J Herbin Bleu Azur

[withoutink]

You can find the full review on my blog, here is a direct link to the full review: J Herbin Bleu Azur Ink Review

 

This is a very calming light sky blue ink. I inked a Sabonis M Nib FP, it produced a wet line with nice shading, a tiny bit of show through, pretty well behaved. I really enjoy the color, it reminds me of the sky. Another winner in my opinion. My wife also thinks this is the prettiest color I have currently in my collection. That is saying a lot

 

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[rookieboyliu]

I'm starting to doubt my loyalty to Noodler's. Very pretty ink. Thank you for the review.

[withoutink]

I agree, I love this light blue.

[tnmike1]

waterproof??? Water resistant???

[FrankB]

I am a big fan of Herbin inks, yet there are some colors that I am unsure of. Bleu Azur is one of those. It is a lovely color but I find it very pale. It does well with my wet B and BB nibs, and I think it actually needs the wetter nibs to display its full character. I can't get it to perform well with narrower nib points. So this is an ink that I personally don't use much.

[voop]

waterproof??? Water resistant???

 

I've not tested this particular ink, but if it is as other Herbin-inks, the answer is "no".

 

(I know this, as I had a bottle of water leak over a pocket-sized moleskine, leading to unreadable notes.......)

[skibunny]

I bought this ink.... but the colour was close to water/ no colour at all.....is it a mnufacturing defect?

I am deeply dissapointed with this ink

[Patrick L]

I bought this ink.... but the colour was close to water/ no colour at all.....is it a mnufacturing defect?

I am deeply dissapointed with this ink

Did you use a broad nib ? As mentioned above inks like this one perform much better with broad/very broad nibs.

[lgsoltek]

I bought this ink.... but the colour was close to water/ no colour at all.....is it a mnufacturing defect?

I am deeply dissapointed with this ink

 

If you get something even lighter than rinse water then it's the right ink. (I hate half of the J. Herbin inks for this reason.)

Edited June 15, 2019 by Lgsoltek

[minddance]

I bought this ink.... but the colour was close to water/ no colour at all.....is it a mnufacturing defect?

I am deeply dissapointed with this ink

 

did you read up reviews before you purchase?

 

i guess if it 'works' in a fountain pen then it's not a manufacturing 'defect'. the ink is made this way. nobody said inks have to be absolutely legible to qualify as ink. I have some other inks (mont blanc, diamine, sailor, pilot iroshizuku, etc) that write absolutely pale in some pens and barely acceptably legible in broader and wetter (v much wetter) pens. i did not find much help in many swabs and ink 'reviews'.

 

and yes, I am disappointed with this ink - and many light and watered-down inks.