Pilot Iroshizuku Ink Crimson Glory Vine (Yama-budo) 50ml Brand_Maruman clean lines

clean lines

reliable performance

The Viceroy has perfect balance and its imposing dimensions give it an aura of authority

shading as it dries to reveal amber and burnt orange tones where the stroke thins out

Pilot Iroshizuku Ink Crimson Glory Vine (Yama-budo) 50ml Brand_Maruman clean linesPilot Iroshizuku Ink Crimson Glory Vine (Yama budo) 50ml takes its name from a wild mountain grape that grows across Japan's highland forests, and the ink earns the reference. It's a rich, complex red with a distinct purple undertone: not quite burgundy, not quite magenta, but something with more depth than either. On absorbent paper it shades noticeably, shifting from a saturated crimson at the stroke's edge to a softer, almost rose like tone where