{"product_id":"nagasawa-kobe-ink-monogatari-chinbotsu-sen-wine-sauce-4ml-fountain-pen-ink-sample","title":"Nagasawa Kobe Ink Monogatari Chinbotsu-sen Wine Sauce - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e Officially a deep, velvety wine tone. On paper my swatches read as a dusty plum, more purple than red wine. The writing sample is a muted mauve-plum, and the pooled swabs go to a deep aubergine with blue-violet undertones and near-black edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate. It moves from soft mauve to deep plum in the writing sample and the swab bar, and shows more strongly in heavier pools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen: \u003c\/strong\u003eNone in normal writing. Heavy pools dry with dark, concentrated rims rather than a distinct coloured sheen.\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\u003eThis is a collaboration between Nagasawa, the Kobe stationer behind the Kobe INK Monogatari line, and Kyupodo. It belongs to a fictional world called Koberia Street, a hidden port town where Western culture, magic and not-quite-human residents have mixed since the harbour opened. “Chinbotsu-sen” means sunken ship. The ink is named after the house sauce of a restaurant run by a former ship’s cook. He is said to have cooked on sunken ships, first-class liners and possibly a ghost ship. Rumour has it his wine is salvaged from shipwrecks and supplied through a mermaid. The box shows the restaurant, the mermaid and the ghost.\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":57410949185862,"sku":null,"price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/Kobewinesauce3.jpg?v=1791752074","url":"https:\/\/thepensmuggler.co.uk\/products\/nagasawa-kobe-ink-monogatari-chinbotsu-sen-wine-sauce-4ml-fountain-pen-ink-sample","provider":"The Pen Smuggler","version":"1.0","type":"link"}