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One last thing: they give you the choice of Bock, Jowo or Schmidt nibs.

what you get

I LOVE Diamine Classic Red because it's what I think of as RED -- it's smack in the middle of the spectrum/doesn't lean pink/doesn't lean brown or orange/doesn't lean red violet/doesn't lean pale or dark/"fire engine" red/color of my first car (a 1984 Dodge Omni where the color was called "Graphic Red"). Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Thank you both for your helpful replies.

Well done, I pray you never turn back to lesser pens after this experience....🤠

I always figured to achieve a gold sheen they added something. 🤷🏼‍♂️ It just seemed an unnatural thing to achieve with regular dyes. Can't say I ever gave it more than passing consideration before. 😅 I hope the banning of the red dye in Lamy Violet doesn't mean we see fewer gold sheening inks in the future.

Plus 1....great customer service. I have 2 of the Graceful Lady models and they even came with spring loaded caps like Platinum. The others are regular caps.

'Out the box'.... I watched a truck stop right in front of my B&M, blocking traffice. The driver weent upt he raising tailgate with a dolly, taking a a foot high perhaps 18 inch wide and deep box out of the truck for delivery. I asked the B&M owner if he ever had nib trouble from delivery...and he denied it. Which is why one should buy in a B&M and test the pen. Way back in the olden days...when the mail service was more caring than today...no robot package kicking team......it's been a life time..in the '60's... a big Eastern University...could have been Duke or Penn mailed a package with a analog scale in it to measure the forces of mailing.....it arrived broken. I don't know of the modern mail trials...in I'm not is school, where such a odd fact is tossed around and remembered forever because it was never going to be on a test. The Display Box.. is only made for display, not mailing, where between man and robot trying out for all sorts of American Football positions. Throwing, kicking and trying three wall carom shots with the lightly packed display box causes the nibs to become misaligned. ....ill designed delivery shoots made for speed, not gentleness of package delivery. Goulet or how ever his name is spelled packs his goods, so they are B-52 bomb dropping proof......I didn't order a pen, just inks (to a Stateside motel..in I am not rich enough to afford US mail overseas prices))...but 'know' any pen buried in such packing will not have jarred out of alignment pens. When I buy used pens from Ebay...I have had an occasional misaligned nib. Not as many as the folks complaining here....but I expected it, seeing how some even mailed a pen just in a bubble envelope, or in a narrow one pen cardboard pen box...not even wrapped well in a box, just an envelope. And many were not misaligned, as expected....some were. But I know how to align a nib, so I can spare the 6 seconds to fix the problem. I can only afford Pelikan 200's as new....and as new from my B&M or even from the big Departments store with it's pen section...I've had no misaligned nibs. I see no reason to buy new pens by mail.....but I am lucky...I have a B&M and and just lost one of two departments stores with a pen island.**** ****** Back when only the smart monks could read in England, and few of them; there was a famous well read abbot who read, Latin, Greek and even knew the spoken language of his section of England , who stuck the letter s into iland, for the sheer hell of it, and later people like Alfred the Great learned to read a butchered word. iSland.....right....he loved the way he wrote an S. Folks were stubborn, and continued to say I live on an iland. ....well,Is that IIand, or LLand, ((probably didn't think much of the Welsh.))) perhaps he needed to make sure I or i, was not confused with l or L................. Island is how the Germans say Iceland.

Has anyone used a Lamy 2000 oblique nib? How smooth is it? How does it write?

Converter, beautiful bamboo box and a pen sleeve made from a fabric that looks like a peacock. I have only one of their pens (not a wooden one but one of their raden models) and I am very happy with it. Also with their exceedingly swift delivery.

I do have one that cracked on the cap but other than that they are very well made. They come with converters and all the ones I have gotten from them come in a beautiful bamboo box with a magnetic lid.

I think because sheen is a side effect of a dye. It's not a separate material added to the ink for the purpose, unlike shimmer.

If anyone has used both Diamine Dark Forest and Diamine Aurora Borealis, could you give any indication of how they compare? I would imagine Aurora Borealis probably has more blue, and is probably not as dark, but otherwise? I'm using AB a lot at the moment, but have been thinking about Dark Forest, too. Are they too similar to be worth having one of each? All comments on the two would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Don’t look now, but there’s a new Pelikan M1000 in Renaissance Brown!

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I’ve looked at their pens on the website, and have been interested in their wooden models. If you have any of the wooden models, can you comment on the finish work, and how well they have held up? Also, do they ship with a convertor? Thank you.

You're very welcome! Well, it is the back side of Rhodia... Perhaps dyes in this color just don't like to dry / set (seems a common problem for inks in this range). And yeah, wet and broad would definitely be best with this ink. Thanks!

Thank you, @namrehsnoom, for this comprehensive ink review - and especially for the beautiful artwork! I love the original painting/drawing the most! This Joy Of The Ordinary set is an excellent composition - I like the drawings on the boxes and how they combine. So far, I used only Delicious Sleep, which is of outstanding quality and behaved well. To my surprise, it was available in a B&M store nearby. Always looking forward to your next review!

Or should I solder it?

Anytime! What a beautiful color, I am tempted to look for it myself.

What did they respond?

All cats, all Octopus and all Merkats are grey (in the dark) Thank you, @yazeh, for the ink review and especially for your entertaining and funny artwork! I love the Merkat-pipe organ the most Since first use, I love this ink. However, I use it for drawing only.

I have just googled the original and man... if you are going to make such an obvious clone at least do it right. The slightly more tapered cap and the slightly less wimpy clip make a lot of aesthetic difference. What were you afraid of, being called a copycat? What a case of seeing and not understanding.

What does MD stand for? Midori Diary paper?

This ink has a nice fruit appearance! The microscopy image reveals the fibre structure found around the Mango pit! 👍 There we go. Thank you, @LizEF, for reviewing such a fruity ink, for the story (that initiates feelings like "the silence before the storm") and for the nice microscopy! The set time is a bit disappointing, unfortunately. The pale colour can make it suitable for wet writing pens. All together: an ink to consider, a review to remember.