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This is an informal review of Lamy Copper Orange and is my first foray into ink reviewing. I was only able to get this in cartridges as the bottled ink hasn't arrived here yet.

Just in case you can't read the text in the photo:

Lamy Copper Orange in a Lamy Safari with a 1.1 stub. (I'm afraid I didn't complete the water test yet - I can add that in later). The paper used in the photo was 120gsm copy paper, It was good on an index card and other cheap papers and had a 'flatness' and strange opacity I've noted with other Lamy inks on Tomoe River paper.

 

Feathering: Nope

Bleed: Nope

Sheen: Nope

Shading: a teeny weeny bit

Show through: Nope

 

I'm quite keen on orange inks and have a few. This has a nice brightness to it without being retina searing and it is quite easy to read n large blocks of text. It is a good vivid colour with a very slight red and brownish note to it. It takes on a more interesting appearance as it dries and exhibits some shading, but nothing massive. It's quite a wet ink, lubrication seems good and I will definitely pick up a bottle when it arrives on these shores.

 

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I used copper orange at work for the past 2 weeks, it is a nice colour.

 

I am fortunate I can write with whatever ink I like at work, if people complain I call them "ballpoint wielding philistines" but no one has complained about this.

 

I did not like Lamy not releasing bottles of this ink in Europe, according to them Europeans are not a big buyer of bottled ink. But to make up for my disappointment they gave me a free bottle. GO LAMY!

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I've seen some pics since I did this that show more variance of colour and shading. Not massive, but better than what I got from it. Perhaps it's because my Lamy stub is a little dry as a writer and lays down a very evenly spread line. I might switch out the nib for the next cartridge to see if it makes a difference.

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I used copper orange at work for the past 2 weeks, it is a nice colour.

 

I am fortunate I can write with whatever ink I like at work, if people complain I call them "ballpoint wielding philistines" but no one has complained about this.

 

I did not like Lamy not releasing bottles of this ink in Europe, according to them Europeans are not a big buyer of bottled ink. But to make up for my disappointment they gave me a free bottle. GO LAMY!

 

Same thing as their (Lamy's) "Violet" and Coral" inks. Only available in cartridges. Phooey!

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Life is too short to drink bad wine (Goethe)

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Same thing as their (Lamy's) "Violet" and Coral" inks. Only available in cartridges. Phooey!

 

 

 

I recently purchased a bottle of Lamy Coral; I think that it came from the Goulets.

 

Thanks for the review. I plan to buy a bottle or two of this along with the Lamy Copper Orange Pen.

"One can not waste time worrying about small minds . . . If we were normal, we'd still be using free ball point pens." —Bo Bo Olson

 

"I already own more ink than a rational person can use in a lifetime." —Waski_the_Squirrel

 

I'm still trying to figure out how to list all my pens down here.

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