Yazeh Ink Reviews

Jacques Herbin 1670 - Opal Nocturne (Night Opal)   Ink Review # 212   Originally posted on FPN: Nov 17, 2025   --- 🧾  Description Ink:  1670 - Opal Nocturne (Night Opal) Brand:  Jacques Herbin Country:  France Available:  50 ml bottle worldwide. Pens Used:  Pilot Kakuno EF,  Kaweco Sport (EF/F/M/B/BB/stub 1.9) Noodler’s Nibcreeper fitted with a vintage Waterman flex nib.   One of the newest 1670 inks with gold shimmer, is a blue-green-grey ink, nicely lubricated and excellent on copy paper. Dry time is fast on Rhodia.    Ink colour is very close to Vert de Gris; the only difference is shimmer and lubrication.    1670 inks are gold shimmer inks that celebrate the creation of Herbin company.  1798 inks are silver shimmer inks that honor the date when they started making inks.      ---   🧪  Chroma   --- ✍️  Writing Samples (scan) JEF stands for Japanese EF nib. Rhodia ...

  Journalize Starwave Meadow   Ink Review # 210   Originally posted on FPN:  Nov 05, 2025    ---   🧾  Description   Ink:  Journalize Starwave Meadow Available:  30ml bottles worldwide. Pens Used:  Pilot Kakuno EF, Kaweco Sport (EF/F/M/B/ BB/Stub 1.9) Kanwrite with a FPR Flex.   Journalize is a Hong Kong-based company. Inks are made in Hungary, boxed in France, and stamped in Hong Kong.    Ink is lovely sea-glass blue-green colour with gold shimmer.    Ink was atrocious with Pilot Kakuno, great with Kaweco Sport, and OK with Kanwrite flex.  The amount of shimmer in the feed is frightening. (Check photos)   There’s some shading. Dry times are relatively long on Rhodia. Colour is not suited for cream-coloured papers like Midori. It behaves decently on copy paper, though I cannot fathom why anyone would like to write on copy paper with shimmer ink.  ;)    ---   🧪  C...

  Van Dieman’s Here Kitty Kitty   Ink Review # 204   Originally posted on FPN: Sep 22, 2025   ---   🧾  Description   Ink:  Van Dieman’s Here Kitty Kitty Brand:  Van Dieman's Country:  Australia Available:  30 ml bottles worldwide. Pens Used:  Pilot Kakuno EF,  Kaweco (EF/F/M/B/ BB, Stub 1.9) , Kanwrite with FPR Flex nib.   Van Dieman’s is a prolific ink company based in Tasmania, Australia.   Part of the Feline series, Here Kitty Kitty is a pale pink, beige ink with heavy gold shimmer.  I don’t like shimmer inks in general, and this one is no exception. I made the mistake of reviewing it under artificial light. At times I couldn’t read what the “shimmer” I was writing.  Sometimes it was too bright, sometimes too pale. It is legible once it dries.  I could not ascertain if the flow was wet or not, at times it was, but then it stopped writing. It might be I didn't fill the p...