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Here's my review of the (very purple) Lamy Blue cartridge. I finally broke down and got a Lamy Safari and it came with this "blue" cartridge. :rolleyes: I didn't notice that it didn't come with a converter. :headsmack:

 

The color of the scan is accurate on my calibrated monitor, but I've already added this review to the list of reviews that I'll be taking sunlit pictures of. Some colors just don't come through with scans.

 

http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh494/gunsandlights/LamyBlueCartridgeLarge.jpg

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My only experience with the Lamy blue cartridge does not look anything like this. It is a very pretty blue - nothing at all like this scan.

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Thanks for the review.

 

This is my favorite, everyday blue to note jotting, marginalia, underline, and such that doesn't need to be water resistant.

 

The behavior is superb, the bottle user-friendly and the cost very competitive.

 

On some papers the blue can be quite vibrant and it can exhibit good shading.

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I agree that the ink looks purple-ish. However, does the paper have some red in it? Looks like it might from here.

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I too see a huge hint of red. Sort of a purplish pink, maybe a lavender. My Lamy cartridge blue is much bluer :)

 

Mike

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I also see a red hint in the paper. My experience with Lamy blue is also more blue than purple.

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The red tint, which is pretty prevalent in most of my ink reviews were the ink is reddish, is from shifting the color of the scan slightly to make the ink swabs as accurate as possible. The paper isn't the color is is in real life, but the ink is.

 

I've been looking at other samples of this ink cartridge and I'm convinced that mine must've been a factory fluke, because it's every bit as violet as it appears in the scans in real life.

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My Lamy blue definitely has a violet hue to it. Just about noticeable. A shame, as I though LB to be a staple blue.

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I use Lamy blue every day and it is a nice rich blue color. Purple? never.

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I've just written a full page using a Lamy Blue cartridge in a Safari and it is nothing like the one being tested. It's sort of a slightly paler version of Parker Quink blue with no hint of mauve/purple. I think Lamy's quality control must have got mixed up somewhereon the cartridge being tested! Are you sure it hasn't been mixed up with Lamy purple? My blue cartridge almost exactly matches the swatch colour blue on the Writing Desk website.

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I'll throw in for the "that doesn't look like the lamy cartridge blue I know" pool. All the lamy blue carts I've used have been a really boring basic crayola blue color. (unless they've been sitting so long that they start to dry out, then the ink pops just a little).

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My Lamy Blue is not as purple.

 

Here is a scan from my ink journal:

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8364/8271836411_6e1e3cc0fd_b.jpg

 

 

Mine looks a lot bluer.

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Here are some blues (inc. Lamy Blue) on plain old copy paper.

 

http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q712/FiveCatKnittery/LamyComparisons.jpg

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Here are some blues (inc. Lamy Blue) on plain old copy paper.

 

http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q712/FiveCatKnittery/LamyComparisons.jpg

Thank you very much! Now that's what I'd call an excellent comparison of comparable inks!!

 

Mike :)

 

 

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I wonder where these blue lamy cartridges are coming from that have this obvious violet hue. None of my lamy blue cartridges do this.. and I just bought two new lamy pens and am using the blue cartridge that came with them. I also use the lamy ink in my converters.

 

It would almost seem like one of these reputable dealers is pulling a fast one and replacing the cartridges from Lamy with some bad old stock, or outright violet cartridges they cannot sell.

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It might be a good idea to take this review down. It most certainly does not accurately represent the true color of the ink being reviewed.

Fool me once, shame on you.

Fool me twice; damn

There goes that fox again.

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It might be a good idea to take this review down. It most certainly does not accurately represent the true color of the ink being reviewed.

 

I agree.. Too many on this site use this ink, and this issue would have been widely reported. This cartridge is not from a marked packaged retail pack, it is from a pen sold by a dealer.

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I know the ink is genuine Lamy, in case anyone is curious.

 

http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q712/FiveCatKnittery/get-attachment-13.jpg

 

And it doesn't have a color label on it, but I did find these numbers, if anyone knows what they mean.

 

http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q712/FiveCatKnittery/get-attachment-1-3.jpg

 

My screen is calibrated, but even if it's a little off it's still a pretty good representation of the ink's color. Could Amazon have sent a Violet cartridge in the pen instead of the Blue that was advertised? Sure, that's a possibility. It certainly wouldn't surprise me. But the ink most certainly leans towards violet, especially on coated papers, such as the Rhodia I used to review it. On copy paper, where it can seep into the fibers more easily, it's slightly more blue.

 

But here's a picture of the review's bottom half next to the bottom half of my review of Noodler's Periwinkle, a decidedly violet-tinged ink. The camera was calibrated using a grey card, so the white balance is correct.

 

http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q712/FiveCatKnittery/photo.png

 

Could I have gotten a factory fluke? It's entirely possible. But if I did then this review is a demonstration of Lamy's quality control. Did I get an entirely different color cartridge? Mayhap I did. If so, then this review is a demonstration of Amazon's lax product description. Either way, if you want the review taken down you can contact one of the moderators, and if they agree I'll happily consent having it taken down. But unless the moderators say so, it's staying put. But I will go in and try to shift the color of the review a bit to blue.

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Perhaps these are more what everyone else's cartridges look like. Let me know how it looks on your end.

 

http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q712/FiveCatKnittery/LAMYBLUECOMPARISONS.jpg

 

http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q712/FiveCatKnittery/get-attachment-2-6.jpg

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