Brun Ours - L'artisan Pastellier (Encre Classique)

[visvamitra]

L'Artisan Pastellier is french ink / calligraphy materials producers. They offer two lines of inks suitable for fountain pens: CALLIFOLIO (inks made for fountain pens, neutral PH and so on) and ENCRES CLASSIQUES (not all of them may have perfect properties however I've tried most of them and had no issues in my fountain pens).

L'Artisan Pastellier inks don't get much love or attention here. I understand this as they're not easily obtainable. You may buy them directly from the producer's on-line/stationery boutique. The best thing to do is to organize group buy (I've done it twice last year for polish sountain pen board). It's nice thing to do - you get to meet a lot of people to exchange inks and the shipment cost becomes really friendly.

Brun Ours is muted brown ink from Encres Classique line. I enjoy it a lot because of its muted, vintage looks. It's not really waterproof, but it has some waterproofness. The flow is nice, saturation is moderated. Basically if we would speak just about fluid properties it's nothing interesting or exceptional. In terms of color however Brun Ours is quite unique. I think it could be compared to Rohrer & Klingner Sepia opr Standardgraph Feigenbraun, inks I enjoy a lot.

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Software ID

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Oxford notebook - TWSBI 580, stub 1,1

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Franklin-Christoph notebook - TWSBI 580, stub 1,1

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Copy paper - TWSBI 580, stub 1,1

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Edited August 2, 2015 by visvamitra

[gylyf]

I used to like brown inks more than I do now, but this looks nice!

[jmccarty3]

Great review. I really like this non-red type of brown.

[swanjun]

I'm glad to see you reviewing inks of this line! I just ordered a bunch last week and Brun Ours was one of them.

[visvamitra]

I just have three of them at the moment. Two are really nice, one tends to dry out on the nib. But they're nice inks overall.

[jmccarty3]

More reviews from this line, please!

[lgsoltek]

It looks really similar to R&K Sepia.

[swanjun]

I just have three of them at the moment. Two are really nice, one tends to dry out on the nib. But they're nice inks overall.

 

Which is the one that dries out? Hopefully it's not one I ordered...

[visvamitra]

Bleu de Prusse - it's nicely lubricated but after few days in a pen the flow becomes weaker, at least in Visconti van Gogh medium nib. In TWSBI it behaves rather well.

[swanjun]

Bleu de Prusse - it's nicely lubricated but after few days in a pen the flow becomes weaker, at least in Visconti van Gogh medium nib. In TWSBI it behaves rather well.

 

Odd. But, happily, that's not one of the ones I ordered. Thanks for the reply.

[visvamitra]

Calendar, TWSBI 580, stub 1,1

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[dms525]

Thanks, Vis.

 

That fits my concept of "sepia" almost perfectly. I think I like it.

 

Could you say more about the characteristics of the "Encres Classiques" line that may be hazardous for fountain pens? You indicated that, whatever these characteristics are, they are not present in all inks in this line. Do you have information on which of the inks have which hazardous characteristics?

 

Thanks.

 

David

[inkstainedruth]

Thanks for the review.

I was thinking this is somewhat similar to Iroshihzuku Yama-guri, which is also a brown that leans sepia. Or possibly even Noodler's Whaleman Sepia which is a great color but had the worst flow of any ink I've ever seen....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstanedruth

[athenian]

Looks like Cacao du Brezil.

[jmccarty3]

Looks like Cacao du Brezil.

 

 

It does. A direct comparison between Brun Ours, Herbin Caco du Brésil, and R&K Sepia would be interesting.

[dkatiepowellart]

I have two, Ocre Jaune and Escarlate. Both are well behaved beautiful inks. I'd add my images but can't find a way.

BTW, they are not hard to purchase -- Vanness has both lines.