Search the Community

Jacques Herbin – Tour Eiffel/ Brun Eiffel (Couleurs de Paris) This is the 3rd review of the new Jacques Herbin set, Colors of Paris, in J. Herbin packaging. You can find the previous two reviews here: Jacques Herbin - rue de la Verrerie Jacques Herbin - Moulin Rouge Ink is sold as Brun (Brown) Eiffel but I don't see any mention of it as such on the Herbin website. According to the Stylo.ca website, "The yellow-brown refers to the Eiffel Tower, repainted from 2019 to 2022 in its original color (1907 - 1953)" The tour (=Tower in French) was built for the Exposition Universelle of 1889 to o celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French revolution. It was planned to be dismantled in 1909 but thankfully it wasn't it Photo: Courtesy of Wikipedia Ink is a golden sepia, lovely, especially on Japanese Paper, with beautiful shading. It really doesn’t like copy paper. It’s wet and not surprisingly low in lubrication, with very long dry times on Rhodia, so not suitable for lefty over writers. In my initial water test, with an Ef nib, most of the test washed away. When I redid the test, with a glass nib the result was the contrary. I'm concluding the more ink you lay on the paper, the better the water resistance. I wonder what our professor @InesF thoughts, hypothesis are about it It was slightly a pain to clean, which truly surprised me. I had to resort to a short soaking in cleaning solution All in all it’s a lovely colour, for those who want to have a memento of La Dame de fer (Iron Lady) as its nicknamed in France. Chroma: Writing Samples: Photo: Comparison: Water test: I lost my first water test. So I did a new one with a glass dip pen, which lays way more ink. In my first test, most of the ink disappeared, hence my surprise for the cleaning difficulty. In my second test ink is water resistant, so now I get it why it was difficult to clean. Left side 10 seconds under running water. The water test was done 12 hours after writing. I left the pad under the fan Art Work: Liberté Jacques Herbin Tour Eiffel /Moulin Rouge, rue de la Verrerie Noodler's Polar Brown (The cat) Sailor Kiwa-guro · Pens used: Lamy (Reverse Ef/ EF/F/M/B), Kanwrite with an Ahab nib. · What I liked: Shading, colour, drawing with. · What I did not like: The colour isn’t that of the Eiffel Tower, cleaning · What some might not like: Low lubrication, needs a soft smooth nib, cleaning · Shading: Lovely. · Ghosting: Yes, on cheap paper. · Bleed through: Yes, on cheap paper. · Flow Rate: Wet · Lubrication: Below average. · Nib Dry-out: Did not notice. · Start-up: Ok · Saturation: Pastel · Shading Potential: Great. · Sheen: No. · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Yes on copy paper. · Nib Creep / “Crud”: Did not notice. · Staining (pen): No. · Clogging: Did not notice. · Cleaning: I needed to soak it for 15 minutes in cleaning solution. · Water resistance: The wetter the pen, the better the water resistance. · Availability: 10/30 ml J Herbin bottles or a set of 5 x10 ml bottles. Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier