Ink Review: J. Herbin 1670

[ladyambrosia]

Also posted on The Rack.

 

 

 

This ink made it to me from France because I was too impatient to wait for it to be ready and available here stateside. I am glad I made the plunge and got it early. This is a great rich red. This is what I would call a Roman Lady red and is great and saturated. Herbin says it is modeled after the reds of the old royal court and I can see that.

 

The ink behaves very well flowing freely and in a good wet line from the nib. No feathering at all and no bleed through. I did not see any shadowing either which is even better so you can use both sides of even the thin paper. For myself I did not see a lot of shading just a hair, which is very pretty.

 

Dry time is in line with other Herbins, on a more absorbent paper I would say a left-hander would have no trouble using this one. The sugar cane paper seems to leave things on the top of the paper more than absorb. This ink does not do well with water at all. Over all as long as they offer it this is a keeper red for me.

 

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz47/AmbrosiaCreations/InkScans/scan0026.jpg

[Chris Chalmers]

Nice review Lady Ambrosia! I am waiting for mine to land from Paris too!

BTW - my package of papers all landed safe and well, and are being used - apart from the Lavender which has to wait til 24th! Thanks for lovely stuff!!!!

[esterbex]

Lady A you rock! I used mine with a cursive italic nib and it is even more amazing. Definitely a keeper!

[ladyambrosia]

Nice review Lady Ambrosia! I am waiting for mine to land from Paris too!

BTW - my package of papers all landed safe and well, and are being used - apart from the Lavender which has to wait til 24th! Thanks for lovely stuff!!!!

 

Good good! I was a bit worried about it..enjoy! The cake bake almost didnt make it in the box..heheh smelled yummy.

 

I love this ink

[Ed Ronax]

Nice review, this is indeed a nice rich red.

[dannyboy]

Your review has me even more excited for the arrival of my bottle of 1670 from Paris! I'll be using it primarily in pens with left oblique cursive nibs and can't wait to see and use the ink. Many thanks for your good review, Lady A.

[greggy]

thanks for the review A, having never used a red ink in my pens before

i am too looking forward to the arrival of my inks from jean-elie.

i just love that colour.

[ladyambrosia]

Never used red? WOW..hehe I love reds but this one has topped my favorite list

[jandrese]

I just received this ink and I love the color. I find it drys slowly, especially compared to other Herbin inks and it is a very dry writer. Has anyone else found it to be very dry? With a Sailor music nib even moderately fast down strokes are out the question. Also, in a Parker Sonnet with a semi-flex medium nib any flex stops the flow.

[dannzeman]

Thanks for the review!

I've ordered mine from Pear Tree. Now I just need to go pick it up. I can't wait to use it.

[Ondina]

Nice ink and color, it is nice we have the chance to get multiple reviews from different points of view on a same product. I agree that Bagasse paper need a couple extra seconds to sink any inks. Thank you.

[rogerb]

(I didn't see any point in doing yet another review!)

I have just tried mine on cheap copy paper...the original is an even brighter red on this paper than the scan suggests....and less 'brown' than the one reviewed appears.

This ink also shades nicely on 'good' paper....certainly not 'dry' in my pen, but it does have a wet nib.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v693/rogerb40uk/Herbin1670ink0001.jpg

Edited April 28, 2010 by rogerb

[djmaher]

M400, w/ a m200 nib, EF (temporarily)

 

Love the color, but, VERY slow drying.

 

LOVE the color tho, so much so that I'm buying a second bottle because I love the packaging

(how embarrassing)

 

Anyway, I write, for now, on my Moleskine journal pages, and occasionally on Rhodia, and especially on the Rhodia, VERY slow drying

 

Carefully agitated the bottle before filling, but been a kind of soggy writer in my M400/200 clone....

 

Love the ink, but takes forever to dry. weird. some bleedthrough on my Moleskine (ya, no surprise...)

 

The waxy looking stuff that covers the lid is not wax, but some kind of brittle plastic. It broke on my bottle, when I opened it (carefully). Still, very nice ink, and FP friendly...