So I totally consider this an emergency review because a fellow pen lover showed me that the ink I just received in the mail is a purple WITH a sheen!!! So far aside from the lovely Yama-Budo I have not found a purple that sheens so I was super excited. I ordered Bungbox L’Amant on a whim and didn’t expect to be this blown away so here goes.
The ink came in the standard Bungbox packaging. Here it is with the rest of my haul. I should note this haul arrived on a Sunday, which means the post office is already in overdrive mode for the holiday season 🙂
It comes in the standard Sailor bottle, which I have a love hate relationship with. Here she is with my beloved Sweet Potato Purple on the right.
I can’t get the label stickers to stay on the bottle, they really need to change those. But on to the important stuff, the ink!
For this I decided to use one of my favorite pens of all time, the Pelikan M400 Tortoiseshell. I was so excited about this ink I emptied out the MB Lavender that I had inside 😭
It did not disappoint!!! This ink is super well behaved with a high flow, high saturation and excellent shading. But the bonus is that there is sheen present. I have seen varying degrees of it in reviews and for my review sadly I couldn’t get it to come out as much as others have but I have hope! Perhaps with a broader nib?
I tried with some CF paper but the result wasn’t much different and I couldn’t see the sheen at all there. I will revisit that later though, maybe with some ink blots :). But for my purposes though, the writing is where it counts so I want to see that lovely sheen on my letters! I think there is a little more sheen I can squeeze out of this once I find the right pen combination. And I will find it! #determined
More Bungbox inks will probably magically appear at my door, if anyone has any suggestions of ones that sheen, please let me know ^_^
I am super happy with this ink so I will leave you here with a photo of a cupcake lol. If you’re a purple fan run don’t walk to get this ink, enjoy!
December 11, 2016 at 11:17 pm
While I like a good sheen that is one tasty looking cupcake (you can loose the sprinkles)…LOL! 😎
Mike
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December 12, 2016 at 7:53 am
Heh true I could have done without the sprinkles too but it was still delicious 😍🍰
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December 12, 2016 at 1:50 am
I got samples of this and dark lilac at the same time.
Lets just say I’m glad Dark Lilac is going to be a standard ink….ALLEGEDLY! 😉
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December 12, 2016 at 7:54 am
Oh wow!!! Glad I didn’t buy the bottle for like $70 then lol. I hope it does become one 😄
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December 12, 2016 at 8:06 am
I will NOT support people who flip inks, especially those that were on the market for 3 seconds! CRIMINALS!
Now, THAT said, if it was Hakase dark sepia, well, someone is contemplating an $85 purchase, but that ink is made in batches of 10, every month, in and from Japan, plus it’s ostensibly one of the most legendary sepia. But, what do I know? 😉
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December 12, 2016 at 11:35 am
I really hope the ink returns!!!! I need it to go with my new lamy from squishyink!!!!
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December 12, 2016 at 11:37 am
Yay! Your new pen is already on to way to you :). Let’s totally be twins when that new bottle of Lilac comes 😍🖋🖋👯
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December 12, 2016 at 8:41 am
It looks good! I think it’s really difficult to get the sheen to show in a photo. Last night I even tried the scanner, to see if that was any better. It wasn’t. CF is not as good as TR for sheen, methinks.
Hope it will come true about Dark Lilac. I like that colour. I have only cartridges of it …
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December 12, 2016 at 9:58 am
That colour is exquisite. Wow.
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