Anyone Like Herbin Inks In Their Mbs?

[Blade Runner]

Anyone like Herbin inks in their MBs? How is flow, and what are your favorite standard (blue, blue black, black) and other colors?

What's the volume and price/bottle?

[Maine Vintner]

Jeen...

I am a proud user of several MB 146s and 149s who is also a big fan of Herbin inks. I am especially fond of the following combinations:

-Perle Noire in my 149 and gold trim 146

-Bleu Nuit in my Unicef 146

-Poussiere de Lune in my platinum trim 146

 

I find the flow and drying time of all of these inks to be outstanding. They lay down a nice line in all 4 pens (EF, F, F, M) and are easy to clean.

...Vintner

 

Anyone like Herbin inks in their MBs? How is flow, and what are your favorite standard (blue, blue black, black) and other colors?

What's the volume and price/bottle?

[Blade Runner]

Maine,

Could you describe the colors of the inks you mentioned? Thanks!

[Maine Vintner]

Jeen...

Sure, happy to take a shot.

 

- Perle Noire is a black ink with an elegant, rich sheen to it. It reflects rather than absorbs light. Think black pearls: round, subtle, classy.

- Bleu Nuit appears to me to be like the sapphire used to adorn the Unicef pen. I don't know if you have ever had the experience but it reminds me of the color of the morning sky around 5AM just below the horizon - the sun is not up yet so the sky above is still black but there is this blue hue at the horizon.

- Poussiere de Lune is a dusty, grayish purple. Like the moon at midnight covered by a haze.

 

Here is a link to a website with some nice swatches of all the colors:

http://www.pendemonium.com/ink.htm#jherbin

 

Hope this helps.

...Maine

 

Maine,

Could you describe the colors of the inks you mentioned? Thanks!

[Passion]

Loved your descriptions.

[Blade Runner]

I agree, wondeful desciptions. I have enjoyed that blue before dawn on camping trips, and I'm going to try the bleu nuit!

[hcsk8ter]

I have a couple of J. Herb and scented inks and I really didn't care for them. I'll have to try some of their regular inks and see how they are.

[Trom]

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Edited October 5, 2009 by Trom

[Juan in Andalucia]

J. Herbin inks are great. I like Perle Noire, Blue Myosotis, Cafe des Isles, Vert Empire and Poussiere de Lune.

 

For those of you who like MB Racing Green, you should give Herbin Vert Empire a try.

 

Juan

[Blade Runner]

Thanks for the additional suggestions Juan.

The bottles look small. Anyone transfer to a larger bottle? I'm thinking a 149 might not get many fills from the original bottle.

[Juan in Andalucia]

Thanks for the additional suggestions Juan.

The bottles look small. Anyone transfer to a larger bottle? I'm thinking a 149 might not get many fills from the original bottle.

 

Yes, that must be their main drawback. Lately I can only find Pelikan black (my favorite ink) in small bottles, so I buy the Cross version. This is nonsense since Pelikan also makes piston fillers; a M1000 should be able to suck one of these bottles in a couple of fills.

 

When I buy ink, I get 3 or 5 bottles, but with Herbin I should get some more.

 

Juan

[Maine Vintner]

Thank you for the feedback on the descriptions; this is a fun thread.

 

I agree with the bottle suggestions - buy multi and combine in a MB

or old Parker Quink bottle. I like the MB inks, too, but they don't offer

The range of color Herbin has.

Maine

[Tom Kellie]

~ Where I live Herbin inks aren't readily available.

I've only used Montblanc inks un Montblanc pens.

The half a dozen Parker 51s I use are inked with various Diamine inks.

Tom K.