I got this one on a whim, thinking I might need a yellow. It's not suitable for writing as you cannot see what you're doing and while the scan and photos make it legible, I cannot read the page, over powered by this arguably bright yellow. It's a dry ink and wrote awful in the Soennecken. And it was awful to see the colour through the ink window, it looked like golden pee. Yuck!
I believe it's only suitable for art work, or mixing to create murky greens for ex. (you know who you are)
I'm not sure if you can use it as a highlighter, as it's not waterproof and loves soaking up cheap paper, meaning it'll bleed through.
Oh and where sunglasses, you'll be blinded. 😎
Let's start with the Chroma:
Chroma - Herbin Bouton d'or.jpeg
Writing samples:
While it looks legible, it is not. I could not read what I was writing, hence my illegible handwriting.
RHodia - Herbin Bouton d'or.jpg
Midori - Herbin Bouton d'or.jpeg
TR68gr - Herbin Bouton d'or.jpeg
Hammermill 20lb back. This ink hates cheap paper
Hammermill - Back - Herbin Bouton d'or.jpg
Photos:
lRhodia - Photo - Bouton d'or2.jpg
Rhodia - Photo - Bouton d'or.jpg
Comparaison:
Comparaison - Bouton D'or.jpg
Watertest:
Watertest - Herbin Bouton d'or.jpeg
I was so frustrated with this ink that mixed the Lamy convertors of the pen filled with Herbin Perle Noire with this one. I also added a few drops of Perle Noire in the convertor of the Kakuna, and created a nice murky green. I did a writing sample on cheap Hammermill 20lb paper, and chromas of the different mixes:
Note the blue in the first one,
Mix -Chroma.jpg
And finally the only reason to have this ink: to draw the Minions and bananas
Inks used:
J Herbin Bouton d'or (yellow), Noodler's Apache Sunset
A mix of Herbin Perle Noire + Bouton d'or (Murky green)
Platinum Carbon Black
Ink for the pants: Akkerman Delfts Blauw and water colour and pastel.
· Pens used: Pilot Kakuna Ef, Lamy Safari (EF/F/M/B), Soennecken school pen semi-flex, Jinhao 450 fude
· What I liked: For drawing the Minions and bananas , mixing
· What I did not like: Illegible, not water resistant and ugly through the ink window.
· What some might not like: Illegible It doesn’t like cheap papers.
· Shading: Are you kidding me?
· Ghosting: On cheap paper
· Bleed through: Same as above.
· Flow Rate: Wet
· Lubrication: Dry
· Nib Dry-out: None
· Start-up: None
· Saturation: Unsaturated
· Shading Potential: You can’t see, so what’s the point?
· Sheen: None
· Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: No
· Nib Creep / “Crud”: No.
· Staining (pen): No
· Clogging: No
· Cleaning: Ok
· Water resistance: It doesn’t really make a difference does it?
· Availability: 10/30 ml bottles, cartridges. I hope it's doesn't exist in 500 ml bottles
Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier
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