Yazeh Ink Reviews

Octopus Celestial Glitter- Gaia's Grove   Ink Review # 263   Ink:  Gaia’s Grove Series: Celestial Type: Dye-based green shimmer Brand:  Octopus  Country:  Germany Availability:  10 ml, 30 ml bottles. Pens Used:  Pilot Kakuno EF, Kaweco Sport, (EF, F, M, B, BB), Jinhao 100 Centennial (fude, Majohn) Description Part of a new series of six shimmer inks by Octopus. Gaia’s Grove is a lovely gloden-sepia ink with average wetness and lovely lubrication. The ink shows a green sheen under certain lights, likely caused by the shimmer particles. It worked best with Pilot Kakuno and Kaweco. I had some skipping issues with the fude, flex and BB nibs. After being left in the Kakuno for three weeks, the ink took a minute or two of fiddling before it started writing again. Shimmer and sheen in the Kakuno section and feed after three weeks.  Chroma Writing Samples  Photos only. Translations from language are provided for reference only and may diff...

  Jacques Herbin 1798  Diamant Bleu   Ink Review # 213   Originally posted on FPN: Nov 20, 2025   ---   🧾   Description Ink:  Jacques Herbin 1798 Diamant Bleu Brand:  Jacques Herbin Country:  France Available:  50 ml bottles worldwide. Pens Used:  Pilot Kakuno EF,  Kaweco Sport (EF/F/M/B/BB/stub 1.9) , Noodler’s Nibcreaper fitted with a Waterman M2 flex nib. This is gorgeous, well-lubricated, wet navy ink with silver shimmer. Dry times are quite short on Rhodia. It’s excellent on copy paper with most nibs, but there’ll be some bleed-through with wet pens.    The 1798 series celebrates the date Herbin started making inks.    The shading is most striking on all the Japanese papers shown below.    ---   🧪  Chroma   ---   ✍️  Writing Samples (scan) JEF stands for Japanese EF nib. Rhodia  / Iroful   Midori  /Tomoe River 68gsm   Hammermil...

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 ...