Pilot Iroshizuku, Private Reserve, and Rohrer & Klingner… how can I possibly rank these?! Here’s my feeble attempt:

31. Pilot Iroshizuku Chiku-rin. 30. Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrün. 29. Pilot Iroshizuku Yama-guri. 28. Private Reserve Permanent Invincible Blue. 27. Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo. 26. Private Reserve Arabian Rose. 25. Pilot Iroshizuku Syo-ro. 24. Private Reserve Ebony Purple. 23. Private Reserve Sherwood Green. 22. Rohrer & Klingner Leipziger Schwarz. 21. Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Bordeaux. 20. Private Reserve Neon Blue. 19. Private Reserve Copper Burst. 18. Private Reaerve American Blue. 17. Private Reserve Chocolat. 16. Private Reserve Electric DC Blue. 15. Private Reserve Vampire Red. 14. Private Reserve Avocado. 13. Private Reserve Ebony Brown. 12. Pilot Iroshizuku Yama-budo. 11. Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-ryoku.

It’s really really tough to just get it down to ten. Some of my lower choices may surprise you given my comments during the month,but I’m judging them just as they appeal to me looking at this completed monthly page. It kills me to see Shin-ryoku in 11th, and there are some outstanding inks in the “bottom 21”. So, here we go:

10. Private Reserve Midnight Blue

9. Rohrer & Klingner Cassia

8. Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-gao

7. Private Reserve Black Cherry

6. Private Reserve Ebony Green

5. Private Reserve Tanzanite

4. Private Reserve Neon Fuschia

And I’m putting all three of the remaining inks in a three-way tie for first, because there’s just no way for me to put any of them behind another: Pilot Iroshizuku Take-sumi, Pilot Iroshizuku Tsutsuji, and Private Reserve Blue Suede.