J. Herbin 1670 Anniversary Ink Émeraude de Chivor - Ink Bottle

Author: José Manuel Cano

Review Title: Emeraude de Chivor

• Review Add on: 13-03-2025
• Average Rating: (5)

Gorgeous looking bottle.
Fantastic sheening and shimmery teal color.
Surprisingly well behaved, taking into account that it's a high maintenance ink.
It is a must try. Amazingly beautiful!

Author: Cristina E.

Review Title: A truly stunning color with great sheen and shimmer

• Review Add on: 18-07-2024
• Average Rating: (5)

This has quickly become a favorite, a truly stunning color. Very saturated blueish teal with amazing coppery sheen and gold shimmer. One way to think of this color is a peacock feather, just as elegant too. I now have it as a permanent choice for my Lamy Alstar fine nib and have had no issues with the shimmer clogging the nib, writes wonderfully, totally recommend!

Author: Jean-Baptiste ANDRE

• Review Add on: 01-10-2023
• Average Rating: (5)

Very good ink, I easily get gold shimmer with a Scribo medium nib. Remember to shake the bottle a bit before filling, and move the ink in the cartridge do as the particles will deposit at the bottom (mostly for the bottle, a pen being as static). The ink is teal colored and well-lubricated.

Author: Rick

Review Title: There's shimmer, but it's not garish

• Review Add on: 11-02-2023
• Average Rating: (4)

Émeraude de Chivor's combination of teal ink, red sheen and gold shimmer is obviously very pretty, it's the only shimmering ink that somehow still manages to look classy instead of being ostentatious, at least to me.

But the best part is the formulation. It flows extremely wetly, so the shimmer doesn't settle or clog the feed that easily. The glitter is also very fine and relatively sparse compared to most shimmering inks, so you can really see the little dots sparkling instead of getting a thick coat of reflective metal that obscures the ink colour. It seems to stick to the paper much better than shimmering inks from other brands I've tried as well, so it doesn't seem to get glitter all over your fingers or notebook.

The bottle looks lovely, but it could be better for filling. Isn't that always the case with these pretty bottles, though?

Author: John Rigby

Review Title: Emeraude de Chivor ink

• Review Add on: 23-08-2022
• Average Rating: (5)

This ink is lovely, it has a real impact on the paper and great to differentiate from 'normal' blue or black ink. Would definitely buy more colours from J. Herbin in the future.

Author: Andy

Review Title: Smooth ink for all pens

• Review Add on: 05-05-2022
• Average Rating: (4)

I never used this ink. My first impression is that it is very smooth. Use very good paper to feel smooth sliding write.

Author: Raghu

Review Title: Great shimmer

• Review Add on: 08-03-2022
• Average Rating: (5)

Among all the inks I have this has the best shimmer and looks. I use it on my platinum 3776 so that it doesn’t dry out. They are perfect combination

Author: Leo

• Review Add on: 20-09-2021
• Average Rating: (5)

Lovely dark brown. Low sheen and shading, but wonderful shimmer that flows evenly, no issue with clogging at all. Did not hesitate to ink up my Montblanc 146 with this ink.

Author: Andrei D

Review Title: Great ink

• Review Add on: 04-09-2019
• Average Rating: (5)

This is my first J. Herbin ink. I bought the emerald de chivor And I am completely delighted. I'm planning to buy the rest of the collection as well. The colour is incredibly beautiful, a special Aquamarine green-blue combined with the green of an emerald and with the golden sparkling of the sun upon the water surface. It has a very distinctive reddish tint contouring the letters even when writing with fine nibs and better observed when used with larger ones or calligraphy pens. Highly recommend!

P.S. the bottle is very cool

Author: Stella Deiana

Review Title: Great inks as expected

• Review Add on: 19-08-2019
• Average Rating: (5)

I already owned the 1798 Améthyste de L'Oural ink...which is one of my holy grail inks. This time I ordered the famous Emerald de Chivor and the Stormy Grey. I must say that both even though they are shimmer inks flow fantastically and especially Emerald de Chivor pops off the paper like no other ink. So very impressed by both and highly recommended. Two thumbs up!!

Author: Ferdinand Daguinsin

Review Title: J Herban 1670 Ink Stormy Grey

• Review Add on: 23-10-2018
• Average Rating: (5)

First the bottle is exceptional!!! it is something that you would want to display. However, what makes the bottle exceptional makes it hard for some pens (specifically) large one to get inked up. Having said that, the ink is fantastic. The ink flows nice and smooth. The clean up is easy and provides some shading even on fin nibs.. I would highly recommend this ink.