Lamy Studio Palladium - Tarnish?

[menick]

I've seen\heard that some lamy studio palladium have a tendency to tarnish; i.e. turn more of a brown color in some places.

 

Is this normal? What causes it, and can it be removed\prevented?

 

Anybody has a picture of some?

 

Thanks

 

nick

[Shelley]

I have heard that the surface will wear off with age, or it scratches easily, not sure which, I think that the Palladium is a very thin coating.

[Pippin60]

I have heard that the surface will wear off with age, or it scratches easily, not sure which, I think that the Palladium is a very thin coating.

 

 

Annealed Palladium is supposed to be fairly hard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palladium. I imagine it will wear over time. is it your daily writer? Mine has no signs of tarnish. I've had it for a while but not a daily writer. No offense but everyone's body chemistry is different. My father was a tool and die maker and his partner only had to touch some raw hard steel and later that day his finger prints would show. My father never had this problem. He used to joke that his partner drank tea all day and the acid in his sweat caused it. I don't know how much of this can be possible but sweat does contain some acid.

[menick]

I have heard that the surface will wear off with age, or it scratches easily, not sure which, I think that the Palladium is a very thin coating.

 

 

Annealed Palladium is supposed to be fairly hard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palladium. I imagine it will wear over time. is it your daily writer? Mine has no signs of tarnish. I've had it for a while but not a daily writer. No offense but everyone's body chemistry is different. My father was a tool and die maker and his partner only had to touch some raw hard steel and later that day his finger prints would show. My father never had this problem. He used to joke that his partner drank tea all day and the acid in his sweat caused it. I don't know how much of this can be possible but sweat does contain some acid.

 

It is a new pen, never tried yet.

 

I did not rub to see if is just something over it, and not "in" it, but considering I've heard of some people having them tarnish, I was wondering...

 

nick

[feiye]

The Palladium tarnishes in humid weather and also when the user has sweaty hands. In a nutshell, if you live in a humid area (ie. Singapore, Australia etc) don't get a palladium studio.

 

The layer of palladium is very thin and brown spots appear if you leave it in open air during a humid day. It oxidises when it reacts with the humid air.

 

If you want palladium that won't tarnish, go for a Dupont.

Edited November 13, 2008 by feiye

[Supergome]

My Studio Palladium grows some weird corrosion or tarnish quite frequently. It appears as a greyish-tannish accretion, mainly on the section, and mostly on the part of the section that is enclosed by the inner cap when the cap is on the pen.

 

The Studio has a metal cap with an inner plastic insert, and the insert presses firmly against the section when the pen is capped. The combination of trapped moisture, ink, and physical abrasion by the inner cap resulting in this stuff poking through the palladium plating on my pen probably before the second fill was written out.

 

A gentle polish of the palladium with a cloth smoothes down the high points created by this corrosion so that they are no longer noticeable to the casual touch, and makes them somewhat less visible to the eye. The corrosion does not reappear during general writing, and is mostly inactive when the pen is put away dry, but reappears right away if the pen is stored with ink in it for a day or two.

 

I find this highly annoying in something that is supposedly one of Lamy's higher-end pens. The palladium finish in general seems fairly thin and susceptible to wear. I can live with that, but the corrosion issue bugs me. Since this pen is only a couple of months old, I'm considering asking Lamy to either swap the rubberized section from the lesser Studio models onto my pen, or to swap my gold nib into one of the Studio Stainless models.

 

I'm very pleased with the way the pen writes, but much less happier with the durability of its finish.

 

 

 

[Inya]

Well...here I am 10 years later of the dates are all correct. I bought a Lamy Studio at a flea market for less than 10 usd. I know now that it is the palladium version and I never understood why it looked like it has seen the apocalypse. It has that beautiful 14k gold mine and it writers oh so nice, looks like something out of MadMax not that I mind

[senzen]

Well...here I am 10 years later of the dates are all correct. I bought a Lamy Studio at a flea market for less than 10 usd. I know now that it is the palladium version and I never understood why it looked like it has seen the apocalypse. It has that beautiful 14k gold mine and it writers oh so nice, looks like something out of MadMax not that I mind

 

I was going to ask for a picture but now I'm not so sure, a mad max Studio! I have a Palladium Studio bought only a few months ago, still looks good. I think in the end all Studio finishes might be delicate, a pen to keep in a box or pouch and not one to carry around in one's pockets, the "palladium" finish might just be a name? Mine has a steel nib.

[sirgilbert357]

 

I was going to ask for a picture but now I'm not so sure, a mad max Studio! I have a Palladium Studio bought only a few months ago, still looks good. I think in the end all Studio finishes might be delicate, a pen to keep in a box or pouch and not one to carry around in one's pockets, the "palladium" finish might just be a name? Mine has a steel nib.

 

 

Did the Palladium Studio ever come with a steel nib? I thought they were only offered with gold nibs. Either way, I hope the steel nib was factored into the price you paid for the pen!

[senzen]

 

 

Did the Palladium Studio ever come with a steel nib? I thought they were only offered with gold nibs. Either way, I hope the steel nib was factored into the price you paid for the pen!

 

Mine did, but they might have swapped the nib, hence the cheap price I got it for.

[1nkulus]

Did the Palladium Studio ever come with a steel nib? I thought they were only offered with gold nibs. Either way, I hope the steel nib was factored into the price you paid for the pen!

 

The palladium comes with a gold nib but a swap is always possible, though uncommon. The finish is delicate.