A field trip to Sakura Fountain Pen Gallery in Diest, Belgium was both amazing and dangerous! Take a look through the pictures and you'll see why. Catherine knows her Maki-e and specializes in Japanese pens and stationery. There is also stationery, Hobonichi Planners, Blackwing pencils, a whole boat load of ink, accessories, and more. It's well worth a visit if you're in the neighborhood, and even if you're not, the journey is still worth it. It's a pen paradise!
There are two boards full of the most current ink swabs in the shop, and you can take them down to compare and look at inks you like!
Not quite as intense as Apricot, but not ugly either!
PROS
Pretty color!
Shades well.
Large-pen-friendly bottle.
Easy to clean.
Looks so good in a clear pen!
The label on top of the cap of the bottle has the name of the ink printed on it, as well as a tiny ink swab so it's easy to spot in your ink drawer/cabinet.
Easy to store bottles.
Robert Oster is a really nice guy, so I feel happy to support his creations.
CONS
May be too light to read in finer nibs.
OVERALL
I seem to be drawn to colors like this - yellowy orange inks that shade well. It's hard to resist this, and with a cat named Peaches, I just couldn't leave without it! Well behaved, easy to clean, so pretty! It's just the kind of ink that makes my eyes happy when I use it, and I can't argue with that.
Help keep the ink flowing! By contributing as little as $3 per month, patrons help me to dedicate more of my time to creating what we both love by helping cover the many costs incurred from my work!
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