Teranishi Guitar Ink - Gentle Green

Like many of the inks I’ve purchased over the last six months, this is one was inspired by spending a Sunday morning, watching Olive Octopus. Lisa stream is basically her swatching various inks and discussing their properties of she is painting with inks in an ink swatch coloring book. During one of those streams, Lisa mentioned this ink and described some of its interesting characteristics, which immediately caught my attention. While traveling to Florida, December 2025, I made a special stop at the Gentlemens Stationer along the way. Lisa was kind enough to meet with me during my visit and although I had only a short time there, I still managed to leave with a bottle of Teranishi Gentle Green. Teranishi Gentle Green is an enigma. I had no inkling that this ink would be such a catalyst in how I look at and use ink.

The Teranishi Chemical industry company has been around for sometime. Established in 1916 in Osaka, Japan. They created fountain pin, inks and crayons.

The ink comes in an interesting art deco style box with a distinctly nostalgic charm. The packaging in and of itself is outstanding.

The bottle is very good in that it is sturdy enough to not knock over and the opening is large enough to fit larger pens, of which I have plenty.

When swatching for the first time onto MD paper, the ink lays down in a cool blue color. But, once it starts to dry it take on a cooler green with a hint of blue and a reddish shade and a little sheen. It remind me of the color of Eucalyptus leaves.

The ink behaves very well. I would say the flow is average to wet depending on the nib and paper. And is very easy to clean out of a pen.

I really enjoy using this ink. It happens to be the ink I use this year in my MD 5year journal. In fact, it has lead me to purchase other Teranishi inks like Nostalgic Honey and Innocent Mauve. Both very good in their own right.

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