Lamy Turquoise

[nomadhacker]

 

This is one of my favorites from my personal collection, as far as the color is concerned. It's a good color. Flows good, and cheap. I do wish that it had some more permanence. Not very water resistant and not very fade resistant. It seems from every one of these I've checked out that turquoise colors in general aren't very permanent.

 

I think Lamy's inks do tend to be underrated. I think that's true of most pen companies ink selections. Far more attention is paid to the boutique ink brands, and a lot of good solid inks get overlooked that usually have much better everyday flow characteristics-but maybe not some of the special boutique properties.

[nomadhacker]

Also, forgive my schizophrenic handwriting

[Laura N]

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I think Lamy's inks do tend to be underrated. I think that's true of most pen companies ink selections. Far more attention is paid to the boutique ink brands, and a lot of good solid inks get overlooked that usually have much better everyday flow characteristics-but maybe not some of the special boutique properties.

 

I agree. These are good, solid choices for reasonable prices. Not always exciting, but always well-behaved.

 

Thanks for the review.

[whoelse]

I love Turquoise too! I am currently using Pelikan 4001 Turquoise, will try Lamy one of these days.

 

[renderboy]

Gotta love the turquoise!

[ak2k5]

does this ink clog the pen?i bought a new safari ,actually my first safari..and used the turquoise ink..the nib is smooth but the ink flow is patchy..and skips often especially when not freshly filled..

cleaning the pen now fearing the ink is clogging up the pen..

[Resolute]

I think this is my favorite turquoise. I've never had a bad experience with it.

[PaganArcher]

does this ink clog the pen?i bought a new safari ,actually my first safari..and used the turquoise ink..the nib is smooth but the ink flow is patchy..and skips often especially when not freshly filled..

cleaning the pen now fearing the ink is clogging up the pen..

I'm no expert, but I'd inspect the nib and make sure the tines are in alignment and to verify there's no baby's bottom. Both those can and will cause hard starts and skipping.

[overwriter]

Doubt that is the ink as well. Great value everyday ink that has some personality.

 

But look closely at the ink. Could have gone bad. Look for some slime. I had this happen to another ink. Don't leave them in the sun.

[stonezebra]

does this ink clog the pen?i bought a new safari ,actually my first safari..and used the turquoise ink..the nib is smooth but the ink flow is patchy..and skips often especially when not freshly filled..

cleaning the pen now fearing the ink is clogging up the pen..

 

Glad to hear you're cleaning it because my first thought was to wonder if you had cleaned your new pen before filling it. Sometimes manufacturing 'gunk' can cause problems. Good tip about the tines possibly being misaligned, thanks for the reminder.

[Grafji]

Lamy tests the safari's in their factory with Lamy blue ink, so if you buy a safari, it is always good to flush it before using it.

[ak2k5]

thanks for the feedbacks...i flushed the pen.and filled it with sheaffer skrip black..and it writes like a dream..

as said above it might be the "manufacturing gunk" ..anyways the pen has become my daily writer..

 

i love the turquoise colour..so will probably use it for the next pen i purchase..

Edited April 28, 2016 by ak2k5

[Fatestorm]

I think Lamy's inks do tend to be underrated. I think that's true of most pen companies ink selections. Far more attention is paid to the boutique ink brands, and a lot of good solid inks get overlooked that usually have much better everyday flow characteristics-but maybe not some of the special boutique properties.

 

I agree. I've been using plain Lamy Black for four months, and I'm finding its charcoaly-ebon beautiful, amazingly performing, non-bleeding, fast drying... great! I love Lamy turquoise as well, though it sees less use. I'm not sure whether I like Lamy Turquoise better or the Pelikan 4001 Turquoise.