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J. Herbin Violette Pensee - A Review

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I love your reviews, but I need a key to the symbols (sorry -- can't seem to get the smiley option on this new iPad). For instance, is a capybara a good or bad rating?

And I totally agree about the bottle size thing -- I'd love to have a 100ml bottle option for Vert Empire in particular.

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Brilliant review. Thanks you made me smile.

 

My J Hebrin complaint is the low in capacity and the terrible bottles. Once the ink level drops and a #6 nib needs to get in there, half the ink just stares up at you mockingly out of reach.

 

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Change is not mandatory, Survival is not required.

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Lovely review. It made me smile. This is my daily ink. Unlike French school children, I spent years writing in blue and black. Coming back to fountain pens now, I try and use everything but, although I keep a Sapphire Blue around for the odd formal letter or two.

 

There are 100ml refill bottles. The Writing Bureau in the UK seem stock them. I'm sure they're not the only ones.

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I've only ever seen 100ml bottles of a few of their colors. Guess just their main ones. Several that I want to get are only avail in the 30ml

http://stubblefield.me Inks Available for Sample Exchange: Noodler's Black, Blue Black, Apache Sunset, Private Reserve Black Cherry, Sherwood Green, Tanzanite, Velvet Black, De Atramentis Aubergine, J. Herbin Lie de The, 1670 Rouge Hematite, Bleu Ocean, Lamy Turquoise, Rohrer & Klingner Salix, Sheaffer Skrip Blue-Black, OS Red Rubber Ball, Parker Quink Blue (India version)

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Brilliant review. Thanks you made me smile.

 

My J Hebrin complaint is the low in capacity and the terrible bottles. Once the ink level drops and a #6 nib needs to get in there, half the ink just stares up at you mockingly out of reach.

 

:thumbup:

I have a tip to wipe that mocking smile away - arm yourself with a syringe! No ink will dare ever mock you again, my friend. :lol:

If there is righteousness in the heart, There will be beauty in character. If there is beauty in character, There will be harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, There will be order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, There will be peace in the world. Bhagawan Shri Satya Sai Baba

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Amazing review, I love the little animals - what a joy. I have never been a fan of this ink - until now. Thank you for this unique offering and I really look forward to more!

If there is righteousness in the heart, There will be beauty in character. If there is beauty in character, There will be harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, There will be order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, There will be peace in the world. Bhagawan Shri Satya Sai Baba

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Now on my list, in I have a purple deficiency.

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I have a tip to wipe that mocking smile away - arm yourself with a syringe! No ink will dare ever mock you again, my friend. :lol:

+1 Bhavna

 

Thanks!

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Beautiful review! I'm another, newly converted fan of that scoring system XD

 

Anyway, it's excellent that it works well on Rhodia and Tomoe River papers, but I often take down notes on loose leaves of paper (I have a large volume of randomly strewn sheaves of different papers on my desk, which is kinda distracting). For the most part, I use random office paper, the like of which are designed for use with ballpoints/ballpens and printers. How does the Violet Pensee ink fare on those? Also, are there any inks in the J. Herbin or Noodler's range that have this exact shade of Violet, but are perhaps a touch darker?

 

Cheers, and sorry for all the random questions! XD

 

Kevin

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Kevin, I use this ink pretty much exclusively, and it performs really well on all sorts of paper, including post-it notes, HP printer paper, even newsprint, rarely. I edit books on paper, not on a computer screen (far more accurate), so I write with this ink lots every day. Of course, I love the color; it's just grown-up enough for business use. I think this review is wonderful, but in my use the ink isn't quite as vibrant. I have looked hard at other violet inks, and JH VP outshines them all.

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Thanks for the input! I may add this ink to my "must-try" collection, and sometime soon.

 

Anyway, what sort of pens do you use with the VP ink? I mean, I tweak my nibs to be all on the wet side, so if it looks dark enough on a fairly conservative writer, I don't want it to look too black with my gushers.

 

Cheers!

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Lovely review of lovely ink. Thanks!

Fav. Pens: MB 146, Pilot Falcon, TWSBI VAC 700.

Fav. Inks:  Pilot Iroshizuku Yama Budo & Yama Guri; Diamine Syrah, Oxblood & Eclipse; J. Herbin Rouge Hematite & Vert Reseda; Noodler's Black, Red Black & Zhivago.

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Happy to add my approval for the wit and wisdom exhibited in the review. I regularly use a number of J Herbin inks but not this one - must remedy that soon!

"The cultured man is the man whose interior consciousness is forever obstinately writing down, in the immaterial diary of his psyche's sense of life, every chance aspect of every new day that he is lucky enough to live to behold!" - John Cowper Powys

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Cutest review on FPN!

 

The colour looks similar to Waterman violet, a beautiful ink.

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That's sooooo cute!!! I have used that ink too but found it a little tiresome to read; on your picture it simply looks superb, though. Perhaps I should try it with a extra extra extra broad italic...

 

Thanks for the super super super cute review!

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