J. Herbin Violette Pensée

[Lithium466]

I think there were other brands, Waterman-JIF (made in France), Chanta, Antoine & fils...

Violet/purple was the standard colour until the 70's or so, and I guess was then supplanted by "erasable" blue

[Sailor Kenshin]

This is one of my oldest inks too, and I haven't used it in so long I wonder if the bottle still has ink in it!  

 

Pretty color, though it comes out pale, like the dots on a Rhodia pad, even when I use a gushy pen.  I like the comparison inks, and the water test with wet disgruntled Kitteh made me grin.

 

Fillmore West-worthy drawing of psychedelic Kitteh and Mousie.  I guess if you travel back in time to San Francisco, this is the ink for you!

 

@yazeh, thanks once again for these ink-splorations.  🎉

[yazeh]

On 1/23/2024 at 6:50 PM, Sailor Kenshin said:

This is one of my oldest inks too, and I haven't used it in so long I wonder if the bottle still has ink in it!  

Time to check

 

On 1/23/2024 at 6:50 PM, Sailor Kenshin said:

 

Pretty color, though it comes out pale, like the dots on a Rhodia pad, even when I use a gushy pen.  I like the comparison inks, and the water test with wet disgruntled Kitteh made me grin.

 

On 1/23/2024 at 6:50 PM, Sailor Kenshin said:

 

Fillmore West-worthy drawing of psychedelic Kitteh and Mousie.  I guess if you travel back in time to San Francisco, this is the ink for you!

 

@yazeh, thanks once again for these ink-splorations.  🎉

A pleasure! 

On 1/23/2024 at 6:23 PM, Lithium466 said:

I think there were other brands, Waterman-JIF (made in France), Chanta, Antoine & fils...

Violet/purple was the standard colour until the 70's or so, and I guess was then supplanted by "erasable" blue

Thanks for sharing this valuable information

[Anne-Sophie]

 

Thank you for a wonderful review yazeh!

 

Violette Pensée is available in 100 ml bottles, which makes it a good candidate for turn of the 20th century inkwell filling, at least personal inkwells, to write all those formal invitations, graduations, religious ceremonies souvenir certificates, business and, of course, personal correspondence.

 

My beautiful Great-Grand-Mother was the scribe in the family.

 

I think businesses preferred black ink. Local and legacy business archives, need to be consulted to be sure.

 

School switched to erasable blue when inkerasors became widely available. They helped prevent the need to re-write essays for minor spelling mistakes. 

[yazeh]

26 minutes ago, Anne-Sophie said:

 

Thank you for a wonderful review yazeh!

🙏

26 minutes ago, Anne-Sophie said:

 

Violette Pensée is available in 100 ml bottles, which makes it a good candidate for turn of the 20th century inkwell filling, at least personal inkwells, to write all those formal invitations, graduations, religious ceremonies souvenir certificates, business and, of course, personal correspondence.

 

26 minutes ago, Anne-Sophie said:

 

My beautiful Great-Grand-Mother was the scribe in the family.

😻

26 minutes ago, Anne-Sophie said:

 

I think businesses preferred black ink. Local and legacy business archives, need to be consulted to be sure.

 

School switched to erasable blue when inkerasors became widely available. They helped prevent the need to re-write essays for minor spelling mistakes. 

Yes, I used to have those ink eraser pens. All those dissertations

 

[Anne-Sophie]

2 hours ago, yazeh said:

🙏

 

😻

Yes, I used to have those ink eraser pens. All those dissertations

 

 

Are you also originally from France? I am in the U.S and bring ink-erasers in bulk when I visit France. Are they widely available in Canada?

 

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, Anne-Sophie said:

 

Are you also originally from France?

No. But I studied there. We used fountain pens and the increasers 

 

1 hour ago, Anne-Sophie said:

I am in the U.S and bring ink-erasers in bulk when I visit France. Are they widely available in Canada?

 

I don't know. I don't use them anymore

 

[Lithium466]

1 minute ago, yazeh said:

No. But I studied there. We used fountain pens and the increasers 

 

I don't know. I don't use them anymore

 

 

1 hour ago, Anne-Sophie said:

 

Are you also originally from France? I am in the U.S and bring ink-erasers in bulk when I visit France. Are they widely available in Canada?

 

You can usually find the Pelikan and Lamy ones in a few stationery stores here.

Like yazeh, I stopped using them when my allergies to erasable royal blue inks developed