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J. Herbin Ambre De Birmanie


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Here's a great amber ink with the familiar J. Herbin traits (great shading and a dark outline around letters). I love this ink.

 

Also, I was having a hard time with the color of the scan, so the tint of the ink might be slightly off.

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/JHerbinAmbredeBirmanieMedium.jpg

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/JHerbinAmbredeBirmaniePensUsed.jpg

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/JHerbinAmbredeBirmanieHunt.jpg

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/JHerbinAmbredeBirmanieObservations.jpg

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/JHerbinAmbredeBirmanieComparisons.jpg

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/JHerbinAmbredeBirmanieShading.jpg

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mhphoto,

 

This is a wonderful review of a great J. Herbin ink. It has given me the desire to go fill one of my pens with this ink, which I have not used in a while. Thanks for sharing this wonderful work with us!

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The scan looks to be fairly accurate, at least on my monitor (which should be fairly close to Adobe RGB).

 

This is another ink I'm going to have to try.

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Thanks for this review. A truly great ink! I use it all the time for this colour. Slightly reminiscent of a few dark saffrans etc but with more of an antique look, Your colour on my monitor looks like my ink on my paper.

Neat thing: one more ink example to support my hypothesis that some of the best shading is often made possible with exactly this range of colours. E.g. Apache Sunset, Copper Burst, CdA's Saffron, Orange Indien.

 

Mike

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Looks great! Thanks for sharing. Reminds me a little of Diamine Sepia, although this ink seems to remain brighter when dry.

 

Duh! Now I see you did include a Sepia comparison. :headsmack:

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This looks to be a stunning ink. I'd be interested in seeing how it compares to Waterman Havana Brown (which I have).

 

Might have to try a bottle.

 

Thanks for the review.

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Fool me twice; damn

There goes that fox again.

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Interesting; this was a surprise for me! I really like the color... added it to my wish list. The dry times seem unusually fast ; I wonder if it would be a good gift for lefties.

"One always looking for flaws leaves too little time for construction" ...

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Thanks for this very accurate portrayal of a marvelous ink! The times I've used this ink it's always performed flawlessly--and yes, I love this golden shade of brown!

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very nice color would match very well a montegrappa extra 1930 in tortoise celluloid

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I love the color but it doesn't work too well in my Waterman 52. A bit dry and hard to start. That's the only ink I've had trouble with in that pen.

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All I shall say is that after many years of searching for a satisfactory replacement for Shaeffer Old Gold Ink, I have finally discovered J Herbin's Ambre de Birmanie. When I did, my reaction was , "Why didn't I try this wonderful ink years ago?". It really is A1, and works well in all my pens.

 

Ian

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I really like this ink also but it looks a little bit different than the reviewers scan. Mine seems to have a slight olive tint. I thought that there may have possibly been some residual black ink in the pen so I tried it in a new pen that had never had ink in it before. Both writing samples looked the same. I like the color.

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I recently filled my Kaweco Art Sport, Tortoise/Amber with this ink when I received the 14KT gold BB Kaweco nib. It is a pleasure as always but even more so with this nib. I think it is a very nice ink for colder weather.

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