HerbinFountain Pen Ink - 30ml Bottled - Vert Empire

Beautiful, rich medium brown with a slight gold tone. Flows really well, even in the cheap Parker Beta I'm using it in; looking forward to trying it in the better pens I have on order.Just to follow up:1st, I think the color on the box does this ink a slight disservice as it misses the golden tone.2nd, I've experienced the ink really darkening notably over time, to like a dark chocolate color; this darkening is also happening with the Vert Empire as well though not so bad. Both are in cheap Parker Betas so I'm thinking it may be due to the loose seal of the cap letting air in and the exposure to air is causing the ink to darken. I just filled a new Baoer 388 with it and it's the original golden brown color I remember; washed and refilled the Beta and it's golden again, too. Have filled a new Baoer 801 with e Vert and it's the proper greyish green. The caps on both of these are much tighter fitting than the Betas so I'll see how they do with the ink and report back in a few weeks.

This is a great color and it does like ink should. I recommend it, it is one of my favorite colors.

What a wonderful brown. it's got tons and tons of gorgeous shading, and a dark, smoky, toffee brown. Basically pelikan smoky quartz at 1/3 the price.It doesn't feather on trash paper, even with a super wet 1.1 stub. Dry times are fast. Showthrough is moderate and bleedhthrough is minimal, but there (only on aforementioned trash paper with wet stub)It's a wonderfully wet flowing, well lubricated ink, too.I don't normally like browns (apart from noodlers golden brown) but this is a heavy shader indeed, very professional, very pretty, very well behaved.It really does remind me of black tea that's oxidized in the cup for a while.The 30ml is basically a "trial" bottle. You really can't go wrong for the price, just buy some!

I give this 5 stars, but purely as a "decorative" ink. First off, this ink is a beautiful "tea brown", as stated by the name. This ink is a weird one, but I love it. The flow is good on pens I've tested; but as everyone says, this ink does shade to new levels, and the color changes. I would recommend this ink for a more "true" medium or broad nib, as with a fine or some mediums, it dries to a "bronze" color. However with a medium or broad, it's a true brown, and it shades phenomenally. I would not recommend this as a daily ink ether, as it bleeds terribly on normal paper, and the shading can dry to weird colors I just see as a distraction. That being said, this is certainly a ink that lays to the wet side. I will do a side by side comparison with another brown once I get one, and update this.

I use a fine tip pilot metropolitan, and the ink comes out about as dark as pencil lead. It's a runny ink, though, and creates a wider line than a dry ink would. It doesn't write on cheap paper very well. Still, it's a nice, soft gray with a very slight hint of lavender. It flows quickly, so you go through it faster than drier inks.

J. Herbin Inks, how do I love you, let me count thy ways.Juicy!Flows really great thru my fountain pensVibrant colors!Easy to use.I always want another color, they have such a great selection of them.The price point is also great. I've tried inks that cost way more and they are not any better.Did I mention the wonderful line of colors??

Pen Boutique has great delivery: free and timely. Would buy from them again.Lie de The is the kind of ink that reminds you of why you write with a fountain pen. The subtle, but delicious shading, and the soft, bronze tones are expressive and almost antique. They project your creativity and feeling in a way that inspires you as you write. One who might read your journal or correspondence could know something about you by your word choice and sentence structure, but equally from your penmanship and expression from the ink itself. If you write with Lie de The, your expressiveness will be full and rich. This is not so much a brown, as a bronze color, with lighter saturation and just a hint of green. It is a beautiful ink, and writes wet, but in control. I have a dry-writing nib on my m800, and this ink is perfectly matched for my pen. Buy it, you will not regret it.

It can be reluctant to come out but seems to have a watery clumping effect. It didn't go down smoothly, looks blotchy. Is more of a light grey than little to no bluish tint. I was hoping for a bluish grey, that's not what this is.

Have used it both with a fountain pen and dip pen. Love the brand, always consistent quality and lovely subtle colour.

Bom produto para você escrever com a caneta tinteiro

A unique green, quite vivid and strong, like the green of some dream-like forest occupied by cartoon frogs and plastic lizards. Marry this green.

Such a rich saturated colour- lovely to work with

Produto muito bom, frasco com depressão para repouso da caneta, cor bastante fiel à do anúncio.