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 ...

Tintenlabor – Blausee   Ink Review # 211   Originally posted on FPN:  Nov 15, 2025   ---   🧾  Description   Ink:  Tintenlabor – Blausee Available:  30/50 ml bottles, directly from Tintenlabor. Pens Used:  Pilot Kakuno EF, Kaweco Sport (EF/F/M/B/ Stub 1.9) , Lamy Safari M, Noodler's Ahab with FPR ultra-flex.   Tintenlabor is a Swiss ink company specializing in iron gall inks. What differentiates this brand is that it discloses the iron content.  The samples were sent to me by the ink-Meister, David.  The inks have been streamlined, with the current lineup reflecting a more focused selection of colours and iron contents.  Blausee has a 4 g/L iron content.  The highest iron content is 6 g/L (Goldrausch) and lowest is 1 g/L (Alpstein).  It is named after the lake Blausee (Blue Lake) in Switzerland with turquoise water. Blausee writes turquoise and oxidizes to a blue-black or black (Noodler’s Ahab with an ebonit...

  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...