Lamy and the Whiteness of the Whale

[Nibble]

It may be "Harpoon Proof", but I was delighted when I was caught and a little bottle of this Magic Ink arrived. So, what pen should I use?

 

Of course it had to be a new one. I could never be sure that I had been able to wash out every scrap of ink from an old pen.

 

So I ordered a lovely shiny white Lamy. With a medium nib. And a converter.

 

Oh the excitement!

 

I dipped the nib in the new, the pristine, the virginal (if I may say, on this august network) and drew some ink into the pen. Then (like a fool, I now realise), because the converter wasn't full, I put the ink back in the bottle to draw up another 'draught'.

 

Ahhhhhh!!!! As I did so I saw a small quantity of blueness enter the milky liquid. And when I made a few marks on a piece of paper I found that they were blue.

 

What was happening? Was it an essence of a blue whale that I had in my one ounce bottle?

 

I contacted the vendor of the shiny white pen in some distress. My perfect bottle had been besmirched.

 

It seems that Lamy test all their nibs before they sell them.

 

Great! Now you tell me!

 

So I am telling you, dear and gentle readers of this network. Should you buy a new Lamy pen (and they are excellent pens) so as to write with your Blue Ghost of your Whiteness of the Whale be sure to remove the nib and wash it carefully first.

 

 

 

[artaddict]

Yes indeed, many pen manufacturers test their pens with ink, including Cross, and Waterman, from my experience.

[kissing]

Dang! I would be annoyed if that happened to me. Some of my pens when bought new did seem to have traces of blue ink in them. It didn't bother me because I had never used Ghost ink

 

I hope that tiny bit of blue didn't ruin your whole bottle

[Nibble]

Dang! I would be annoyed if that happened to me. Some of my pens when bought new did seem to have traces of blue ink in them. It didn't bother me because I had never used Ghost ink

 

I hope that tiny bit of blue didn't ruin your whole bottle

 

Dear Kissing

 

It'll probably be OK. After all, why do I need the bottle in the first place.

 

But I knew that I would find sympathetic ears (eyes?) in this place.

 

 

[Shelley]

Think of it a s a learning experiance-always wash you nibs/converter/pen with tap water before you do anything else, a good company or distributor will test your new pen to make sure it is good to sell...

[Elaine]

I would find that extremely annoying. Why don't they clean the nib? Richard tests all new pens (unless you specify not to), but I've never gotten a pen from him with ink on the nib!