Fresh Oranges of Lake Hamana – Bung Box (Sailor)

Sailor is my favourite ink maker (ex-aequo with J. Herbin). Sadly their most interesting inks are available only in Japan or from internet retailers. There are few japanese shops famous for their wide and interesting range of Sailor inks. One of most well-known is Bung Box. A lot of people were taken by interesting bottles and intriguing colors. It seems however that recently many ink enthusiasts started to shy away from this line since Bung Box inks became much more bitterly expensive than other Sailor inks.

The line consists of quite a few colors. My list is incomplete and most of the names aren’t translated well. If you have full list of BB inks and/or could gheklp me with correcting english names, help me sort this out 

1. 4B Blue/Black
2. BB Espresso
3. Dandyism
4. Emerald
5. Enshu Black
6. Fuyiyama Blue
7. Hamanako Eel
8. Imperial Purple
9. Ink of the Witch
10. L’Amant
11. Luminous Green
12. Melancholic Gray
13. Mocha
14. Music Black
15. Nostalgia
16. Oamezaki Sunset
17. Omaezaki
18. Omaezaki Blue
19. Oranges of Lake Hamana
20. Pink
21. Ruby
22. Sapphire
23. Silent Night
24. Soleil
25. Tears of Clown

Before I write few words about the ink allow me to start by saying thank you mmg122 for sending me samples of different Sailor inks.

Fresh Oranges of lake Hamana is very nice orange ink. It’s well saturated and has interesting shading that shows interplay between orange and yellow tones. On the other hand the ink feels surprisingly dry. Most Sailor inks I’ve tried so far felt more “lubricated” than this one. I haven’t observed feathering or bleedthrough.

While I enjoy the color I believe this ink is ridicoulously ovrpriced.

Ink splash

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

 

 

Software ID

 

Tomoe River – Kaweco Sport Classic, eyedropper, B

Leuchtturm1917, Kaweco Classic Sport, B nib

Clairefontaine, Faber-Castell Ondoro, M

Oxford, Hero 5028, stub 1,9