J. Herbin Cafe des Iles

[Breck]

Another freebie from the folks at Exaclair. I love this color and most of the qualities of this ink. It's extremely well-behaved, even on the cheapest papers, there's no nib creep, and the shading is extraordinary. I only wish that it were cheaper and had some water resistance.

 

 

 

 

This ink is gorgeous, and for the price it had better be!

 

It's also my first ink with significant shading, and I'm sold. Now to find some broad nibs for my Esties....

Edited January 5, 2009 by Ann Finley

[Ghost Plane]

Their Orange Indien has the luscious shading of Noodler's Apache Sunset, without the behavioral problems.

[Strang]

I use this J. Herbin Cafe des Iles as my regular brown. It might tend too much towards red for some folks but I love the warmth and it behaves perfectly in every pen I've tried it in.

[fuchsiaprincess]

Thanks for the review! Great ink and fantastic shading. Merry Christmas!

[saintsimon]

THis ink deserves its name, as it's colour looks like spilled coffee on paper.

[biffybeans]

See, I don't think they are that expensive.... $8.75? Especially since I've yet to finish any bottle of ink, I usually end up trading them away. The cost & little bottle, makes them feel more "special" to me.

[Peter from Sherwood Park]

Thank you for the review. This is yet another Herbin ink that I will have to try.

[ToasterPastry]

Great review. Great blog.

Edited December 26, 2008 by ToasterPastry

[Titivillus]

Nice review !

 

 

 

[techman]

Another reason to like herbin inks.

[cfpen]

Nice review. This ink is also lovely in a pen with a wet broad nib, a real pleasure, I love it.

 

EDIT : a sample

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n380/cfwpb/Stylos/cafe_iles.jpg

Edited December 29, 2008 by cfpen

[Juan in Andalucia]

This is the only "fancy color ink" I've used lately, and I think it will replace waterman havanna as my favorite brown ink. It has some reddish hue which I like a lot, and with nice shadowing. It also seems to flow better than waterman havanna.

 

Juan

[coco]

Thanks for the review. Also enjoyed your blog site.

 

I've always thought of myself as a bright-colors ink kinda person, but I've fallen in love with browns this past year. Helped seeing the broad nib with Cafe des Iles--shading is lovely!

[Breck]

Nice review. This ink is also lovely in a pen with a wet broad nib, a real pleasure, I love it.

 

EDIT : a sample

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n380/cfwpb/Stylos/cafe_iles.jpg

 

Thanks for the broad nibbed sample! (I've got some big ones on the way that will help with future ink reviews.)

[Gran]

Received a bottle of this today. I find it a beautiful color, warm, not too dark, nicely there. It's friendly, flows nicely. I can see why it'd become a favorite brown.

[Breck]

Update: I now have this ink in my OBB Pelikan 400. I'm in lurve. A handwritten review of the pen (using this ink) will be up shortly (before Monday, say).

[sallywally]

Another freebie from the folks at Exaclair. I love this color and most of the qualities of this ink. It's extremely well-behaved, even on the cheapest papers, there's no nib creep, and the shading is extraordinary. I only wish that it were cheaper and had some water resistance.

 

 

 

 

This ink is gorgeous, and for the price it had better be!

 

It's also my first ink with significant shading, and I'm sold. Now to find some broad nibs for my Esties....

I guess I think it's less expensive than Noodlers, Diamine, Caran D"Ache, and Sailor inks, according to my browsing :meow: .

[Mongo]

I guess I think it's less expensive than Noodlers, Diamine, Caran D"Ache, and Sailor inks, according to my browsing :meow: .

 

J. Herbin inks come in 30ml bottles. A regular Noodler's bottle, as an example, is 3 oz., or almost three times as much ink. J. Herbin inks are inexpensive "by the bottle", but about twice as expensive by the milliliter. They're nice inks, and I think well worth the money, but they're not cheap.

 

[sallywally]

I guess I think it's less expensive than Noodlers, Diamine, Caran D"Ache, and Sailor inks, according to my browsing :meow: .

 

J. Herbin inks come in 30ml bottles. A regular Noodler's bottle, as an example, is 3 oz., or almost three times as much ink. J. Herbin inks are inexpensive "by the bottle", but about twice as expensive by the milliliter. They're nice inks, and I think well worth the money, but they're not cheap.

Ah, I see!

[Silvermink]

My former local J. Herbin supplier doesn't carry FP inks anymore. Grrrr.