J. Herbin 1670 Caroube De Chypre

November 5, 2016

Now that we've come to the fifth ink of the 1670s, I think J. Herbin has more or less figured out how to get the right behaviour of these inks. Rouge hématite stains terribly, Gris orage is a plucked chicken hopping around in its feathers, and Emeraude de Chivor is only slightly better than Gris orage in terms of feathering. So now we have Caroube de Chypre, which flows well enough and doesn't feather as its two predecessors. However it's just not my kind of colour: no browns for me thank you, much less red browns.

Splash

(You can't deny it's quite attractive with the gold particles and the green sheen.)

(Close-up: It reminds me of the virus in the movie The Andromeda Strain.)

Sample

(The paper is Clairefontaine white paper.)

(for the glitters)

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(Tomoe River paper. Thank you fireant for the writing sample of Robert Oster Astorquiza Rot.)

November 6, 2016

I've just ordered myself a bottle: I don't normally order complete sets of inks, but I really like the other inks in the 1670 series. It was this or Diamine Cocoa Shimmer - but the propensity these inks have for sheening tipped the balance. I've ordered a couple of the new Diamines too though!

November 6, 2016

Very nice review! I am still not a big fan of glitter inks. And this one really doesn't do it for me.

November 7, 2016

I too did not think it would be for me but after trying a sample of Emerald of Chivor I was (sort of) hooked. Actually, I liked Chivor's color with or without the "magic" to be honest. Caroube de chypre was so cheap off amazon that I could not help but take the plunge. Have not given it a go as of yet.

Thanks for the review..