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J. Herbin Poussiere De Lune - A Review

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I love it -- this is one of my favorite, and I intend to get a full bottle soon (my sample ran out)! :-)

P.S. Nice robot.

"Wer schweigt, stimmt zu."

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Another great review! Thanks Koof. I have two questions: Does the ink really smell like grapes and how did you mirror image the flourish at the bottom? I can never do that properly. :)

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Thank you for the lovely replies!

 

 

Another great review! Thanks Koof. I have two questions: Does the ink really smell like grapes and how did you mirror image the flourish at the bottom? I can never do that properly. :)

 

 

*opens his bottle and sniffs*

Hmm, grapeskin perhaps? Homeopathically diluted grape juice levels of grape odour? It's probably a psychosomatic illusion. :P

 

As for the flourish - lots of practice. I'm sure anyone with my first bunch penpal letters had awful asymmetric flourishes. It took quite a while before I acquired the muscle memory to draw slightly better ones.

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Great review of a unique and beautiful ink. :thumbup:

"I was cut off from the world. There was no one to confuse or torment me, and I was forced to become original." - Franz Joseph Haydn 1732 - 1809
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I just love your reviews. JH P de L was one of my very first ink purchases.

 

Ditto here. I've found that it works better in wetter-writing/vintage pens, since the flow is on the dry side for me.

 

But why is it a rhino? I was thinking fairies and moon bunnies... =(

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Ditto here. I've found that it works better in wetter-writing/vintage pens, since the flow is on the dry side for me.

 

But why is it a rhino? I was thinking fairies and moon bunnies... =(

Next time perhaps!

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Great review, I like your scoring system! Poussiere de Lune was one of my very first bottled inks and is still one of my favourites today.

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A great review - you enable us so beautifully.

"In his physiognomy there were what seemed traces of many passions which his will had disciplined but which seemed to have frozen those features they had now ceased to animate."

Il Nome della Rosa, Umberto Eco

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Awesome review - thanks! Love all the animals :D

I am no longer very active on FPN but feel free to message me. Or send me a postal letter!

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This was the first quality ink I used when I got into FP's a few years ago. I haven't used it in a while, but I have to say you make it look better than I remember being able to. :D

 

Beautiful handwriting and sketches and very entertaining review. I have quite a bit of this ink and I think you've motivated me to pull some out of my ink drawer.

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I just finished a sample of this and it will probably be the next full bottle I get. J. Herbin must be the most common ink in stores here in NZ after the mainstream Parker, so this is one of the few inks I can run out and grab at will.

 

What are the hedgehogs saying?? It looks like a tomayto tomahto discussion...

questions questions, too many questions...

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Really enjoyed the review and like the ink too - it always looks very 'flat' and dense on the page, very restful but interesting

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A couple of years ago, when I was working in Manhattan, I made it to Exaclair's clearance sale at their offices. There wasn't much left by the time I got there, unfortunately, but there were some bottles of old-stock PDL with cool vintage looking labels for all of $1 each. I only took one and I think there were probably four or five. I've been kicking myself ever since for not grabbing them all.

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