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Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Herbin Gris Nuage


This is review #122 in my series.  Here's the YouTube video:


Post-recording notes: Cleaning was so easy it was like there was never any ink in my pen in the first place. 😐 The scan is probably the most accurate as far as the ink's paleness.  It may be a little too blue, though.  The zoom isn't too far off.  The screenshot shows the text too dark.  Seriously, it's a really pale ink.


And here is a screen of the final result, for those not interested in the video:
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Scan of Completed Review:
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Zoomed in photo:
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Absorbent Paper Closeup (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper):
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Images also available on Instagram: @zilxodarap


Previous Review: Rohrer & Klingner Magenta.


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Thanks for another review! Glad to see it is at least still legible coming out of an EF nib. 🧐 :)

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11 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

Thanks for another review! Glad to see it is at least still legible coming out of an EF nib. 🧐 :)

You're welcome! :)  And yeah, legible, but barely.  I worried it wouldn't be.

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Thank you, @LizEF for the review ... and for the story!

Besides the pale colour, the second most important thing is its behaviour on puzzle paper. There is next to no feathering to be seen in the closeup. I'm surprised.

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2 minutes ago, InesF said:

Thank you, @LizEF for the review ... and for the story!

:D You're very welcome!

 

2 minutes ago, InesF said:

Besides the pale colour, the second most important thing is its behaviour on puzzle paper. There is next to no feathering to be seen in the closeup. I'm surprised.

The ink is so pale that even the feathers that are there fade right into the paper. :lol:  Certainly, the naked eye wouldn't see them - which is true of many inks, even the darker ones - the magnification makes them look worse than they'd be without it.

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20 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Great job Liz :thumbup: This seems to be written by Makhabesh and his gang when the flew in the clouds!

Thank you!  :D That would explain all the aircraft noise - the sphinx-squadron weren't the only ones up there! :lol:

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Thank you @LizEF for another very interesting review. I've never tried Gris Nuage in an EF, though I do use it with flex nibs (both dip and FP) and it's about as pale as I'll go for these.

 

It's not my favourite of the pale greys - I prefer the cooler tones, and find it a bit too dry, but it's certainly a usable ink, and is excellent for drawing. 

 

Edited as @Tas has just said far more than words...

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1 hour ago, Tas said:

Lovely review as ever.

For me, unusable as a writing ink but WONDERFUL as an ink wash for shading etc.

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Wow!  I always love seeing your art, Tas! :)  And yes, it does seem like this ink would be lovely for artwork.  For writing, the biggest, wettest nib seems like the only way to go.

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1 hour ago, mizgeorge said:

Thank you @LizEF for another very interesting review. ... and is excellent for drawing. 

You're very welcome!  Thank you. :)  And yes, as Tas just demonstrated! :D

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Might be one ink that works best for writing on cream colored paper, i.e. needs contrast from the paper to stand out.

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21 minutes ago, I-am-not-really-here said:

Might be one ink that works best for writing on cream colored paper, i.e. needs contrast from the paper to stand out.

Maybe.  My journal is cream (Rhodiarama) and it didn't really seem any better there than on white paper.  It was the absorbent paper that seemed better. :)  Still, individual perception is very real.

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Thanks yet again for another Sphinxy review!  This was one of my first inks and I still have some.  It's been a while since I filled a pen with it, though.  And I usually had it in something with a calligraphy nib.  Alas, it seems not meant for EF nibs.

 

@Tas Beautiful sketch!  👍🏻

My latest ebook.   And not just for Halloween!
 

My other pen is a Montblanc.

 

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1 hour ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Thanks yet again for another Sphinxy review!

:D You're most welcome.

 

1 hour ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

And I usually had it in something with a calligraphy nib.

Calligraphy sounds perfect!

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3 hours ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

 

@Tas Beautiful sketch!  👍🏻


🥰 thank you - Monkey World, man watching his kids playing. Sketched whilst we were having our sandwiches.

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Here's the line width measurement. The line is one of those used for dry time.  Magnification is 100x.  The grid is 100x100µm.  The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each.  The line width for this ink is roughly 330µm.

 

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