{"product_id":"nagasawa-kobe-ink-monogatari-fukae-urban-blue-4ml-fountain-pen-ink-sample","title":"Nagasawa Kobe Ink Monogatari Fukae Urban-blue - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e A muted, greyed blue-teal. Retailers call it denim blue, but my swatches read greener and greyer than that, closer to slate teal. Heavy pools go to a deep petrol teal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e Low to moderate. Shows a soft light-to-dark shift in the swab bar and in looped writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen: \u003c\/strong\u003eNone in normal writing. Heavy pools on Tomoe River show a dark reddish-maroon edge along the drying lines.\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 Kobe INK Monogatari (“Kobe Ink Story”) is Nagasawa’s series of colours inspired by places around Kobe; Nagasawa has been based in the city since 1882. Fukae was a key Edo-period route between the Saigoku road and the Arima hot springs, and has long been a training centre for Japanese seafarers. The ink is meant to connect that history with the area’s modernist architecture, which is where the “Urban” comes from.\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":57410951053638,"sku":null,"price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/Kobeurbanblue3.jpg?v=1791753233","url":"https:\/\/thepensmuggler.co.uk\/products\/nagasawa-kobe-ink-monogatari-fukae-urban-blue-4ml-fountain-pen-ink-sample","provider":"The Pen Smuggler","version":"1.0","type":"link"}