J. Herbin Vert De Gris

[visvamitra]

As a huge fan of J. Herbin inks, I was thrilled to learn about five new standard inks introduced in 2018. I've got the bottles and I'll review them shortly.

 

New inks come in standard J. Herbin glass bottles that contain 30 ml of the writing fluid.

 

Ink splash

Vert de Gris is great. I like grey inks, especially when they're more complex and tis one fills the bill. It's saturated enough to read it easily, it flows very well and has reasonable amount of lubrication (although it's nowhere near Sailor inks in this regard). Overall, it's a keeper.

Drops of ink on kitchen towel

Color ID

Color range

Fabriano, Lamy Al-Star, medium nib

Tomoe River, Lamy Al-Star, medium nib

Copy paper, Lamy Al-Star, medium nib

Maruman, Hero 616, fine (?) nib

Water resistance

[lapis]

NIce! I'm not a lover of teal but grey has always fascinated me, so this one really fills the bill. Thanks for the presentation!

 

Bill

[namrehsnoom]

Great presentation of the ink - thanks for showing us this one. I like what I see, and it’s indeed nicely complex: there seems to be grey, green and blue in there. To my eye: a grey-leaning teal. I’ve put it on my wish list.

As an aside : I always take a close look at your quotes - they often point to books that suit my tastes. I see you’ve dived into Red Queen territory. I’ve also put these on my wish list ;-)

[visvamitra]

I love Mark Lawrence's writing. Basically all of his series are brilliant. Books of Ancestor (Red and Grey Sister) is a personal favourite but Jalan from Red Queen series is hilarious

[senzen]

Great review, nice looking ink.

 

[crahptacular]

This is cool looking. The difference in saturation level between copy paper and Maruman sample is pretty extreme.

[visvamitra]

It is, but I used it in dryish Hero 616 nib on Maruman. This pen needs tuning. Or being disposed of.

[minddance]

Thank you for showing the ink to us, I will get this.

[Jan2016]

Very nice, and good news that J. Herbin brings new inks!

Thank you very much for the review!

[Ghost Plane]

Bought.

[Tas]

lovely! Thank you.

(For a second I thought it was an old J Herbin ink that i'd overlooked)

[lgsoltek]

lovely! Thank you.

 

(For a second I thought it was an old J Herbin ink that i'd overlooked)

 

I can see it's totally your kind of colour (and definitely NOT mine)!

[Tas]

 

I can see it's totally your kind of colour (and definitely NOT mine)!

 

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[Tas]

Pssst. I've just mixed up KWZ Blue Black with water 1:1 . . . not a bad doppleganger until a paycheck comes my way.

[lgsoltek]

 

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[gerigo]

How close is this color to the Graf Deep Sea Green?

[lapis]

Deep Sea Green has much more green and much less grey. It's also more saturated.

[minddance]

Maruman can take alot of ink, you can literally pour ink onto it. Most fountain pens can look dry with it unless tuned very wet.

[Tas]

There is now some in my GvFC Classic EF and a bottle on my desk - visvamitra you enabler you . . .
Thanks. I think it's beautiful.

[Aquaria]

Ooh, very pretty. This one might go on the wish list.