Lamy "red"

[FlamingChicken]

Why is Lamy "Red" such a terrible color and why don't they reformulate it. I have not tried all of Lamy's inks but so far I like every one I have used but Lamy "red" is just bad. It is so light color you really can't call it red and it is the driest ink I have ever used, I feel like I a pencil is more wet then this ink. Does any one actually likes Lamy "red" and if you do why?

[Glenn-SC]

I have learned that for every color I dislike there is someone who really likes it.
And vice versa.

Inks I think are too dry others think are too wet.

And vice versa.

[FlamingChicken]

I know that but I have not seen any one who does like Lamy "red" I also have a problem calling it red.

[ErrantSmudge]

Sorry I double posted and I don't know how to delete a second post.

 

You can just edit the text on the second post to something like "double post".

 

I think Lamy Red is terrible for all the reasons you mentioned. LE Vibrant Pink is a much better choice if you're looking for a color in that range.

[Glenn-SC]

And the all and only buyers of Lamy ink do not reside on the FPN.

 

It is a bit egotistical of us to believe that the opinions expressed here are the only opinions there are and/or the only ones that matter.

 

It would be interesting to know the annual production and sales figures for Lamy inks, with sales listed by geographic area.

[mannschott]

The fact that Lamy Red and Pelikan Brilliant Red both suffer from the same warped definition of "red" makes me wonder if it's a German thing. ;-) Perhaps dye availability at the time the inks were originally introduced lead to this color, and they just stuck to it for consistency since then. *shrug*

[sciumbasci]

I think we're forgetting a very important notion here: not everybody cares for their pen as some of us do.

 

Red, and red based inks, are the most problematic writing fluids out there, leading to horrible nob creep abd other horrible side effects.

 

The German reds serve their purpose: low maintenance inks aimed for people that put a cartridge in their pen, write two lines maximum with it, cap and then put the pen away.

[Glenn-SC]

leading to horrible nob creep abd other horrible side effects.

 

Sorry, but that's funny!

[carlos.q]

The fact that Lamy Red and Pelikan Brilliant Red both suffer from the same warped definition of "red" makes me wonder if it's a German thing. ;-)

I doubt that. I have a bottle of DeAtramentis Karl Marx red and believe me, it's very red.