{"product_id":"taccia-sunaoiro-tsuchi-golden-wheat","title":"TACCIA Sunaoiro Tsuchi (Golden Wheat) - 4ml Fountain Pen Ink Sample","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHue:\u003c\/strong\u003e A warm mid-brown with a golden-amber undertone that shows at thin edges and where the swab runs out. Where the ink pools it drops to a very dark, almost blackish brown, so the same ink reads as light caramel in one place and near-black in another. A note on the name: also sold as as \"Golden Wheat\" and the box is illustrated with ears of wheat, but my swatches are noticeably browner and earthier than that suggests — more tobacco and cocoa than gold. The Japanese name 壌 (tsuchi) means soil or earth, which I think is the more honest description of what comes out of the pen. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShading:\u003c\/strong\u003e High, and it's the main event. Reviewers consistently rate the shading as high, and my drop tests bear that out — the tonal range between thin and pooled ink is dramatic. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheen:\u003c\/strong\u003e None. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShimmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e None.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlow:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe interesting bit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sunaoiro was Taccia's first ink collection, a set of thirteen colours each carrying a Japanese name. Taccia describe the range as inspired by a pure and unaffected way of seeing colour — the feeling of opening your first box of crayons, and the box illustrations are by Japanese artist Hiroshi Sato. The other curiosity is the \"Born in California\" line printed on a bottle of Japanese-made ink: TACCIA was founded by Shu-Jen Lin in the United States and sold to Nakabayashi in Japan in April 2018, so the bottle is quietly carrying both halves of its own history. \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":"TACCIA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57266211324230,"sku":"INK-023","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/9696\/1862\/files\/Taccia-Tsuchi3.jpg?v=1788641253","url":"https:\/\/thepensmuggler.co.uk\/products\/taccia-sunaoiro-tsuchi-golden-wheat","provider":"The Pen Smuggler","version":"1.0","type":"link"}