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J. Herbin 1670 Blue


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Waterman Bleu Sérénité / Waterman Serenity Blue



Dear FPN friends,



The lovely J Herbin blue ink I received with my excellent Pelikan M800 Fountain Pen.



There is a nice little story to that, which I mentioned before in a topic by Migo984. It's a nice story about excellent service :).


Last year's february I bought an very nice Parker Premier fountain pen at the Fountain Pen store in Breda (Netherlands).



www.tschrijfgereitje.nl


The shopkeeper then offered me a free bottle of Parker quink Blue Ink. Nice or not??? :D



Unfortunately the Nib got bended, making the writing terribly scratchy... The shopkeeper warned me (when I bought the FP, to keep the bill for guarantee purposes... What did I do... I lost the bill :huh:.


Three months later I was back in Breda and visited 't schrijfgereitje..


Fortunately the shopkeeper of t'Schrijfgereitje (the Little Writing Tool... Nice name!!!) is not only friendly but also very good with fountain pens... Just come back tomorrow! I will see what I ca do for you... The next day the Nib was repaired and the Fountain Pen fully serviced... and most important... It writes like a dream now :D



Well I thought: At this shop I will buy another Fountain Pen, when my eye fell on the splendid Pelikan M800 green biased Fountain Pen (Stresemann stripes)....


Well you guessed it I bought it there ( my advice do not often buy such nice but expensive pens in one year... your budget gets more ruined than the economy of North Korea, in the shortest possible time :D)



and again the shop keepr offered me a bottle of ink of my choice.... FREE OF CHARGE!!!



Super service wouldn't you agree ;) ... I will contact the shop to ask wether this is the same when you order a Fountain Pen from his webshop.... I will soon let you know




On topic now...



The ink, though a bit dry according to some reviews I have read, is very smooth. The blue is a very rich dark blue with a noble look to it... I think it's very chique with a touch of oyal richness to it :lol:





Down here are the technical specs (as suggested by Ann Finley 2007)



points 1-5 1 = :wacko: 5= :D



Fountain Pens: Lamy Joy 1,5 Italic Nib; Pelikan M800 medium nib


Paper: Leonardo Ringbuch,average quality school note book made in Austria


Drying time: see handwritten review points: 4


Flow: like enlightenment OHM!!! points: 5


Wetness: a bit dry points 3


Lubrication: very smooth points: 5


Bleeding: medium points: 3


Shading: little points: 2 (it is a dark ink ;))


Feathering: None points: 5


Waterproof: medium points: 3


Package: Very nice exclusive bottle points: 5


Availabilty: Excellent :D points: 5


Quality: qualité superbe!!! fabriqué en (la douce) France :) points: 5 Vive la France!!!




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Lovely lovely luxury Ink :wub:



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Again, such a nice review. It is not only informative -- of course -- but I also find it so kind and warm with your mentioning of a story connected with the whole thing. And that you do underline very much that which you consider to be an excellent service, anywhere. Hurrah! I also like the marking system (5 = great, 1 = less so). How indicative! I'm too afraid to utilize that objective approach myself.

 

Warm regards (as our one and only Wim would say)

Mike

Life is too short to drink bad wine (Goethe)

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Again, such a nice review. It is not only informative -- of course -- but I also find it so kind and warm with your mentioning of a story connected with the whole thing. And that you do underline very much that which you consider to be an excellent service, anywhere. Hurrah! I also like the marking system (5 = great, 1 = less so). How indicative! I'm too afraid to utilize that objective approach myself.

 

Warm regards (as our one and only Wim would say)

Mike

Hello Mike thanks for the compliment...

 

Since you are from Berlin...

 

1 bis 5/ 5 bis 1... Bin Holländer in Österreich... aber das Schulnoten-System sollte Ihnen doch auch bekannt sein... Bitte verwenden Sie dieses System... Viel Spaß :-)

 

Sorry folks I was just explaining my grading system (Austrian/German school grade system)...

 

Well...

and er...

 

Lapis your ink reviews aren't that bad either..... I love the Brits for their understatements :-) :-)...

 

Your review on the Pelikan Edelstein was: "hammermäßig großartig" (German for very goooood!!!)

 

Hope to see more of you ! :-)

 

Auf ein baldiges Wiedersehen (See you soon)

 

 

Peter

Das leben ist wie ein Perpetuum Mobile mit ein Mangel..... Immer im Bewegung jedoch nicht unendlich. (life is like a troubled Perpetuum Mobile ever moving but not for ever)

Tricked throughout the centuries...

For centuries people had been tricked by kings & "religion-alism"

In the 20th century people got tricked by communism

Today people get tricked by (neo)capitalism :)

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Hello Mike thanks for the compliment...

Since you are from Berlin...

1 bis 5/ 5 bis 1... Bin Holländer in Österreich... aber das Schulnoten-System sollte Ihnen doch auch bekannt sein... Bitte verwenden Sie dieses System... Viel Spaß :-)

Sorry folks I was just explaining my grading system (Austrian/German school grade system)...

Well...

and er...

Lapis your ink reviews aren't that bad either..... I love the Brits for their understatements :-) :-)...

Your review on the Pelikan Edelstein was: "hammermäßig großartig" (German for very goooood!!!)

Hope to see more of you ! :-)

Auf ein baldiges Wiedersehen (See you soon)

Peter

Oops only one difference...

The Austrian German gradingSystem is the other way around...

 

5 is bad :-(

1is excellent :-)

 

Warm Regards :-)

 

Peter

Das leben ist wie ein Perpetuum Mobile mit ein Mangel..... Immer im Bewegung jedoch nicht unendlich. (life is like a troubled Perpetuum Mobile ever moving but not for ever)

Tricked throughout the centuries...

For centuries people had been tricked by kings & "religion-alism"

In the 20th century people got tricked by communism

Today people get tricked by (neo)capitalism :)

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It's always nice to hear about wonderful purchasing experiences. Thank you for sharing the story. Also, I would think the pen and ink combo looks stunning. That blue 1670 is certainly pretty.

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Is this the same as the 1670 Bleu Ocean? Because I found that ink to be disappointing. I had wanted a blue version of Rouge Hematite, and didn't get it, especially after all the hype of "a new 1670 ink". It was a nice enough color but didn't have the "pop" I was expecting.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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I have this in my wetter pens. It seems to calm them down.

 

It's quite a nice blue, very pleasing to the eye.

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I have this in my wetter pens. It seems to calm them down.

It's quite a nice blue, very pleasing to the eye.

 

I agree :-)

Das leben ist wie ein Perpetuum Mobile mit ein Mangel..... Immer im Bewegung jedoch nicht unendlich. (life is like a troubled Perpetuum Mobile ever moving but not for ever)

Tricked throughout the centuries...

For centuries people had been tricked by kings & "religion-alism"

In the 20th century people got tricked by communism

Today people get tricked by (neo)capitalism :)

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