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J Herbin Lierre sauvage (Wild Ivy) This is one of my oldest bottles of ink, it more than 10 years old. I thought I’d review it for fun. It’s a flat green, lacking nuance, which is surprising for a Herbin ink. I neither like, nor dislike it and plan to finish it in a brush pen for artwork. Ink has decent water resistance, and with slightly below average lubrication. The intriguing chroma, doesn't translate in the colour: Writing Samples: Ink had more character with the vintage flex. Quotes are form Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) French poet from AZquotes. Photo: Comparison: Water test: (after 24 hours) Note how the ink blended through Mnemosyne paper after 10 seconds under running water) And finally an art work done with a brush pen, and different from my usual work, entitled Green Meditation: · Pens used: Pilot Kakuno Ef, Stub, Kaweco Sport (EF/F/M/B), Vintage Conway Stewart 330 flexible oblique nib · What I liked: Drawing with it. · What I did not like: The colour · What some might not like: It does not like copy paper. · Shading: Only with flex. · Ghosting: Yes, on cheap paper. · Bleed through: Same as above with wet pens. · Flow Rate: Wet. · Lubrication: Slightly below average. · Nib Dry-out: Not noticed. · Start-up: Not noticed. · Shading Potential: Only with flex pen. · Sheen: No. · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not noticed. · Nib Creep / “Crud”: No. · Staining (pen): No. · Clogging: No. · Cleaning: Easy · Water resistance: Surprisingly good. · Availability: cartridges, 10 ml, 30 ml. Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier