/products\/nagasawa-kobe-ink-monogatari-150-purple-sepia-4ml-fountain-pen-ink-sample","provider":"The Pen Smuggler","version":"1.0","type":"link"}