Nagasawa

Nagasawa Kobe Ink No.3 Old City Sepia 舊居留地茶褐

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Nagasawa Kobe Ink No.3 Old City Sepia 舊居留地茶褐. The old city area has a rich history of expatriate houses, architecture, and open trade. Despite the passing of time, this history continues to flourish, and Old City Sepia ink will allow you to experience its nostalgia and tranquility.

  • 50ml
  • Dye-based ink
  • Nagasawa Kobe Ink Samples available in 3ml or 5ml
  • The series is available in 82 colors. See more Nagasawa Kobe inks here.

Nagasawa is based in Kobe, Japan, and was founded in 1882. The colors of Kobe Ink originate from the vibrant views found around the beautiful city of Kobe, capturing its regional characteristics, aspects, and environments. Use Kobe Ink to evoke happy feelings and the magical qualities of Kobe when writing letters to friends.

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Philip
Rich, saturated luxury brown.

Kobe is my favorite ink range and brown is one of my most used colors - I find it very grounded and grounding. Brown covers a huge range, all of the warm colors neutralize to brown, but it's the cool browns that I most enjoy, sepias or taupes tending towards grey with undertones of green or violet. R&K Sepia was an early favorite. I initially sampled #s 3 and 40 from the Kobe range and it was #40, Sumiyoshi Brown, that earned the bottle and became my favorite taupe. #40 is not too dark, closely borders grey and has great shading in a broad or italic nib (I often have it in both!). However, when I picked up a Sailor ProGear Mini (Sapporo) in Taupe the MF nib didn't give enough substance to any of my Brown inks; I tried Yama Guri and Ink Studio #373 as well as my beloved #40 but all looked a bit thin. Then I remembered my sample of this #3, Kyukyoryuchi, which I had initially dismissed as far too saturated for my tastes, gave it a dip test, upgraded to a full bottle and it's now an everyday carry in that pocket pen. It's a very rich brown but doesn't appear black (looking at you, Sailor Doyou!). Chromatography is complex, including pink, green and violet, which makes it wonderful for ink and wash. I am very happy to have both now, #40 is more discrete for larger, wetter nibs while #3 is richer with sufficient substance and character for finer nibs. Both are gorgeous, luxurious inks.