Your most repulsive ink purchases....

[Black16]

I'll be honest - J. Herbin. I even gave them a second chance. It is slightly upsetting as they have the perfect colour I crave. First time I got the wrong ink in the right bottle. I returned it for inspection, got a full refund. But it was still unpleasant and more unpleasant was the fact that the ink was extra dry - so dry that even my juiciest pens felt scratchy as if I was writing with a nail on the glass. Another one I bought for dirt cheap recently, the second chance. It was manufactured in 2013 hence the low price. A different colour and I hoped for the NOS to be a bit different and yeah hopefully better. No miracles. The ink feels literally the same - it makes all my pens scratchy. I can use additives to make it more lubricated and to increase the flow, but I to be very honest do not think that I must go through all of this for inks from such a famous company. I really tried to like them and now I'm giving up. Of course I'll use up that old bottle, but in the future I might buy another Herbin ink only if it will be on the house.