From the J Herbin website:
"J. Herbin is the oldest name in pen inks in the world. M. Herbin created “The Jewel of Inks” in his shop on the Rue des Fosses Saint-Germain in Paris in 1700."
"Each bottle of 30 ml has an integrated pen rest. They are known as “D bottle pen inks. The “D” refers to the old French unit of measure “la Demi Courtine”.
* 30 beautiful colors!
* Non toxic and pH neutral
* Lightfast
* Water based
* Flows smoothly and is fast drying
* All natural dyes
A dark bubble gum pink? Lipstick pink? Sometimes I look at it and I see a hint of salmon, and other times, it's all pink. Not sure how I feel about it yet. It might be a bit too bright for my tastes, but I'll keep it around for a while to see if it grows on me.
Not overly saturated, (when I think saturated, I think of Private Reserve's inks) but there is some nice shading that's not obnoxious.
In the Clairefontaine journal, it writes thin and a little dry. (but that's how I feel most inks write on Clairefontaine when using a fairly thin nib)
In the Canteo journal, same ink, same pen & nib. More nib definition (spreading?) and more shading.
Canteo: note the feathering. This isn't the first ink to feather in my Canteo.
Clairefontaine: shading visible in this image.
They run $8.75 per 30ml bottle at Pear Tree Pens
See a good article on Pentrace where I think they did a great job demonstrating the Herbin colors.
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