Sailor Shikiori Tokiwamatsu

Testing out some Sailor Shikiori Cartridges before fully committing to the bigger ink bottles. I've been looking around for some deep greens for my fountain pen lately. I've got the Herbin Vert de Gris, while it is an awesome muted green, it's not what I'm looking for.

Today, I got the Shikiori tokiwamatsu. This is the closest to a dark green they have available in the Analog shop. When the chance arrives, I'm going to compare it to the Miruai.

Sailor Shikiori Tokiwamatsu box

Sailor Shikiori Tokiwamatsu 

The price is alright for three fun color cartridges. Php 195.00 is about US$4. This should last me a few weeks.

For fun, I ran it on Google Translate just to see what is written there.


In a special bra case? That was funny.


This was made less than a year ago, when all the world was on lockdown. How awesome is that.

Opening and installation will be done tonight and until then, I'm preparing myself to be blown away.

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