Stormy Grey
J.Herbin,  1670 anniversary ink



     The deep purple grey colour of the Stormy Grey from J.Herbin had convinced me that there is an ink out there that will look amazing for both writing with as well as drawing and be easy to clean.

Stormy Grey on test plate after 3 mL of water

    Stormy Grey is a purple/grey colour with gold sediment. On the page it resembles an ink that ancient texts, fairy tales or latin books of spells would have been created with. The gold sediment however is a good and bad thing. In my demonstrator pens and ink windows I observed the gold collecting in areas that could only be cleaned out by dismantling the pen. For me, this is an issue for pens or nib assemblies that cannot be broken down and limited the number of pens I felt comfortable using the ink in. The ink itself cleans out of pens with ease but the gold sediment remained and I found it a chore. Apart from that Stormy Grey performed well and I was pleasantly surprised by how fast it dried on both papers tested considering the wet nature of the ink.
      This J. Herbin anniversary ink is an amazing colour with gold dusting to complement it and performs well, I personally use Stormy Grey in the pens that can be easily cleaned and would recommend it with that caveat.

Stormy Grey on Hilroy paper

Stormy Grey on Clairefontaine paper

Ink diagrams prepared using:
1.  Noodler's Ahab fitted with flex 'modified' nib
2. Esterbrook nib in dip pen