J. Herbin — Perle Noire — Ink Review #67
J Herbin — Perle Noire Ink Review # 67 Originally posted on FPN: Jul 6, 2023 Ink: Perle Noire Brand: J Herbin Country: France Availability: 10 ml, 30 ml, 500 ml bottles, cartridges. Pens Used: Pilot Kakuno EF, Lamy Safari (EF, F, M, B), Osmiroid Copperplate semi-flex nib, Jinhao 450 fude nib. Description My go-to black inks for sketching and writing are Platinum Carbon Black and Sailor Kiwaguro. I got this one on a whim. I had forgotten how wonderful a shiny black ink can sometimes be. It is reminiscent of Japanese sumi, and lampblack inks, and this one delivers. This was the first ink that tamed the Pilot Kakuno EF steel nib into something pleasurable. I also enjoyed using it with the Osmiroid Copperplate nib, but paradoxically less with Lamy Safari or the Jinhao with a fude nib. Still, I managed to use half of the 10 ml bottle for this review. What was surprising was how easy it was to clean, despite bei...