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Jacques Herbin 1670 - Opal Nocturne (Night Opal) Ink Review # 212 --- 🧾 Description One of the newest 1670 inks with gold shimmer, is a blue-green-grey ink, nicely lubricated and excellent on copy paper. Dry time is fast on Rhodia. Ink colour is very close to Vert de Gris; the only difference is shimmer and lubrication. 1670 inks are gold shimmer inks that celebrate the creation of Herbin company. 1798 inks are silver shimmer inks that honor the date when they started making inks. --- 🧪 Chroma --- ✍️ Writing Samples (scan) Rhodia / Iroful Midori /Tomoe River 68gsm Scan was off. Check photos. Hammermill 20lb 📸 Photo Rhodia/ Iroful Midori / Tomoe River 68 gsm Hammermill 20lb Note: see how ghosting and bleed-through is minimal. Close-up 🔍 Comparison --- 💧 Water Test --- 🎨 Artwork Muse Mouse missing Kitty carved his likeness into Opal. Jacques Herbin 1670 - Opal Nocturne ink, Uniball white gel pen, Talens Mixed Media Notebook. INKTOBER52 PROMPT NO.46 – Sneaker There are many theories about the word Sneaker. This is one of the lesser-known ones: It is said that when the Portuguese court abandoned Lisboa for Rio during the Napoleonic Wars, the fate of the nation changed when a young orphan sang at the foot of the Belém monastery, where her father had abandoned her on one of the ships of cowardice. In her voice, she captured the intangible golden moment of belonging, saudade. On the other side, behind the thick walls, a young monk felt the sacred for the first time in her voice and abandoned the dusty monastery, to join her, sneaking into the guitarra’s sound hole to be close to ecstasy. When her voice rose above the hollow songs of the monks and the indifferent roar of the ocean, he couldn’t help but pluck the chords and change the history of a nation; it was fate. (fado). Jacques Herbin 1670 - Opal Nocturne, Diamine Earl Grey, Octopus WD Bunny Orange, Talens Mixed Media Notebook. Inspired by @catbert's imaginative art, and fado. --- - Pens Used: Pilot Kakuno EF, Kaweco Sport (EF/F/M/B/BB/Stub 1.9) Noodler’s Nibcreeper fitted with a vintage Waterman flex nib. - What I Liked: Colour, lubrication. - What I Did Not Like: Shimmer, price. - Writing Experience: Excellent with most nib. A bit difficult with 1.9 stub, Probably I didn’t have enough ink. - Pros: Same as liked. - Cons: Idem. 🧷 Ink Characteristics - Shading: Subtle. - Ghosting: Faint - Bleed Through: Only with 1.9 and flex. - Flow Rate: Good. - Lubrication: Very good. - Nib Dry-out: Did not notice. - Start-up: Did not notice - Saturation: Soft. - Sheen: Did not notice - Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Did not notice. - Nib Creep / Crud: Did not notice. - Staining (Pen): Didn’t keep long enough in pen. - Clogging: Didn’t keep long enough in pen. - Cleaning: I used a pen jacuzzi for the shimmer part. - Water Resistance: Decent. --- 🛒 Availability - Available in 50 ml bottle worldwide. --- 💬 Closing I’m not into shimmer inks, so this ink isn't for me. However, if you like the colour of Vert de Gris and want nice lubrication and shimmer, and the price isn’t an obstacle, go for it. Life is too short. No fountain pens were hurt in preparing this review. Please don’t hesitate to share your experience, writing samples, or any other comments — the more the merrier.