Noodler's Legal Lapis

[Stephen-I-am]

This is not one of my favorite colors, but the flow characteristics are really something.  I loaded a slighly dry Hero 100 flighter with fine nib, and it is a different pen altogether compared with how it felt loaded with Pelikan Royal Blue. [...]

I think you will find the same flow and lubrication characteristics in luxury blue. I noticed how much smoother my italic nib was with this ink. Since I like the color better, it's a good alternative for me.

 

Stephen

[AlejoPlay]

I love this color and wish it weren't so expensive.

 

Will have to eventually splurge.

[GrantC]

I'm so hooked on it that it's become the only color I use.

 

Yes, I know I'm boring. :blink:

[Macuser]

It doesn't mean you are boring, it just means you know what you like! I also use Legal Lapis.

[Viseguy]

I love this color and wish it weren't so expensive.

 

Will have to eventually splurge.

Buy some Luxury Blue or Hunter Green. Then it won't seem so expensive... :ltcapd:

[BillTheEditor]

I love this color and wish it weren't so expensive.

 

Will have to eventually splurge.

Buy some Luxury Blue or Hunter Green. Then it won't seem so expensive... :ltcapd:

I think the reference was to Luxury Blue, Viseguy.

 

My own recommendation re Luxury Blue and the price is to only use it in dry writers or with xtra-fine or fine nibs. At least that way you get more words per bottle. My Hero 100 stays loaded with L.B. Using Hunter Green in a Sonnet with stub nib, though -- may not be my best idea.

[Viseguy]

I think the reference was to Luxury Blue, Viseguy.

I thought the discussion was about Legal Lapis. L.B. is about twice as expensive as L.L.

 

My own recommendation re Luxury Blue and the price is to only use it in dry writers or with xtra-fine or fine nibs. At least that way you get more words per bottle. My Hero 100 stays loaded with L.B. Using Hunter Green in a Sonnet with stub nib, though -- may not be my best idea.

I use L.B. almost exclusively for signatures. A single fill of my signature pen (a Pel M800 with Mottishawed B nib) lasts a month or two, and I sign my name a lot. Noodler's Gulf Stream Blue (a Swisher exclusive) is quite similar in color and other properties ("eternal") and, at half the price, I feel OK about using it as an all-purpose blue. I've also been enjoying the Mystery Blue mix that's the subject of another thread. But, seriously, once you get used to the price of the 1 oz. bulletproof inks, the other eternal inks seem downright reasonable. And, in truth, there are other, non-Noodler's, non-waterproof inks out there that cost about as much as the bulletproof Noodler's, so that would be another, comparable frame of reference.

[Parker Sonnet]

Can I just clarify that the Legal Lapis ink is completely waterproof? That is, no smudging with highlighting or smearing when it's come into contact with a dose of water?

[kilkil]

Can I just clarify that the Legal Lapis ink is completely waterproof? That is, no smudging with highlighting or smearing when it's come into contact with a dose of water?

yes, completely waterproof once dry.

[FLZapped]

Can I just clarify that the Legal Lapis ink is completely waterproof? That is, no smudging with highlighting or smearing when it's come into contact with a dose of water?

It appears to be window cleaner proof too....after having a bottle of the stuff come uncapped.....

 

-Bruce :ltcapd: :roflmho:

[sonia_simone]

If you go to http://www.pendemonium.com/ink_noodler.htm and scroll down a little, you'll see pics of a water test of Legal Lapis.

[johnr55]

'Way later in time than the original posting, I just discovered Legal Lapis recently. I have used it in two pens: Sheaffer Imperial fine, and Sheaffer Balance 2 fine. Flow is perfect. Feathering minimal on supercheap paper, nonexistent on decent and copier paper. I've also used blue-black for many years in various brands, and am enjoying this one because it appears to lean more toward the blue side than the black. However, I also see a hint of green in it.

 

My daily ink is black, but I expect this to be a daily secondary choice.

[tonyv]

I like your sample of Legal Lapis because it's more of a blue-black. I don't like my Legal Lapis; it's tourqoise! <_<

[Stephen-I-am]

Tony, if you have Noodlers black, you could always add a few drops of it to the legal lapis. Personally, I much prefer Tahitian pearl to legal lapis. Lovely ink.

 

Stephen

[CharlieB]

Would someone be willing to post a side by side comparison of Legal Lapis and Tahitian Pearl? Both inks appear to be blue blacks with a greenish tint.

 

I'm hoping that someone, perhaps Nathan, will soon introduce a bulletproof blue black ink that has no greenish tones. The other ink I'm waiting for is a very dark bulletproof royal blue ink.

[Judybug]

I don't like my Legal Lapis;  it's tourqoise! <_<

I love Legal Lapis! The bottle I have is what I would describe as a deep teal - not really turquoise. But I guess the line between turquoise and teal is a fine one.

I think of turquoise as being bright whereas teal is more subdued.

 

Judybug

[fjf]

Would someone be willing to post a side by side comparison of Legal Lapis and Tahitian Pearl?  Both inks appear to be blue blacks with a greenish tint.

 

I'm hoping that someone, perhaps Nathan, will soon introduce a bulletproof blue black ink that has no greenish tones.  The other ink I'm waiting for is a very dark bulletproof royal blue ink.

 

Seconded. I have the luxury blue, and it is so ugly I cannot use it. I've read a lot of good opinions aboout the tahitian, but it is only available in the US, and I'm afraid it may have the same lifelessness that the luxury one

 

Edit: the comparison tahitian-legal lapis was done already: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...?showtopic=6795

Edited September 26, 2006 by fjf

[sonia_simone]

Hm, I don't see an image with the two side by side in that posting. The original image link is no longer working, so it might have been there.

 

Legal Lapis is, to my eye, both bluer and greener than Tahitian Pearl. TP looks pretty well blue-black to me, no green undertones to my eye.

[Taki]

My bottles of LL and TP look very similar as far as I see in my jounal entries written by each ink. TP dries faster, though. I wonder if there are batch differences. I currently don't have a pen filled w/ LL so I have to do so tonight to compare.

 

**EDIT** I filled a pen with LL and compared side by side. sonia_simone is right. While they are similar, TP looks more black and LL is bluer/greener. Sorry my scanner is not working right now but i'll see if I can post a sample eventually.

Edited September 27, 2006 by Taki

[DilettanteG]

I know that someone mentioned how washed out the Swisher's waterproof Gulf Stream Blue is. I have a bottle, so I would have to agree. Is that a problem with the Swishmix Gulf Stream blue as well? I've noticed my other Swishmix colors are more vibrant that the Swisher waterproof line.

 

Also, some bright young thing here recommended a 1:1 mix of legal lapis to iraqi indigo. I've tried it, and it yields a nice purplish navy. Still not as vibrant as the non-waterproof Noodler's or PR inks, but I like it.

 

Just my 2 cents.