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What Is The Difference Between Lamy Pacific And Turquoise Ink


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We have just received Lamy Pacific - Special edition for 2017 and this question has popped up :)

Here is the deal... Pacific ink looks just like the Turquoise ink.

Take a look :)

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Lamy responded that these two inks are actually identical and Pacific will only differ from Turquoise by the packaging.

 

Mystery solved :)

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They don't even look different by the bottles.

 

I am guessing he meant the "box" when he said packaging.

 

 

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Lamy Turquoise is one of my favorite and most frequently used colors. It has a lovely red sheen. But it seems like something of a cheat to rename it in an attempt to get people to buy it as if they hadn't been selling it for a while. On the other hand, maybe people will "discover" it.

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Neither appeal to me, but I am seeing that the Pacific is a tiny bit lighter than the Turquoise, in the photo.

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THank you for sharing this with us.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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It occurs to me while reading this thread that a lot of the De Atramentis inks are relabeled (the Famous People line, the Zodiac series, some of the scented inks). And nobody makes much of a fuss about them, other than trying to figure out what they all are.

(Boy, if I could just find an unscented version of Patchouli -- it's an interesting color, but it stinks....)

Of course, De Atramentis isn't also doing LE pens....

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I'll share a writing sample when my bottle of Pacific arrives on Tuesday.

Brad

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If Lamy say that Pacific and Turquoise are identical then I assume they should know. I'm disappointed in one way, because we were advised that future LE inks would also be available within Europe. Perhaps this is their way of ensuring that they are. I hope they are also the same price. :mellow:

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If Lamy say that Pacific and Turquoise are identical then I assume they should know. I'm disappointed in one way, because we were advised that future LE inks would also be available within Europe. Perhaps this is their way of ensuring that they are. I hope they are also the same price. :mellow:

I believe the 2017 LE ink is the petrol blue. It's announced to arive at shops on april 2017.

(Source https://www.lacouronneducomte.nl/webstore/main/lamy-petrol-blue-fountain-bottle-limited-edition-p-8825.html)

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They don't even look different by the bottles.

 

The Turquoise cap is a yellower shade than the Pacific Blue cap. Scroll down to see a picture at a Goulet Pens review, here. My own bottles of each show the same difference in hue.

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If the two inks are indeed the same, I won't be as upset when I use up the Pacific Blue I already have.

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All Lamy T52 boxes are the same except for 2 (two) things:

  1. The color shown by the big dot on the top of the box, and by the sketch's top of the bottle (below the lid) on the front of the box. Yes, also by the color of the real lid itself.
  2. The barf code shown on the bottom of the box. In the case of Turquoise, this is 4 014519 089346 . You might want to see what that code reads on a Pacific box.

I wouldn't have minded if they went all the way and spent the time and money and effort to print what color the ink actually is, like "TURQUOISE". 1-2-3 languages wouldn't hurt... it doesn't have to be 7 (seven) like Montblanc whips out. MB is more expensive, but then you know what you have in front of you.

 

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