Kuretake Fragrant Ink Brush Pen - Medium - Kyara

Kyara means Agarwood (or Aloeswood) in English. The smell is not over powering, you have to put your nose very close to the paper to smell it.

It has a very high quality brush head, that makes it very versatile, I can write small (Chinese) characters as well as medium (about 1.5" x1.5") characters.

I received this today, and it's a good pen, but not what I expected. I ordered it together with the Borneol Fragrant Brush Pen, and this pen is not any finer---they're shaped exactly the same. The barrel of the Sutra Writing pen is a different color (a handsome brown with glitter), and it has NO SCENT. Otherwise the two seem to be just alike. Their brush-tips are the same size (finer than the Kuretake #30 I also got), both write very well, with the spring and dramatic very-fine-to-very-broad responsiveness I love in hair-brush pens, and both are waterproof---after their ink had dried for just a few minutes, a thirty-second soak didn't budge it at all. My first impression is that it's a great pen---I would recommend hair brush pens to anyone, artists especially, and this is a good example of the breed for a very reasonable price---just don't buy it expecting it to have a scent or be finer than the fragrant pens.

I received this today, and my first impression is great. It has good ink flow so far, plus the spring and dramatic responsive line variation that I love in hair brush pens---felt "brush" tips just can't compare---and for a very reasonable price. It's also waterproof; after its ink had dried for just a few minutes, a thirty-second soak in water didn't budge it at all. As for the scent, it's kind of soapy-spicy; if you sniff the brush head it's pretty sharp, but once it dries on paper it becomes quite subtle. I would definitely recommend this pen, and I look forward to trying the Kyara (Aloeswood) and Musk scents!

PS: I bought the Sutra-Writing pen at the same time, and it isn't actually any finer than this one; it's exactly the same shape and unscented. Both are finer than the hair brush end of the Kuretake #30.

I'm a newbie to brush pens, so take what I say with a grain of salt, but I love it. This was my first one with a real hair brush. The hair brush is much more fun to work with than my felt tip brush pen and you can get a really variable line.

I didn't know what borneol smelled like when I ordered it, so I was a bit worried, but the scent is a nice, clean one, and it's not too strong. I don't know if the scent is real or synthetic, but it didn't give me a headache like some synthetic scents do. I wish the fine version came in this scent.

I don't really want to buy this brush pen with Gray Ink, but somehow I place the wrong order and received it.
The brush is very good, sharp, and the strokes are crisp and clean, although the Gray color is more like a water down black, semi-transparent. Maybe it's good for water painting?