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Thank you again Drifting.
I am glad to see these Herbin inks, a brand that isn't available at our mall.
I like your description of subtle and subdued, and it has nice shading.
Tough choice between this & MB burgundy.
You have caused a dilemma.

Cheers,
J

Hi, Jeen, Herbin 'Pousserie de Lune' and MB 'Bordeaux' (no Burgundy there) are quite different - I have both. They don't exclude each other, because the MB is a rather dark reddish wine tone, which you can use as a pleasant red ink.

The Herbin is very slightly violet/purple burgundy, also very pleasant to read, but hardly reddish.

And thanks for the review, drifting!


PS: I'm quite curious, how Noodler's 'Purple Martin' compares to these colours.

Hi Ryan,
Thanks for your nice reivews,keep them coming!!

Take Care,
Emrecan

Thanks for the review. Is it just my monitor, or is the color a bit washed out?

Herbin inks are definitely not as dye saturated as some of the newer kids on the block. My scans aren't great, so it does look better in person, but if one were looking for a PR or Noodler's intensity, this ain't it.

Using F nibs seems to concentrate the colours a little, but even so, the ink is thin enough that the start of a stroke is paler than the end, where the ink pools a bit. Is there a term for that?

Ryan.

Thanks for the review. It's a lovely color slightly grayed down for a subtle rather than vibrant line of color (ime). This was my favorite ink until Noodler's Purple Martin showed up. Ime, it writes out just a tad darker than the scan shows (on my monitor, at least).

I keep it in one of my favorite writers - a Lamy Al-Star (green) with F nib - and reach for it often. (It's one of the pens/inks that I keep in my Wilde Wrap and carry with me.)

Um, kidding.

I love this Herbin ink and particularly the washed out grey look. I would never call it burgandy though.

Thanks for the review! This ink has been on my wishlist for a couple of weeks now, next to Caran d'Ache Storm and Noodler's Purple Martin. I've seen several scans / photos of the three colours, but it's hard to decide onscreen which one would be best to try at first.
I've got the impression the Purple Martin is a bit darker than the Poussière de Lune and the Storm. Also, which of the three has the most dramatic shading?

I've used Poussiere de Lune for years but just bought a bottle of Caran D'Ache Storm this past weekend. Storm seems like a more dramatic ink to me, less diffuse in color. I get more shading with Poussiere de Lune. The Storm ink "wows" more though. Haven't tried Purple Martin yet.

My color discrimination may not be that sharp, but I've been finding Poussiere de Lune and Storm very similar so far (have tried them in 2 pens each). I just looked at my ink notebook: Both shade subtly, but as the Poussiere de Lune is loaded in the pen with the broadest nib, it has the slight edge (more because of the nib, I think). I tell myself that Storm is very slightly bluer (as opposed to very slightly redder). Anyway, I love Storm (new kid on the block syndrome? Purchased it from James fairly recently). It's not as dark in my pens so far as it appears in LeighR's wonderful sketches. Anyway, I find both colors beautiful, with that washed-out, grayed effect.

Thank you both for your answer, Pengrump and lefty 928! It sounds like a "tie" between both inks! However, after reading your posts I think I would choose for the Storm.

Perhaps I should include the Noodler's Purple Martin in my next purchase (now, when will that be? ) and send you a vial (I just ordered my first vials from Dillon...)!

By the way: I just checked the J. Herbin range on the Pendemonium website and I saw another interesting colour, named Cacao du Brésil. It comes close to Poussière de Lune, but is slightly bluer. I couldn't find a FPN-review of this ink yet...

When I found P. de Lune, I stopped worry about using up my small supply of Sheaffer Skrip Burgundy (the old stuff). Not that they are exactly the same, but the Herbin ink is lovely and fills the same need for me.

best, Dan

Thanks for the review. I've got a Pelikan M620 Chicago inked up with it and I like the results.

Thank you for the kind thought! That reminds me that I keep meaning to post a list on the Ink Exchange thread. Just finished a converter of Storm today -- it had turned a bit bluer and darker in the pen and was very pretty -- I miss it already.

I began my burgundy tour with Noodlers Ottoman Rose. A gorgeous rich burgundy, although a little bit wet for my Scripula. In the interests of science I decided to try a couple of other samples.
Visconti Burgundy, a bit redder than the Noodlers but a bit drier in the pen. Doesn't lay down a good solid rich colour - lots of shading for those who like that sort of thing. Didn't cut it for me.
And the Herbin P.de Lune. Urgg.
Very 'washed out' and lacking in the sort of 'glow' that I like from my inks.
So, back to the Noodlers - I'll put up with the slow drying wetness just to get that fantastic solid burgundy line.

Many of Herbin's inks seem to me to be a bit washed out and for that reason, I prefer to use then in my broader-nibbed pens. I am very fond of Poussiere de Lune but would never describe it a burgundy; the way it looks coming from my LH-nibbed (ie quite broad) Lamy Safari, it's a dusty aubergine (aka eggplant), with no red tone at all. I think that the literal translation is "moondust".

Never seen the Caran D'Ache Storm in the flesh, so to speak, but it looks to be a stronger purple and far less "dusty" - but it's this suggestion of grey - really evident when it's dry - which I love in the Herbin.