Jacques Herbin Bleu Azur — Ink Review #234
Jacques Herbin Bleu Azur Ink Review # 234 Originally posted on FPN: March 18, 2026 --- 🧾 Description Ink: Bleu Azur Brand: Jacques Herbin Country: France Available: 10/30 ml bottles, and cartridges. Pens Used: Pilot F3A EF, Lamy (EF/F/M/B/ stub 1.1), Kanwrite Desire As of this date, all J Herbin inks are marketed as Jacques Herbin. Bleu Azur is a light, bright turquoise. It has decent lubrication and was pleasant with most nibs. I preferred it with F, M, and B. It would not be legible with Japanese and Western EF nibs, as it’s pale and harsh under some lights (normally, with finer nibs, lines are darker, but not in this case). It needs a wet pen, soft, wide nib, and white paper to shine. It was most pleasant on white paper, especially Iroful and Tomoe River 68gsm. It has no water resistance and is awful on copy paper. If I were to choose one tu...