Here's an ink I bought on a whim and didn't regret it!
Here's an ink I bought on a whim and didn't regret it!
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I have a thing for grey inks and have tried many of them and settled on this one as my main one with fuya-syogan in second place. Lexington Grey just looks too black most of the time.
(Faber Castell Osmia 883 - OF ..... Mont Blanc Oyster Grey)
(Pelikan M600 - M ..... De Atramentis Silbergrau (Silver Grey))
Bogon07 (May 2nd, 2013)
The MB Oyster Grey looks very nice on off white paper.
Thanks for the reviews - Very nice handwriting!
I was really looking forward to trying this one out, but in every pen I tried it looks like a 6H pencil: so light I can barely read it. I wish it looked like your example here.
Excellent review as always!
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Very nice review.
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Gris Nuage is almost the perfect grey. It is the perfect shade, with wonderful shading and behavior. I just wish it were a touch darker, its barely readable with my fine and xf nibs.
Nice review. I get the feeling the J. Herbin some inks are watery in a dilute sort of way. I have a few and still cannot decide whether I like them or not. I have experienced railroading with them. What has been your experience?
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Thanks for the review. I'm having a hard time trying to decide between Gris Nuage and Diamine Grey. I know they aren't really the same shade but I think I might be leaning towards Gris Nuage now. Mont Blanc Oyster Grey is what I really want but it works out too expensive when I consider how much ink I manage to plow through.
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CapeClear (June 15th, 2013)
One of my favorite grey inks. I use it for drawing since it is fairly lightfast.
MadAmos (June 14th, 2013)
Doesn't look like I'd like it unless it was being used in a wet noodle.
Thanks snedwos. Unfortunately I have to incorporate shipping costs into overall costs. There isn't anywhere I can walk into and purchase some MB ink like I can with other brands. All options available to me require extra shipping fees in the region of 2-3E extra.
+1 on the Lexington Grey! I also find the Gris Nuage too light.
BTW- Thanks for the written comparison on the others Pterodactylus!
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This was the first ever ink I purchased. I was also surprised by how light it turned out. I recently bought Faber Castell's Stone Grey and am anxious to try it.
Thanks for the review.
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Makes me glad I have this ink. Great review!
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Nice review but I just can't come up with a reason I would need so faint an ink.
Thanks again for the great review.
Thanks for the great review. I'm with many others...way too light for any use I could come up with. It might be interesting to try mixing it with a touch of black ink to see if I can get something more out of it.
plistumi, I find J. Herbin inks to generally be quite dry-flowing inks. In some pens, I find them unusable. I have had fewer problems with Eclat de Saphire, but Gris Nuage is probably the driest ink in my collection (I've got around 90 bottles), and also in my 5 least favorite inks. It's way too light, IMO.
I'm anxious to try the MB Oyster Grey I purchased over the holidays. I'll try to have a review coming up shortly.
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