J Herbin Larmes de Cassis

[Yazeh]

Larmes de Cassis, translates to tears of blackcurrant, a poetic way of describing, crème de cassis, I assume, a liqueur added to white wine (kir) or champagne (kir royal).

Note that in French, only the first letter of the title is capitalized only (Larmes de cassis).
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Writing samples:
All quotes are by French authors, noblesse oblige
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Photo:
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Ink is on the dry side, wet, watery with low lubrication and is surprisingly water resistant. Left side was held under running water for 10 seconds.
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I enjoyed writing with it. I won’t recommend it for thin, absorbent paper, unless you have a light touch and use a finer nib.
This is a Hammermill copy paper: First line is a medium nib. 2nd fude, third reverse fude, to create a fine line, quite a bit of ghost and bleeding....
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Comparaison:
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And finally an art work. I participate in the yearly inktober. Here is a play on Giant and Tear:
There are too many inks too name, but the giant tear is Larmes de cassis



· Pens used: Lamy Safari (Ef/F/M/B), Conway Steward 330 (Vintage flex oblique), Jinhao 450, (Fude nib)
· What I liked: beautiful colour, good water resistance, and poetic name. Easy cleaning.
· What I did not like: Very long dry times, watery ink.
· Shading: None
· Ghosting: Not on good paper.
· Bleed through: Not on good paper.
· Flow Rate: Wet
· Lubrication: On the dry side.
· Nib Dry-out: None
· Start-up: None
· Saturation: Nice
· Shading Potential: Dismal
· Sheen: No.
· Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not noticed.
· Nib Creep / “Crud”: No.
· Staining (pen): No
· Clogging: No.
· Cleaning: Easy. A midnight soak for Safari and it was clean as a whistle. The vintage pen was a bit more time consuming.
· Water resistance: Quite good. The more absorbent the paper, the better the water resistance.
· Availability: 10 ml / 30 ml bottles/cartridges.

Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier

[LizEF]

Thanks, Yazeh, for the thorough review, cute kitties, and super-chroma paper towel art! Always enjoy your drawings. That blue and Urkundentinten combo go really well together.

[Yazeh]

Thanks, Yazeh, for the thorough review, cute kitties, and super-chroma paper towel art! Always enjoy your drawings. That blue and Urkundentinten combo go really well together.

Thank you. Too kind. The. Urkendentinten is expired. But it's a fun ink to draw with Q-tip

[Sailor Kenshin]

I am not much of a poiple-ink lover, but this Cassis caught my eye at a pen show, and I still have a couple of (mostly evaporated) carts. Thanks so much for the review!

[Yazeh]

I am not much of a poiple-ink lover, but this Cassis caught my eye at a pen show, and I still have a couple of (mostly evaporated) carts. Thanks so much for the review!

It's a fun ink to draw with or do some ink spots with. Writing it's so, so. There are many inks in this tone

[PithyProlix]

It's a fun ink to draw with or do some ink spots with. Writing it's so, so. There are many inks in this tone

I wasn't going to say it but, while I think the color is quite attractive, somehow the color doesn't work for me as a writing ink. Diamine Tyrian Purple and Handel are a couple others like that.

Thanks for the great review!

[Yazeh]

It's a fun ink to draw with or do some ink spots with. Writing it's so, so. There are many inks in this tone

I wasn't going to say it but, while I think the color is quite attractive, somehow the color doesn't work for me as a writing ink. Diamine Tyrian Purple and Handel are a couple others like that.

Thanks for the great review!

You're absolutely right. I would have liked it slightly darker, myself.