J. Herbin Café des Îles — Ink Review #143
J Herbin Café des îles Ink Review # 143 Originally posted on FPN: Sep 4, 2024 Ink: J Herbin Café des îles Brand: J Herbin Country: France Availability: 10 ml, 30 ml bottles and I believe cartridges. Pens Used: Lamy (Reverse EF/ EF/ F /M /B, BB), Osmiroid Copperplate nib. Description According to the Herbin website: "Café des îles (Island coffee): a light brown color reminder of the great coffee smell enjoyed at the terrace of a café in a far away island ." You be the judge 😛 This is a dryish, Ovaltine colored, reddish brown, which shines on Japanese paper, mostly with Iroful and 68 gr Tomoe River Paper. It doesn’t remind me of coffee. One can say, it's a lighter version of Private Reserve Vampire Red, but easier to clean. Surprisingly long dry time on Rhodia, so not suitable for lefty overwriters It's not a good candidate for copy paper. It ghosted and bled through Hammermill 20 lb copy paper. I didn't bother to scan...