Lamy Ink-X Correction Pen

[flight878]

Lamy has released another product for 2012, the 898 ink-x correction pen:

 

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I was wondering about their release date in North America, or is this a Europe-only product (as FP usage in schools is common over there)? They are available now in Europe and in two points: fine and broad.

 

I'm familiar with these things for I've got one from another German brand (Brunnen). In Germany, it is commonly known as a Tintenkiller or Tintenlöscher, while here it can be called an ink eraser or preferably an ink eradicator. These Lamy versions are only for erasing washable blue ink, such as Lamy Blue. You take the clear end and write over the mistake, rendering those 'misstrokes' invisible via a chemical reaction. You won't be able to write over again with the pen containing washable ink so you take the blue marker tip and rewrite the mistake-free stroke. The color of the marker practically matches the blue ink so it's hard to tell a mistake has been made, unless, the shades of blue aren't identical, or you don't give enough time for the eraser marking to dry before rewriting--this will produce feathering from the marker ink over the 'wet' paper. I am told the chemical reaction can be reversed to re-expose your initial mistake.

 

This thing has worked on other, darker, washable blue inks, such as Aurora Blue. It did not work, however, on Lamy M63/66 rollerball washable blue ink. Of course, if you incompetently redo your mistake with the blue marker, you'll have to resort to good ol' correction fluid. You can also erase washable FP inks of other colors, but you'd need a marker to rewrite that would match the original color. Blue seems to be the most popular though, especially in Europe where pupils learning how to write properly with FPs use washable blue ink. This pen has also worked in off-white paper such as the 90g ivory paper found in Rhodia Webnotebooks.

[Gcouch]

Haven't seen it here in the US either; I don't think it'll be released. Just not a big enough market. I'd buy them of they were in black… time to do some digging!

[mik86]

anyone get one of these? they are online now. I wonder if the chemical is something that is easily made from common chemicals and can be put into a FP so it wont be so disposable. Maybe its 5% bleach?

[user01]

Products like this are common in Europe. You can buy such a pen for 1 Euro in every stationery shop. As far as I know they are available in blue.

Wikipedia knows how "Tintenkiller" pens work.

[emiliovillegas]

I used this things at the German School in Mexico City and I was very happy with them. They only work with washable blue though