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New J. Herbin Inks For 2018 :-)


Michael R.

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They're in at The Writing Desk in the UK, and if you get the set then even with shipping to the USA they're under <$9 each.

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Got around to swabbing them:

 

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Top is HP 32# laser, bottom paper is the back of a "Green Inspired" card from Target

 

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After writing with Bleu de Profondeur for a week I was surprised at how dark it is. My bottle contained a near black ink which on close exception was blue-black with the subtlest green hint - like a dark petrol colour.

 

It looked nothing like the deep blue shown here.

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Here's a retake comparing the HP 32 to Rhodia, since I have seen the HP shift a hue or two. The Profondeurs is a dark blue jeans denim on both, either true blue or a hint of violet. I'd be happy to call it a blue black, but no green in my bottle.

 

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After writing with Bleu de Profondeur for a week I was surprised at how dark it is. My bottle contained a near black ink which on close exception was blue-black with the subtlest green hint - like a dark petrol colour.

 

It looked nothing like the deep blue shown here.

 

Depends on the pen, I'd say. I used the ink in a wet pen and it came out almost black, as you said. In another pen with a broader nib and less flow it came out as a lovely deep dark blue with nice shading.

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Thank you for the pictures radellaf!

Herbin finally gives us a saturated red and a dark navy color, I'm so glad. Vert de gris looks so interesting.

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I wonder how close Rouge Grenat is to Pelikan Edelstein Garnet (Ink of the Year in 2012). Someone was spreading the rumor that Edelstein Garnet was to be re-released, but I haven't seen any confirmation of that. I just bought another bottle of it from an FPN friend across the pond.

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I wonder how close Rouge Grenat is to Pelikan Edelstein Garnet (Ink of the Year in 2012). Someone was spreading the rumor that Edelstein Garnet was to be re-released, but I haven't seen any confirmation of that. I just bought another bottle of it from an FPN friend across the pond.

 

 

They look nothing alike:

 

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Thanks for the comparison!

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Thanks for the review. Any of these 5 inks saturated? I find that with J. Herbin they all behave different but I prefer a saturated ink.

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Profundeurs and Rouge are, at least for Herbin, pretty dark colors but not pure saturated red or blue. Calanque is a bright turquoise, the purest color of the bunch. Coral is the lightest. Not sure if you mean color theory saturated (pure bright colors) or ink jargon saturated (dark from lots of dye, not watery).

 

Vert de Gris is in the middle of the 5 for darkness, and definitely not a saturated color, but as the photo shows it's plenty dark enough for legibility. That's an 80s Parker Vector M nib on copy paper.

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Profundeurs and Rouge are, at least for Herbin, pretty dark colors but not pure saturated red or blue. Calanque is a bright turquoise, the purest color of the bunch. Coral is the lightest. Not sure if you mean color theory saturated (pure bright colors) or ink jargon saturated (dark from lots of dye, not watery).

 

Vert de Gris is in the middle of the 5 for darkness, and definitely not a saturated color, but as the photo shows it's plenty dark enough for legibility. That's an 80s Parker Vector M nib on copy paper.

 

Thanks, I meant not watery.

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I love Reds and finally got my hands on Rouge Garnet :) Sorry to disappoint 'shadey' fans: these two pens do not shade. Pilot Prera and Pilot Steel F. Unadjusted nibs. It has been filled half a day ago, allowed to settle abit in the pens and this is the default flow. Ink flow is splendid and puts down a very legible line indeed.

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I have Corail des Tropiques, Bleu Calanque and Vert de Gris. CDT is dry but I like it. It dries much brighter that when you write with it. I was able to use Vert de Gris to write long paragraphs. It has a lot of shading even with an EF nib (TWSBI Eco). I like the color but for really long notes, maybe its not as nice to look at compared to more solid colors without shading.

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