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Souboku

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Sailor Souboku is a pigmented blue-black ink renowned for its exceptional water resistance and professional neutral tone, making it ideal for documents, sketching, and business use. It offers wet flow, minimal feathering on quality paper, and easy cleanup despite being pigment-based. This ink suits fountain pen users seeking reliability in important writing without sacrificing subtle color depth.

Properties
Color Family
Blue-Black
Dry Time
30-60 seconds
Water Resistance
High
Shading
Low
Sheening
None
Flow
Wet

Best Uses

Professional writingSketchingOfficial documentsEveryday writing

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Reviews & Resources

Sailor fountain pen ink review - Souboku

Detailed review of Sailor Souboku pigmented blue-black ink, highlighting its waterproof properties, medium saturation, subtle shading, good flow, and crisp lines without feathering. It dries in 18-20 seconds, cleans easily, and performs well across various nibs.

Ink Review: Sailor Souboku – Page 2

Sailor Souboku is a wetter waterproof pigment ink with longer dry times on fountain-pen friendly paper, excellent startup, high water resistance, and easy cleaning even after weeks of use. It performs best in wetter pens and is recommended for its traditional blue-black shade.

Ink Review #1020: Sailor Nano Souboku

Sailor Nano Souboku is a highly water-resistant pigmented blue-black ink with wet flow, 30-second dry time, no feathering on premium papers, and medium show-through. Review praises it as a favorite neutral professional ink darker than comparable options.

Ink Review #213: Sailor Sou-Boku

Sailor Sou-Boku is a smooth, waterproof nano-pigmented blue-black ink with average flow, medium shading, red sheen, moderate dry time, and high water resistance, ideal for office use. Writing samples demonstrate its performance on Tomoe River paper.

thINKthursday – Sailor Souboku

Sailor Souboku offers good flow with no feathering or bleedthrough on Rhodia paper, moderate saturation, and dry times of 15-30 seconds. It is presented as a reliable pigmented blue-black ink in a Think Thursday review format.

Sailor Nano Sou-Boku - Ink Reviews

Forum discussion and user review of Sailor Nano Sou-Boku, noting its excellent performance in a Pelikan M800 580 nib with no issues, comparing it favorably to Seiboku for long-term use and ease of writing.

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