Herbin Inks Comparison #1

[@kevinu.k.7042]

I bought a J Herbin ink the other week. My first one, Bleu Ocean, great tone. I was surprised at the quality too. Impressive. There are a couple here I might try. Thanks for this review. Cheers

[@EuropaPhoenix]

The names are quite poetic : Orange Indien = Indian Orange Poussière de Lune = Moon's Dust Eclat de Saphir = Sapphire's Shine or Sapphire's Fragment ("éclat" means both "shine" and "fragment") Lie de Thé = Tea Lees Ambre de Birmanie = Umber from Burma Améthyste de l'Oural = Amethyst from Ural Rouge Hematite = Hematite Red.

[@canadaverydry]

One of the best ink quality! Lie de Thé & Poussiere de lune for me!

[@johnathanrhoades7751]

Poussiere de line and Lie de The look lovely. I need to pull out my samples and give them a shot.

[@marianosanchez4432]

I´ve always been a fan of the orange indien, such a beautiful orange. Great video!

[@rebeccawhite2582]

I love the looks of the Emerald and the Amethyst! They are so beautiful.

[@roxiesossa3210]

Herbin really does produce some lovely colors! I have the Amethyste de l'Oural, Emerald of Chivor. They're gorgeous! Hoping to order the Rouge Hematite & Stormy Grey soon but I also love Kyanite Du Nepal & Vert Atlantide! Anyway, I just ordered the Poussiere de Lune & Colorverse Delicious Sleep - excited to get them! I've noticed we have similar tastes in inks so I always enjoy your reviews & have been able to make some informed decisions because of them! Thank you Dave! 😊

[@PenultimateDave]

I have Amethyste de l'Oural and that is a lovely colour, I'm not so keen on Emerald of Chivor, mostly because most of the online photos show a lot of sheen and I hardly see any sheen from my bottle, maybe I was just unlucky with the bottle I purchased. Rouge Hematite and Stormy Grey are great inks.

[@killing0spree]

I bought the Verte Atlantide since I love the Green colour but I hardly get any shimmer out of it. Really want to get the Emerald of Chivor next!

[@SwayvillDelgarian]

Amazing, thank you Dave. I also like Poussière de Lune. I have a bottle of Rouge Hématite, but hardly ever use it (last time it was for Christmas cards...). If I understand correctly, the branding is as follows : "Herbin" for the regular inks (in the small bottles), "Jacques Herbin" for the premium inks in the 50 ml bottles (like the shimmer inks you showed in the comparison).

[@MultiEbbot]

Poussiere de Lune is really one of favourites also like Rouille d´Ancre looks very nice together. Also tried J Herbin By Marc Antoine Coulen "Nude" very cool skin coloured ink I like it a lot.. But have not put in a pen yet I use it with a paintbrush.

[@mingloss]

new to fountain pens, but this video just convinced me to buy Lie De Thé. it’s so beautiful! i understand why you had 4 bottles of it haha

[@davidsolomon7981]

Thanks. A great choice of Herbin inks to review.

[@walterfoster2582]

Have two of their inks, agree about the bottle.

[@helenmcdonnell2585]

I have found the Emerald de Chivor shows off it's amazing iridescence when writing with a flex nib on Tomoe River paper, I actually use a dip nib to maximize it's properties. It really has no comparison. Thanks for another great ink review, you have finally convinced me I need the Poissier de lune in my collection, only wish it had more shading.

[@helenmcdonnell2585]

Poussièrre

[@PenultimateDave]

I'll have to give that a try, thanks!

[@draconicfeline6177]

The Amethyste and the Orange have now been added to my wishlist...

[@Kindlelover88]

I love the last two!!!!

[@michellestephenson1680]

I don’t have any of the 1670 inks yet, but I definitely agree with you on the Lie de Thé and Ambre de Birmanie. Wonderful shades. May I recommend Lierre Sauvage? It’s probably already in your collection, now that I think about it...

[@PenultimateDave]

Thanks Michelle, I really do need to look at getting Lierre Sauvage soon to give a try.

[@MrsSurrealista]

Yes! this is very useful, thank you!

[@LEdeV7]

Éclat De Saphir and Lie De Thé are my all time favorites. ps Google translate and its ability to listen to the pronunciation of words might be of help.

[@pay1370]

I absolutely love lie de the but i also hate the bottle, i'm almost through a bottle of pilot ink so i'm just gonna use that as my designated herbin bottle

[@PenultimateDave]

Yes the bottles are what really puts me off buying more Herbin inks. Although thankfully I now have various empty bottles that I can decant the ink into, and I tend to do this to make filling easier.

[@frankplamboeck]

I have completely different views with my Viscontis HS (18k/14k - both F nibs): Lie de Thé shades very nicely and is one of my favorite inks. Whereas in my Diplomat (M nib) Rouge Hematite is flat and too rosé for my taste, Eclat de Saphir in the Diplomat and in a Pelikan M1000 (EF nib) a flat, boring "school blue", Orange Indien without any shading like the outstanding PR Orange Crush for example. Love the green inks (Lierre de Sauvage and Vert de Pré). Thank you for your review - I agree about the bottle design, it is ridiculous.

[@PenultimateDave]

It might be because the Visconti is a much more wet writer compared to the Diplomat? Typically you will see more shading on a wetter nib than a dry nib. Most of the time you will see more shading on the wider nibs but it can depend more on the wetness of the line put down.

[@frankplamboeck]

@@PenultimateDave Thank you for your input, Dave. A few minutes ago I tested the Eclat de Saphire with my Pelikan 1000 (EF nib), which laid a much darker (not broader) line than the Diplomat (M nib) who draws a much lighter blue without any shading. Maybe the main difference for this is more in the feed, not at the tip of the nib?

[@Alliejay-C]

That lie de thé does look pretty flowy! The bottle I had must have been one of the drier ones because I had so much trouble with it in pens I gave it away to someone who liked dry inks.

[@PenultimateDave]

The 3 bottles I bought were around 2016/2017, it might be that newer bottles are more dry perhaps?

[@manuelsalazar3938]

I bought several bottles of J. Herbin in recent months this year and none of them seems dry to me, including Lie de thé, maybe yours was a bad batch...

[@qvisionstudios]

Does this mean with the name change they're doing away with their old style bottles with the wax seals as well? I liked those. Will have to pickup some old stock while I can. I'd like to pick up the Hematite.

[@PenultimateDave]

No I believe the same D-shaped bottles will still be around for some time to come, although I'd love to see a change in bottles.

[@wind-flower]

I my experience Lie de The is a very wet ink. It's the only ink I own that I have to be careful about using right after filling because it will sometimes create splotches. It also starts coming out of the pen darker / wetter halfway through longer writing sessions.

[@FrankDAgostino77]

I really wanted to like Eclat de Saphir, but in a medium Platinum gold nib the line is really washed out, especially on good paper. I've found that I prefer Waterman Serenity Blue.

[@geslinam9703]

Ugh, the small bottles. I won’t make that mistake again. I do like the ink. Nice and smooth, great colors.

[@PrinceXSuperstar]

Hello! Could someone tell me if "Éclat de Lune", resembles Noodler's Bay State Blue, in color, please?

[@parind-e-hind7311]

The Éclat De Saphir is one of the most beautiful Blue inks! Also a good Alternative for Baystate Blue(without the staining, ofcourse).

[@charlesjacques750]

My favorite and first too!!

[@parind-e-hind7311]

@@charlesjacques750 its a good ink, but too expensive here in India. Beautiful colour though. You should try Diamine Sargasso Sea too!

[@JayasuryaKanukurthy]

Gosh! that is a beautiful pen. It looks like a dip pen with a Jowo #8 nib. Is this correct? Which pen is it? Thanks!

[@PenultimateDave]

It's a William Shakour Titan 3D printed dip pen made by William Shakour with a #8 Bock nib.

[@JayasuryaKanukurthy]

@@PenultimateDave Thank you so much for the info! I'll try ordering it soon :) ....

[@petra8888]

Thank you for the video. I have bought an coral ink from Herbin and there are some little pieces swimming in the ink. Is it ok? Thanks.

[@PenultimateDave]

It could just be sediment, but if it starts to grow I would definitely chuck it.

[@FrauAgata]

Emerald ink is really pretty

[@fedya4445]

I wish the 2nd pass could be limited to half of the original. It would clarify the difference between the two passes.

[@thomashorton8302]

i believe rather than j herbin to jacques herbin to herbin it was just j. herbin which split to two companies: jacques herbin and herbin i may be wrong though

[@PenultimateDave]

I believe it's still one company but they rebranded to a more simplistic Herbin dropping the J but for their premium line of inks they called them Jacques Herbin.

I love Lie de Thé! There's a need for more tea-related stuff in pens and inks (^-^) But for some reason Poussiere shows much darker than here and Ambre shows more like a dark yellow. I don't know if it's the pens I'm using or the paper or what, but... yeah, I was somewhat disappointed with those. Still, great inks & great review, thanks!

[@PenultimateDave]

I completely agree with you. I'd love to see Diamine do a Lady Grey (orange) and other tea's in ink colours. There's quite a few centered around coffee but not enough around tea.

@@PenultimateDave There's Australis Tea from Robert Oster and that's pretty much it, as far as I know. I'm surprised no Japanese or Korean brands came up with tea-themed inks, those are cultures who drink far more tea than coffee.

[@petra8888]

Thank you

[@makewithmegma]

👌👍

[@Michelt007]

Your French pronunciation is quite good, actually!

[@SteveAtkinsonFineArt]

It's inexcusable for a company that produces ink to use a bottle that's so difficult to fill a pen. Shame.

[@benjaminbreeg2314]

Could you expand your vocabulary of adjectives a bit? It's tiresome to hear you describe everything as "lovely". Surely you have a thesaurus. If not, choose from "exquisite", "appealing", "pleasing", "attractive", "beautiful", "gorgeous", "wonderful", "fabulous", "superb", "terrific", "marvelous", "amazing", "glorious", "delightful", etc. Thank you, and you are welcome.

[@Johan-vk5yd]

@Sagnik Adhikary Expedalioucious is my favourite.