Yachingstyle - Bellflower

Ink ReviewYachingstyleMulti-coloredBlueBlue VioletViolet

Nov 10

Yachingstyle Bellflower fountain pen ink — **Yachingstyle Bellflower - Ink drop**

Yachingstyle is based in Taiwan. I don’t believe they have a brick-and-mortar shop, but you can find various products in shops and online retailers in Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, and possibly other locations, as well. You can also contact them on Instagram and Facebook. The owner, Lai Ya-Ching designs high-end Ya-Ching jewelry and works with artisans of all kinds to offer a wide range of beautiful stationery products. The brand is well known for its glass-nibbed pens, but also works in exotic woods, leather, and maki-e fountain pens. But we’re here to look at a Yachingstyle ink, and it’s a beauty!

Yachingstyle Bellflower fountain pen ink swatches on Cosmo Air Light and Tomoe River papers — **Ink Swatches on Cosmo Air Light and Tomoe River**

Bellflower is a gorgeous blend of blue and violet. The blue base is peaceful and calming in appearance, but it wastes no time introducing you to its quite persistent violet influences. These aren’t here one minute, gone the next chromatic tricks. In medium or broader nibs, strokes are consistently filled with violet swirls. I love it! (By the way, check out the results on Takasago bank paper! Wow!)

Yachingstyle Bellflower ink swatch on iroful and bank papers — **Ink Swatches on Takasago Bank Paper and Iroful**

It’s a very nice shading ink, too, with dark to light gradations on each stroke. It’s a gentle transition, and there aren’t the abrupt flips from light to dark that make some shaders hard to read over time. The shading gives the blue a slightly powdery greyish mask that many of my favorites share.

Yachingstyle Bellflower fountain pen ink - Writing Sample — **Writing sample on Cosmo Air Snow paper**

The ink is made by Tono&Lims for Yachingstyle, and honestly, I think it is one of their best. It’s very clean and consistent visually, with no problems at all with feather or bleed. In writing performance, it’s just as good. It’s wet and smooth in flow, but it doesn’t feel watery. In writing feel, it gives you immediate confidence, like all great inks.