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I think it's pretty lame of Lamy to give another name to an existing ink and call it a "limited edition", but since I don't have Lamy Turquoise, I got a bottle of it anyway.

 

I seem to have heard quite a few people rave about Lamy Turquoise. But for me, it's just a mediocre turquoise ink. The colour is what I'd call "standard turquoise", nothing exciting. The flow is medium, doesn't have much lubrication. I think we can have a better deal getting J. Herbin Bleu Pervenche (much more interesting with a dark outlining and smoother flow) or R&K Blu Mare (cheap). Well it'll still a bargain compared to Montblanc UNICEF turquoise though...

 

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I'd choose the Lamy one over the Robert Oster anytime, which has even less lubrication and much drier and so much more expensive.

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(Thanks to HalloweenHJB for the CRV)

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I like its colour on your scans and that Akkerman does look really close to Eau de Nil. I did a double take when I saw "Akkerman".

 

As to turquoise inks, the Lamy does come recommended. But I think equally so as other B&M-available Turquoise inks. Looking at various websites, Lamy, Sheaffer, Waterman, and R&K have very close shades; practically interchangeable if it's not your favourite colour. On a recent trip abroad, I ordered Waterman only because it's not available locally. The price difference was negligible across all four brands for me, probably just a dollar apart in toto. R&K is really much cheaper in Europe though, and should be the default choice for potential buyers in that region.

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I'm one of those fans of Lamy Turquoise. It, as well as Lamy Violet, are the two standouts from Lamy's standard ink lineup. (Shout-out to Lamy Black, but it is, well, black). I fell in love with it when I discovered fountain pens around the turn of the millenium.

 

Lamy Turquoise contains a hint of green, just enough to distinguish it from its competitors of the day (Sheaffer Peacock, Waterman South Seas) but not so much that it becomes a blue-green ink, which for some reason I'm not so fond of.

 

From today's perspective, I appreciate the shading and sheening this ink provides. Especially the shading I get when loaded into a Safari, on Clairefontaine paper.

 

There's so many more turquoises available now than when I first discovered this ink, that there likely is something better now. (Glad to see I don't have to look at Robert Oster for a good alternative). But I think Lamy Turquoise/Pacific is still a good turquoise ink.

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