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Kyo no oto No. 7 Hisoku 秘色

Mise porcelain, Hisoku in Japanese, is a Tang-dynasty style of celadon ceramics. This ink seems to be going for the bluer-darker side of this kind of glaze. This is a modern example of the color that this ink is going for: 24h.pchome.com.tw/prod/QFAEJ9-

Nice ink in a broader nib, dry-ish and I imagine would probably be a bit gritty on a finer nib. Very dramatic shading.

Thanks to my 2024 red tier for this ink.


Waterman Inspired Blue
Pilot Custom FK-300R M

Despite really liking Waterman inks, I have never tried this one until now—sky blue isn't really my thing generally. But this ink has some nice depth to it. I think I prefer it over Pilot Iro Kon-peki for this color "area". Thanks to @Halfcelestialelf for sending me the sample.

This is written with the pen that I sent for rematch, a very nice vintage Pilot! penfount.social/@paradoxmo/113

of the day:
If you received any stationery or pen-related holiday gifts—from friends, family, colleagues, or perhaps in our exchange—what was your favorite gift? Or, now that you’ve had the chance to play around with your gifts, what particular ink, pen, notebook etc. have you found to really suit you that was perhaps not on your radar?

Hi everyone, a bit of a special pen today. I bought this for my rematch giftee who had a Pilot Custom Heritage 912 on his wishlist. This pen is the Pilot Custom FK-300R from the 1980s. I'm testing the pen before sending it, and of course took the opportunity to take some pictures. It's very similar to the 912 in concept, same #10 nib and same flat tops, but this is a snap cap rather than a screw cap.

M nib is bouncy and writes beautifully, samples later.

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@alexa488 I’m still going through the 2023 Hobos that I got on clearance last year, I still have two left. On deck I have a couple Sanzen TR S, and a Yu-Sari from green this year, as well as a 2025 Hobonichi HON (also Sanzen TR S).

Got my red tier gift finally after some back and forth trying to solve issues with export rules (:

- Two very nice inks: Kyo no oto #7 Hisoku and Bungubox Piano Mahogany
- Hōjicha (roasted green tea) from Shizuoka
- Parker 51 reissue premium turquoise
- Cute popup card with Santas on a boat (:

Thanks Santa! And thanks for jumping through hoops with me to get this package to me!

Secret Santas, the shipping deadline is today! But don’t worry if you haven’t sent your package yet, just keep your giftee informed and all will be well. If you have questions, please review the answers below. If you have further doubts or issues, please reach out to an elf!

penfount.ink/secret-santa-post

Penfount • Pen Community · Secret Santa post-deadline FAQHave you shipped your Secret Santa package? Read on for answers to all your questions!

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In case it helps others, I did not receive any email. I had to go to givin.gifts and check notifications (top right bell icon). (It says this in the instructions but I glossed over it the first time.)

#FPSanta mods, If someone doesn't see the above post, I'm not sure they're going to know to do this. 😕

(I don't know what to suggest; just lamenting the unreliability of email, I guess.)

@penfount For those interested in Secret Santa, we've got a small technical issue with GG that we're working on, so we pushed matching back to Nov 22 12:00 AM UTC to give us an extra day to settle things.

For those also following along on reddit, the platform has a high error rate today that is preventing logging in to check messages and update the original post there.

This delay also gives you a small window of opportunity to join if you're interested!