Sailor Jentle Grenade - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample
Sailor Jentle Grenade - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample
Details
Hue: Deep pomegranate red-purple. Usually described as a dark red, maroon or burgundy. On my swatches it leans noticeably more berry-magenta than a true red, with a rosier red where the ink sits thin.
Shading: Moderate. It moves from rosy red to deep berry in both the swab bar and the handwriting.
Sheen: Heavy olive-green to gold sheen on Tomoe River. It shows even in handwriting and floods the edges of the swabs. Expect much less on more absorbent paper.
Shimmer: None.
Flow: Medium.
The interesting bit: "Grenade" is French for pomegranate, which gives the colour its name. The military grenade was itself named after the fruit. Grenade is one of Sailor's original Jentle colours. It was discontinued in the mid-2010s and brought back in 2017 alongside Peche, Apricot, Epinard and Sky High.
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.