Ink Review: J Herbin Pink Inks

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Let’s take a look at five J Herbin standard inks: Bouquet d’Antan, Rose Tendresse, Orange Indien, Ambre de Birmanie and Bouton D’or. You can purchase these inks at most retailers including Vanness Pens. Thanks to the reader who sent these inks in for review!

Swabs:

Left to right: Bouquet d’Antan, Rose Tendresse, Orange Indien, Ambre de Birmanie and Bouton D’or.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry Time: 40 seconds

Water Resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: The five had low shading.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was quite a bit of feathering and bleeding in all nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Bouquet d’Antan isn’t quite as warm as Sailor Ink Studio 237.

Rose Tendresse is cooler toned than Monteverde Rose Pink.

Orange Indien is similar to Colorverse 42 V2 Rocket.

Ambre de Birmanie is similar to Kyo-no-oto Yamabukiiro.

Bouton D’or is close to Birmingham Daisy Lace.

I used a Taroko Enigma notebook. All four inks had average flows.

Overall, I love Orange Indien and Ambre de Birmanine but all five are lovely and well behaved.

Disclaimer: These inks were provided by a reader for the purpose of this review. All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.

Robert Oster Elements Inks

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Today’s inks are from the Robert Oster Elements collection. You can finds these inks for sale at a lot of retailers, including Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: Earth, Fire, Water and Wind.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry Time: 20-40 seconds

Water Resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: Earth and Water have medium shading, Fire has low shading, and Wind has high shading. Water has blue shimmer.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was some feathering and bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Earth is lighter than Birmingham Antique Sepia.

Fire is similar to a lot of other inks.

Water is closest to Nemosine Blue Snowball Nebula Twinkle.

Wind is close to Sailor Ink Studio 243.

Longer Writing:

I used a Taroko Enigma notebook. All four had slightly dry flows.

Overall, these are lovely inks. I do wish the flow was a bit wetter, but they are lovely to use in wetter nibs.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.

Ink Review #2531: Ferris Wheel Press Plaited Gold Tress

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Ferris Wheel Press Plaited Gold Tress is from the Once Upon a Time collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Plaited Gold Tress is a golden yellow with green-gold shimmer.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

In large swabs on Tomoe River Paper you can see plenty of shimmer.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry time: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and green-gold shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Plaited Gold Tress is closest to Robert Oster Sparkle Fairy. Click here to see the yellow inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Pelikan M200 Gold Marbled with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a dry flow.

Overall, I love the bright golden color, but I don’t love the combination with the green-gold shimmer though.

Thanks to all my Patrons! I couldn’t do these reviews without you! You can find my Patreon page here.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored.

Ink Review #2440: Inkebara Sunny Castle

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Inkebara Sunny Castle is from the Special Edition collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Sunny Castle is a bright sunny yellow.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry time: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and no shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Sunny Castle is similar to a lot of other yellow inks. Click here to see the yellow inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a TWSBI Eco Yellow with a broad nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has a dry flow.

Overall, this is a lovely yellow. It can be too light in the smaller nib sizes so I would stick to medium and broad nibs.

Thanks to all my Patrons! I couldn’t do these reviews without you! You can find my Patreon page here.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored.

Diamine Inkvent 2023 Days 1-5

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It’s that time of year! It’s time for the 2023 Diamine Inkvent Calendar. Let’s take a look at days 1-5. You can find the calendar for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: Fortunes Gold, Cashmere Rose, Early Dusk, Masquerade (yes I know I spell it wrong sometimes) and Nightfall.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry Time: 40 seconds

Water Resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: The first four have low shading, Nightfall has no shading. Fortunes Gold has green shimmer. Masquerade has gold shimmer. Nightfall has medium red sheen and blue shimmer.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was some feathering in every nib size and some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Fortunes Gold is brighter and lighter than Van Dieman’s Blonde Bombshell.

Cashmere Rose is lighter than Pennonia Royal Crimson.

Early Dusk is less saturated than Diamine Kensington Blue.

Masquerade is darker thana Vinta Isabela.

Nightfall is darker than Diamine Solar Storm.

Longer Writing:

All of the inks had average flows. I used a Taroko Enigma notebook.

Overall, these are interesting inks! Nightfall is my favorite out of the five-it’s a great dark color and flows well.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.

Ink Review #2379: J Herbin Fuchsia de Magellan

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J Herbin Fuchsia de Magellan is from the 1670 collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Pen Chalet. Thanks to Execlair for sending this ink over for review!

The color:

Fuchsia de Magellan is a bright hot pink.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has plenty of gold shimmer.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: medium shading, no sheen, and gold shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Fuchsia is closest to Van Dieman’s Moon Jellyfish. Click here to see the pink inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Pilot Vanishing Point Galaxy with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has an average flow.

Overall, I really enjoyed this ink. It’s a great color and well-behaved. So far I’ve been really impressed with J Herbin shimmer inks.

Thanks to all my Patrons! I couldn’t do these reviews without you! You can find my Patreon page here.

Disclaimer: This product was provided by Execlair for the purpose of this review. All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored.

Ink Review #2378: Rohrer & Klingner Helianthus

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Rohrer & Klingner Helianthus is from the standard collection. You can find this ink for sale at most retailers including Vanness Pens.

The color:

Helianthus is a bright sunflower yellow.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has a little bit of shading.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry time: 30 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and no shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had some feathering and bleeding in the larger nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

There are a lot of similar yellow inks out there. Click here to see the yellow inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Lamy Safari Mango with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink has an average flow.

Overall, this is a good basic yellow ink with a little bit of shading. I love that it’s easy to read in a medium nib.

Thanks to all my Patrons! I couldn’t do these reviews without you! You can find my Patreon page here.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored.

Ink Review #2288: Robert Oster Sparkle Fairy

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Robert Oster Sparkle Fairy is a Vancouver Pen Shop Exclusive. You can find this ink for sale at their brick-and-mortar store.

The color:

Sparkle Fairy is a bright sunshine yellow with green shimmer.

*For my swab cards I use a Col-o-ring by Skylab Letterpress, a medium Pilot Ishime and a Mabie Todd Swan.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink has quite a bit of shimmer.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

*For my writing samples I use:

Dry time: 40 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and green shimmer.

On 20 lb copy paper the ink had just a little bit of feathering and a few dots of bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Sparkle Fairy is closest to Van Dieman’s Hastings Caves. Click here to see the yellow inks together.

Longer Writing:

I used a Kaweco Al-sport Red with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a dry flow.

Overall, this is a really interesting color combo with the green shimmer. I didn’t have any clogging issues.

Thanks to all my Patrons! I couldn’t do these reviews without you! You can find my Patreon page here.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links and this post is not sponsored.

My 10 Favorite Yellow Inks

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I decided it would be fun to tackle some of my favorite inks based on color so today let’s take a look at my ten favorite yellow inks, in no particular order. Yellow inks can be so hard! Some are too light to be readable and some are rather fluorescent, it’s hard to find the good ones.

Robert Oster Gold Antiqua is a dark gold with shading. I love using this ink in the winter months.

Robert Oster Heart of Gold is the perfect gold shimmer ink. I love using it on holiday cards.

Bungubox Ebizu Gold is perfect for the winter or spring, it’s a great neutral gold.

Franklin-Christoph Honeycomb is right in-between yellow and brown depending on what paper you use it on.

KWZ Honey has gorgeous shading. It really is the color of honey.

Robert Oster Yellow Sunset is bright while still being readable.

KWZ Old Gold is the color of tarnished gold.

Colorverse Adobe makes me think of desert sands.

Robert Oster Yellow Sunrise is bright and cheerful.

Private Reserve Buttercup is a fabulous spring yellow.

What’s your favorite yellow ink? Let me know in the comments below!

Robert Oster Ten Dollar Inks

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Recently Robert Oster created a set of inks called the Aussie Ten Dollar Bill Series. You can find these inks for sale at Vanness Pens.

Swabs:

Left to right: Gold, Green, Teal and Blue.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry Time: 30-40 seconds

Water Resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: All four had low shading.

On Walmart Pen + Gear copy paper there was some feathering in every nib size as well as some bleeding.

Comparison Swabs:

Ten Dollar Gold is closest to Taccia Sharaku-natane.

Ten Dollar Green is a little less yellow than 3 Oysters DIY Green.

Ten Dollar Teal is a bit brighter than Laban Poseidon Green.

Ten Dollar Blue is pretty close to Sailor Ink Studio 441.

All four had average flows.

Overall, I enjoyed all four of them. To me the Gold is the most unique out of the four, but all four are well behaved.

Disclaimer: All photos and opinions are my own. This page does not contain affiliate links, and is not sponsored in any way.