Lamy blue-black cartridge ink

[henrico]

Your opinions matter. What do you think?

 

Henrico

[UncleNick]

I felt the same way as you at first, I had limited options when I bought it in Germany. Now I use it daily in my Vista for note taking at work. The color has really grown on me, it is not too bold on the page and makes for easy reading.

Nick

[Edgar Allan Bo]

The bottled LAMY blue-black is not the same blue-black as in the cartridges... but I haven't tested them both side to side so I can't say if one is darker than the other... the bottled BB is an iron gall ink (but FP safe of course!) and gets darker over time!

 

Edited February 12, 2009 by sk2yshine

[Yoda]

The bottled version is a great mild introduction to blue/blacks. I understand that there is a difference between the bottle and cartridge versions.

 

Give the bottle a try!

 

Enjoy!

[Ondina]

The bottled version is a great mild introduction to blue/blacks. I understand that there is a difference between the bottle and cartridge versions.

 

Give the bottle a try!

 

Enjoy!

 

Same advice, try the bottle....

[sentraser165]

I've not tried the bottle, but I have the cartridge in a Lamy Safari with a medium nib. I find that the quality my writing is a function of what paper I use. If I write on my el cheapo office depot pad, then it comes off as a kind of weak blue-grey. When I use a nicer paper, the color is noticably more blue and is much stronger.

[saintsimon]

One big difference between cartiidge and bottle Lamy BB: the cartridge one doesn't change colour. That's how I found out about the difference between the two kinds. I first had the cartridge BB, thinking it will act like an iron gall ink should, but nothing happened after drying. Later I bought the bottled BB & violá, the ink oxidized after drying.

[Safari_Camo]

Where' the image?

[OCArt]

Where' the image?

 

Yup, lots of photos from FPN's past are gone.

As a point of information reading this old thread it is my understanding that the current Lamy BB is no longer an iron gall ink.

[lapis]

Lamy blue-black in a cartridge was never an iron gall ink. Their b-b in the bottle used to be an IG ink but it (in the bottle) was replaced by the non-IG b-b originally present in the cartridge in 2012.

 

Mike

[Jim7310]

I used a cartridge out of desperation and found I really liked the color. Nicely behaved ink as well