J. Herbin Lie de Thé

[GouletPens]

I've tried several brown inks but they all had too much red in them. Lie de Thé is not red at all, and it's probably my favourite ink. It's a nice, dark, true brown with looots of shading, and has a vintage feel to it. Very elegant.

 

Nothing's as beautiful as Lie de Thé in a wet pen!

If you like that vintage look, Cacao du Brésil is another great J. Herbin brown that is easy on the eyes.

[Iranna]

I've tried several brown inks but they all had too much red in them. Lie de Thé is not red at all, and it's probably my favourite ink. It's a nice, dark, true brown with looots of shading, and has a vintage feel to it. Very elegant.

 

Nothing's as beautiful as Lie de Thé in a wet pen!

If you like that vintage look, Cacao du Brésil is another great J. Herbin brown that is easy on the eyes.

 

Thanks for the hint - I've been wondering about Cacao du Brésil but it seems quite a bit darker than Lie de Thé and I'm not sure I like very dark inks. But since I really love brown as an ink colour, I guess I should give it a try sometime. I'm always on the look out for non-red brown inks, even if I'm really happy with Lie de Thé!

[Ondina]

My first brown was Waterman Havana Brown - very saturated and reddish. I loved it, but was looking for a more vintage-feel brown. So I got Diamine Saddle Brown, which is a nice medium brown. Then I saw this review, and HAD to have Lie de The. It's not available in my country, but when I wrote Karen Doherty of Exaclair about wanting to review the ink, she sent me a bottle recently. It's EXACTLY like the one in your scan, so I'm so very pleased. Now I have three very different browns, all of which I love, but I especially appreciate how Lie de The shades.

 

www.penandco.com, and Jean Elie will ship any Herbin ink worldwide directly from France very reasonably. He is a member here and a pleasure to deal with.

[Ondina]

My excuses.....nice review of a beautiful ink, many thanks. I need to rest a bit today...long, long day here.

[Biber]

... I'm always on the look out for non-red brown inks, even if I'm really happy with Lie de Thé!

 

Give Diamine Golden Brown a try. If anything it may have a slight (and brief) yellow tint to it depending on the light. Winderful shading even with F nibs. See the great example in the review thread. It's my brown of choice for the time being.

 

B

[Ondina]

Thanks, that's wonderful! If only I could write like that...

 

Jared

 

I've had the pleasure to see Jared's hand and although Hanna's is beautiful, Jared's is as well.

 

Wow, I think Lie de Thé is one of the loveliest old fashioned inks that I have seen.

 

Such an special ink this one is.....

 

A friend of mine wrote me a letter with Lie de The' and I fell in love

with the color immediately! I like colors that are muted...........

 

John

 

 

Same here. A letter from Australia came writen in LdT on Lalo and it was love at first sight. Understated, elegant and classy. Argh, and I can't have any more inks for a while....not fair.