J Herbin Rouge Grenat

[LizEF]

2 hours ago, yazeh said:

Oh her majesty has no right to be on any counter.

I just meant any raised table, shelf, nightstand, etc.  The kitchen counter is the only one he's not allowed on.  So far, he still can't jump from the floor up onto the counter (though it's close).  He's tried twice to jump from a table I only use for storage and project onto the kitchen counter.  The second time he ended up with sticky stuff stuck to his feet and it scared the living daylights out of him, so he hasn't tried that leap since.  We'll see what happens when he can jump up on top of the partial wall (I think it's about 8' tall) between the livingroom and kitchen (there's a vaulted ceiling and the wall doesn't go all the way up.  His kitty tower gets him up about 6 feet, but so far he hasn't dared make the jump to the top of the wall.  Once there, he can go from the wall, to the top of the kitchen cupboards to the fridge to the counter...  I suspect I won't easily train him not to travel that route....

 

He just now discovered the magnifying glass in my lamp and is moving his paw around under it while looking through the glass. He seems quite puzzled.

[yazeh]

4 hours ago, LizEF said:

I just meant any raised table, shelf, nightstand, etc.  The kitchen counter is the only one he's not allowed on.  So far, he still can't jump from the floor up onto the counter (though it's close). 

Just give him time, you'll be surprised

 

4 hours ago, LizEF said:

 

He's tried twice to jump from a table I only use for storage and project onto the kitchen counter.  The second time he ended up with sticky stuff stuck to his feet and it scared the living daylights out of him, so he hasn't tried that leap since. 

That's good!

 

4 hours ago, LizEF said:

 

We'll see what happens when he can jump up on top of the partial wall (I think it's about 8' tall) between the livingroom and kitchen (there's a vaulted ceiling and the wall doesn't go all the way up.  His kitty tower gets him up about 6 feet, but so far he hasn't dared make the jump to the top of the wall.  Once there, he can go from the wall, to the top of the kitchen cupboards to the fridge to the counter...  I suspect I won't easily train him not to travel that route....

You can always put some sticky tape! That should deter him, if he inclines going the wrong way 😛

 

4 hours ago, LizEF said:

 

He just now discovered the magnifying glass in my lamp and is moving his paw around under it while looking through the glass. He seems quite puzzled.

WHat's the big black cat, looking at me 😊 Thanks, some moments of innocence in a world gone nuts! 🙏

[Sailor Kenshin]

Of course Kitteh is peeved!  He's half wet and we all know how much cats like that.  The artwork always makes me smile.

 

The photo is gorgeous.  Now I want pomegranates.  And the chroma has a little intrigue to it.  So I don't dislike it as much as some others.  
 

@yazeh, thanks once again for these ink-splorations, especially the swabs.  I have a sample of Oscar Copper so that's useful.

[yazeh]

6 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Of course Kitteh is peeved!  He's half wet and we all know how much cats like that.

Indeed we know

 

6 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

 The artwork always makes me smile.

 

6 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

 

The photo is gorgeous.  Now I want pomegranates.  

Thank you!

 

6 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

 

And the chroma has a little intrigue to it.  So I don't dislike it as much as some others.  

 

6 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

@yazeh, thanks once again for these ink-splorations, especially the swabs.  I have a sample of Oscar Copper so that's useful.

🙏

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, yazeh said:

Thanks, some moments of innocence in a world gone nuts! 🙏

Exactly.  So fun seeing the world through kitten eyes.

[Black16]

I blind bought a full 30ml bottle of it (still in the mail, I wonder if they lost it...) and honestly your review just reassured me that I might really enjoy this ink. I planned to use it in M nibs, might not even try in flex then... I was tempted by the dark red colour that reminds me of pomegranate juice. I love garnets, I worked with them a lot when was into jewellery making, and I would say this one is more pomegranate than garnet, indeed I will try to make my own review and will add garnets to the photos for the sake of comparison when it finally arrives.

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, Black16 said:

I blind bought a full 30ml bottle of it (still in the mail, I wonder if they lost it...)

Hope you'll get it soon.

 

1 hour ago, Black16 said:

 

and honestly your review just reassured me that I might really enjoy this ink. I planned to use it in M nibs, might not even try in flex then... I was tempted by the dark red colour that reminds me of pomegranate juice. I love garnets, I worked with them a lot when was into jewellery making, and I would say this one is more pomegranate than garnet, indeed I will try to make my own review and will add garnets to the photos for the sake of comparison when it finally arrives.

I'm really looking forward to see your review then. You never know by the time you do your review,m aube it's the pomegranate season, so you can have both.

 

[Black16]

On 7/18/2025 at 2:16 PM, yazeh said:

Hope you'll get it soon.

 

I'm really looking forward to see your review then. You never know by the time you do your review,m aube it's the pomegranate season, so you can have both.

 

Actually 'tis the first Herbin ink I can enjoy! Even tho I used it only with one of the wettest pens I own (Caran d'Ache 849 <F>) so far and it gives the pen somewhat a pencil-like feedback, I still enjoy it quite a lot. The huge advantage of it is that it works on any paper without feathering and bleeding.

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, Black16 said:

Actually 'tis the first Herbin ink I can enjoy! Even tho I used it only with one of the wettest pens I own (Caran d'Ache 849 <F>) so far and it gives the pen somewhat a pencil-like feedback, I still enjoy it quite a lot. The huge advantage of it is that it works on any paper without feathering and bleeding.

Glad you're enjoying it.