J Herbin Vert de Gris

[yazeh]

A beautiful verdigris made by J. Herbin. 

Quite close to the original in this angle

Photo curtesy of Annie Spratt, Wikipedia.

 

But in washes, it’s truly outstanding and very close to the colour. 

Lets starts with beautiful chroma:

 

Ink didn’t like my Osmiroid and it had flow problems. Paradoxically, it was a tad difficult to control with a fude nib on Tomoe River paper, made the feed was primed     But in all other pens it behaved flawlessly. Ink is slightly dry.  

Writing Samples:

Tomoe River 68gr

Funnily enough the Osmiroid copper plate nib is fine that the Japanese EF. 

 

Midori

Rhodia

Comparison: 

It has acceptable water resistance: 

A few sketches of ancient "Minionese" statues discovered recently, somewhere over the rainbow 

 

 

 

 

·      Pens used: Pilot Elite (Ef), Osmiroid Copperplate  Lamy Safari (EF/F/ /Medium /Broad) / Kanwrite Ultraflex / Jinhao 450 fude

·      What I liked: It’s pleasing/ appeasing  gree/grey/ blue. I love the 10 ml bottles. 

·      What I didn’t liked: Flow was problematic in Osmiroid. Ok water resistance.

·      Shading: Yes

·      Ghosting: Yes, on some papers, especially cheap ones. 

·      Bleed through: Yes, with very absorbent papers. 

·      Flow Rate: Good

·      Lubrication: Depending pens it varies. 

·      Nib Dry-out: Not noticed. 

·      Start-up: No problem. 

·      Saturation: Yes, it can be saturated with wet pens. 

·      Shading Potential: Yes on wider pens.

·      Sheen: Thankfully no 

·      Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: No.

·      Nib Creep / “Crud”: No 

·      Staining (pen): No

·      Clogging: No. 

·      Cleaning: Easy. 

·      Water resistance: Acceptable

·      Availability: 10 ml / 30 ml bottles/ cartridges  

 

I'd appreciate hearing about your experience too

[Lithium466]

Thank you for the review!

Lovely color...I'm usually not a green person, but your review is making me want to try that ink!

[LizEF]

Thanks, @yazeh!  Great review.  Thorough as always with all those different pens and nibs.  And fun, as always - love the little Minions.

[yazeh]

12 hours ago, Lithium466 said:

Thank you for the review!

Lovely color...I'm usually not a green person, but your review is making me want to try that ink!

 

12 hours ago, LizEF said:

Thanks, @yazeh!  Great review.  Thorough as always with all those different pens and nibs.  And fun, as always - love the little Minions.

Glad you liked the mischievous banana loving buddies

[lapis]

Great review as always! Thanks!! I love this green. Possibly because it is by no means a "true" green (e.g. like Kelly). Sort of a mix between our Streetcar (New Orleans) and Banknote (Noodler's).

[yazeh]

2 hours ago, lapis said:

Great review as always! Thanks!!

😊

2 hours ago, lapis said:

I love this green. Possibly because it is by no means a "true" green (e.g. like Kelly). Sort of a mix between our Streetcar (New Orleans) and Banknote (Noodler's).

Yes. It reminds me of statues and bridges in Europe

[DvdRiet]

Thanks, Yazeh! Love this color. It's one of my absolute favorites. Vert de Gris and Poussiére de Lune currently have the top spots for me. 

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, DvdRiet said:

Thanks, Yazeh! Love this color. It's one of my absolute favorites. Vert de Gris and Poussiére de Lune currently have the top spots for me. 

[InesF]

Thank you, @yazeh for the ink review and for the funny images! Ancient minions were superior to the new edition! 🤗

[yazeh]

7 hours ago, InesF said:

Thank you, @yazeh for the ink review and for the funny images! Ancient minions were superior to the new edition! 🤗

I'm sure the minions agree 🍌

 

[Sailor Kenshin]

Nice color and thanks for the review, but it makes me wonder whether Osmiroids write dry.  I was having a tough time with one of their pens last week.

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Nice color and thanks for the review, but it makes me wonder whether Osmiroids write dry.  I was having a tough time with one of their pens last week.

Yep. I believe you're right! It worked well with Parker

[MissCellany]

Delightful review, I'm starting to fall in love with this color! I do need a few more greens, and this one might help me address that

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, MissCellany said:

Delightful review, I'm starting to fall in love with this color! I do need a few more greens, and this one might help me address that

🙏  I love the 10 ml bottles. They are so practical and you can actually finish the ink for once