Giftionery Delta - Discovery

Giftionery Delta Discovery - Ink drop

Wow! Discovery (New World) offers an amazing range of variations and colors that can be found from paper to paper. This is an ink full of surprises! It is the fourth ink in Giftionery Delta’s Thanksgiving series, a series that has been slowly developing, one-by-one over the last few years.

Ink Swatches on Cosmo Air Light and Tomoe River

Looking at the images, you’ll probably agree. There is incredible variation in color between swatches on Cosmos Air Light, Tomoe River, Iroful, and Takasago Bank papers. I can’t recall another ink that shifts so dramatically from one to the others like this. I love it! The shading is fantastic, too! On average, I would say that the written strokes on Iroful best represent what I find most often in normal writing conditions.

Ink Swatches on Takasago Bank and Iroful Paper

The ink was first created for Giftionery Delta by Sailor’s newest ink meister, Iwasaki-san, at a Sailor Ink Workshop event held in July, 2025 at Giftionery Delta in Osaka. In terms of writing experience, it feels very much like the Sailor ink that it is. It’s smooth and even in flow, and very comfortable in use. The shading is so heavy that color variations along strokes may appear unstable, writing performance is actually quite consistent and stable. I’ve extensively used this ink over the past few months, and it hasn’t resulted in any problems at all in normal writing across a wide range of papers.

Giftionery Delta Discovery writing sample on Cosmo Air Snow paper

Like the other inks in Giftionery Delta’s Thanksgiving series (Lucifer, Skyhigh, and Daybreak), Discovery comes in Sailor’s square, 50 ml bottles that many people know from their Manyo series. It is available in-person at Giftionery Delta in Osaka, or through their online store (StyleDee.jp).

Giftionery Delta Discovery ink swatch card

Giftionery Delta Discovery swatch card comparisons

Giftionery Delta Discovery 50 ml bottle