Here's the J Herbin 1670 made for their 340th anniversary, needless to say it's very red almost to bright for me.
INK REVIEW J Herbin 1670 Rouge Hermatite
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I like this ink a lot, but it's highly schizophrenic!
On the normal copy paper we use at my job it gives me all kinds of crazy red/brown/gold-ish hues.
In my daily notebook (Cartesio with Clairfountaine paper) it doesn't do too well with a wet writer and broad nibs, seems to feather and bleed through a bit,
but works great with the Pilot 78g pens, which aren't the wettest.
On the normal copy paper we use at my job it gives me all kinds of crazy red/brown/gold-ish hues.
In my daily notebook (Cartesio with Clairfountaine paper) it doesn't do too well with a wet writer and broad nibs, seems to feather and bleed through a bit,
but works great with the Pilot 78g pens, which aren't the wettest.
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The red brown gold hues are a characteristic of the ink that I recall reading about now that you mention them.
Thanks for the review! I love that ink. I have it loaded in a TWSBI fine nib, and it works great.
1670 is a phenomenal ink. It has some wonderful properties...
Nice review.
What size nib was that?
What size nib was that?
Thanks for the review.
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Oops good catch.....Medium nib 78G
That's what I have in my TWSBI 530 M nib and it is very niec looking. I get good shading with mine.
Great review. One of my favorite inks.
Great looking ink but it clogs a pen easily. Beautiful but high mantience -- of course many of us can live with that on lots of levels!
Strange, that has not been my experience. I've used it primarily in a Cross Verve Merlot and a Pilot Custom 74, wet writers, but it's been in few others. It even started immediately in pens that haven't been used in a week or more. My bottle is from the original release a couple years ago.
The review picture of this ink is now gone (sad face), does anyone have this ink and able to put a review with some close up shots using light to show off its highlights ?
I'll try, maybe a day or two James. My scanner is out but I'll take a camera pic. Cool highlights of gold flake, especially nice in a full-flowing pen.
I put it in a Pelikan M200 with two different nibs, one gold and one steel, no problems after more than two weeks -- some guys at a large FP forum claimed they had some clogging issues but they may have had stingy flow to begin with as it did run a little on the dry side. Beautiful ink, it would be good for Christmas cards, invitations, etc.
I put it in a Pelikan M200 with two different nibs, one gold and one steel, no problems after more than two weeks -- some guys at a large FP forum claimed they had some clogging issues but they may have had stingy flow to begin with as it did run a little on the dry side. Beautiful ink, it would be good for Christmas cards, invitations, etc.
well maybe it was my work computer blocking it out, as here at home it loads just fine,... I had no picture at all in place there
still some closeups from a juicy big nib may help
still some closeups from a juicy big nib may help
