swatching my entire ink collection ✿ wearingeul, takasago ✿ pilot, sailor, jacques herbin, diamine

In today’s video, I’m opening up my entire fountain pen ink collection — every bottle, every story — and creating the start of a comprehensive catalogue to track my collection.

I’ll be sharing my personal history with fountain pen inks, delights and disappointments, and reflecting on the lessons I’ve learnt in my stationery journey.

You’ll also see me unbox an exciting order from a local Australian retailer, Soe & Soe, filled with the supplies I need to start cataloguing my ink collection in earnest.

You’ll catch some gentle footage of me stamping and swatching in my Tomoe River Paper and Traveler’s Notebook inserts, and I’ll be walking you through the inks one by one — starting with my Platinum Carbon Black and the first four bottles I ever purchased back in 2013 from J. Herbin.

Before I go through the dried down swatches with you one-by-one, we’ll also unbox a special delivery from a dear YouTube friend.

If you enjoy long-form ink content with a hint of nostalgia and plenty of slow joy, I hope you’ll brew yourself a warm beverage and cozy up with me for this one.

Let me know in the comments… which of my inks do you own? Which do you love and wish you owned? And which are perhaps not quite to your tastes?

°˖✧ in this video I share…
hobonichi a6 grid notebook (2025 freebie)
traveler’s notebook tokyo station blank cream insert
dominant industry takasago paper (I did some research and it seems you can buy this paper in notebook form as yamamoto bank paper)
wearingeul ink drop swatch cards
little teddy studio by tao stamps
shachihata stamp ink pad (black)
dominant industry glass ink muddler
my supplies were purchased from soe & soe https://soeandsoe.com.au/

°˖✧ the inks I swatched in the video
platinum carbon black
j. herbin perle noire
j. herbin lie de thé
j. herbin lierre sauvage
j. herbin poussière de lune
j. herbin ambre de birmanie
j. herbin rouille d’ancre
j. herbin vert de gris
j. herbin vert empire
j. herbin larmes de cassis
pilot iroshizuku kiri-same
sailor shikiori yozakura
diamine oxblood
diamine ancient copper
diamine celadon cat
diamine gold star
diamine shimmering seas
diamine night sky
j. herbin émeraude de chivor

°˖✧ timestamps
00:00 intro

°˖✧ tools
camera: iphone 16 pro
editing: davinci resolve
mic: elgato wave:3

°˖✧ music
♪ tomomi kato from pixabay

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