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J. Herbin Violette Pensee - A Review


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What a charming review for a lovely ink! I really must dig my sample out. Three red pandas and a baby wombat!

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Thank you for a refreshing review!

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

 

B. Russell

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Great review of the ink I use 95% of the time. Some people think violette inks are too informal, but that's not true. This is close to the the ink millions of French kids learned to write with.

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nice review and great color :thumbup:

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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Awww, what a cool review! Beautiful handwriting, and the animals are super-cute! I especially LOVE the Seal of approval!!!

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One of the best reviews of all time (IMO). Not so academic, pedantic. I use this ink all the time. One of the things I like best about your review is the mention of 30 ml. I too would favour a 50 or 80-ml bottle. 100 or 1500 ml would be too much.

 

Mike

Life is too short to drink bad wine (Goethe)

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A new purple to love and a truly great review! So darn cute, thanks !

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Wonderful review, and that is one saturated purple! Looks really good.

:adds to list of inks to buy:

 

Tom

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Thanks for sharing your review. The combinations of witty humour and art makes smile.

I just ordered a bottle, even when both my handwriting and drawing skills would be much less a compliment to this ink.

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Lovely review - very creative :thumbup:

 

I would concur - the ink is a pleasure to use.

 

Looking forward to further creative reviews. :D

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Great color! Your review was brilliant as well!

"The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp." - Terry Pratchet

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Very nice review. For some reason I've never considered this ink when looking at the swabs or the screen but after your review it's on my list.

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