[Jeff Gibson]

I saw a post on the Quo Vadis blog offering a free bottle of J. Herbin and the only catch was that you provide a review of the ink you were given. I was SO there!

We were allowed to pick any shade of green or Orange Indien from the La Perle des Encres line. I picked a color that nobody else picked. It's not a color I would normally pick but this was for science fun free ink.

When I got home from work the day before St. Patrick's I had a package waiting in the mailbox. Inside the package was one bottle of J.Herbin Vert Pre and on small Rhodia notepad. (Thanks Karen!)

The Vert Pre is a nice color on paper and looks like grass stains on my fingers. It's a bit on the thin side so it starts fast and flows smoothly without ant clogging.

This ink is wasted in a fine and/or dry nib but if you throw into something fat and wet it comes to life.

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Here's how it behaved with different papers:

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This is from a Piccadilly notebook.
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Drying time was the same for all the papers I tried.

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Here it is with the only other green ink I have.

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I did not adjust the color of these scans but they are very close to true. Here are some common green items I scanned for comparison.

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I had a lot of fun with this ink and with putting this review (my first) together. Thanks again to Karen and Quo Vadis blog.

I hope this review is helpful to you.




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This post has been edited by Jeff Gibson: 22 March 2009 - 02:49 AM

[RayMan]

Excellent review. Interesting ink. Reminds me of Diamine Jade Green.

[Ann Finley]

Excellent 1st review, Jeff! And the color shows as the shade it should on my monitor. Hope you'll do some more great reviews for us!

Best, Ann

P.S. Considering that you're showing us what your handwriting looks like after years of neglect, I fear folks posting in the Penmanship Forum that are trying to improve will gather that the way to do it is simply to neglect it for years!!!

[Jeff Gibson]

Excellent 1st review, Jeff! And the color shows as the shade it should on my monitor. Hope you'll do some more great reviews for us!

Best, Ann

P.S. Considering that you're showing us what your handwriting looks like after years of neglect, I fear folks posting in the Penmanship Forum that are trying to improve will gather that the way to do it is simply to neglect it for years!!!

Thanks Ann, you're too kind!






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