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You can find the full review on my blog, here is a direct link to the full review: J Herbin Bleu Azur Ink Review

 

This is a very calming light sky blue ink. I inked a Sabonis M Nib FP, it produced a wet line with nice shading, a tiny bit of show through, pretty well behaved. I really enjoy the color, it reminds me of the sky. Another winner in my opinion. My wife also thinks this is the prettiest color I have currently in my collection. That is saying a lot ;)

 

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I'm starting to doubt my loyalty to Noodler's. Very pretty ink. Thank you for the review.

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I am a big fan of Herbin inks, yet there are some colors that I am unsure of. Bleu Azur is one of those. It is a lovely color but I find it very pale. It does well with my wet B and BB nibs, and I think it actually needs the wetter nibs to display its full character. I can't get it to perform well with narrower nib points. So this is an ink that I personally don't use much.

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waterproof??? Water resistant???

 

I've not tested this particular ink, but if it is as other Herbin-inks, the answer is "no".

 

(I know this, as I had a bottle of water leak over a pocket-sized moleskine, leading to unreadable notes.......)

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I bought this ink.... but the colour was close to water/ no colour at all.....is it a mnufacturing defect?

I am deeply dissapointed with this ink

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I bought this ink.... but the colour was close to water/ no colour at all.....is it a mnufacturing defect?

I am deeply dissapointed with this ink

Did you use a broad nib ? As mentioned above inks like this one perform much better with broad/very broad nibs.

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I bought this ink.... but the colour was close to water/ no colour at all.....is it a mnufacturing defect?

I am deeply dissapointed with this ink

 

If you get something even lighter than rinse water then it's the right ink. (I hate half of the J. Herbin inks for this reason.)

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minddance Collectors Item

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I bought this ink.... but the colour was close to water/ no colour at all.....is it a mnufacturing defect?

I am deeply dissapointed with this ink

 

did you read up reviews before you purchase?

 

i guess if it 'works' in a fountain pen then it's not a manufacturing 'defect'. the ink is made this way. nobody said inks have to be absolutely legible to qualify as ink. I have some other inks (mont blanc, diamine, sailor, pilot iroshizuku, etc) that write absolutely pale in some pens and barely acceptably legible in broader and wetter (v much wetter) pens. i did not find much help in many swabs and ink 'reviews'.

 

and yes, I am disappointed with this ink - and many light and watered-down inks.

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