Louis Vutton Ink

[Albinoni]

Anyone here tried or used Louis Vutton ink, also would you know who actually makes it.

 

Quite interesting though the cardboard box or packaging is made in Vietnam but not sure about the ink.

[Sidney]

Glenn Marcus reviewed Louis Vuitton blue rêveur on his web site. He calls it a "beautiful rich blue" and it has become one of his Blue Inks of Note.

 

http://www.marcuslink.com/pens/ink/inksofnote/blue.html

 

I haven't posted here in awhile and I have forgotten how to make words in my sentence link to web pages.

Edited February 2, 2014 by Sidney

[Veltri]

Based on the packaging are you concerned it's a knockoff?

[sarahfar]

Yes. And yes the box is made in Vietnam. The French have a long history of relationship with Vietnam.

 

Yes I have a post below with several of the colors. The ink is made in France and the box only in Vietnam.

Edited February 2, 2014 by sarahfar

[Strombomboli]

35 € for 50 ml (that's 47 $ for 1.69 fl. oz.), they must be joking.

[Bo Bo Olson]

The folks that buy their leather goods, do not know the value of money. They are the type that flies first class to Japan to pick up their ink; or send their yacht.

[lapis]

+1 on that, Bo Bo. They also visit KaDeWe here in Berlin but they don't mind being ripped off. Money and/or content/quality decision... no problem

[amberleadavis]

I'm sending Bo Bo on Lapis' yacht!

[Strombomboli]

+1 on that, Bo Bo. They also visit KaDeWe here in Berlin but they don't mind being ripped off. Money and/or content/quality decision... no problem

 

Yes, the KaDeWe is expensive, but the regular pens have the same prices that you would pay everywhere else, and the ladies in the stationery department are quite knowledgeable (more than the gents, in my opinion). The counters for the expensive pens are very flashy, though, their Montblanc bar is somewhat over the top, but that's there for those people you mentioned. I think, they buy it as a souvenir from Germany and will forget about it, once they're home again.

[max dog]

Louis Vuitton is beneath me. When Hermes comes out with an Albino Alligator ink, I will get one.

Edited February 4, 2014 by max dog

[Funkmon]

Louis Vuitton is beneath me.

True that. My primary ink is the blood of my enemies.

 

But, I would love to show the bottle to people. So I have put this on my amazon wish list. Here's hoping someone buys it for me.

 

Yes, you CAN add stuff not actually on Amazon.com to your wishlist.

Edited February 4, 2014 by Funkmon

[Albinoni]

Can someone please explain to me why this ink is so expensive, I mean it actually works out more than the Iroshizuku when you do your maths and calculations and yet again its made by J. Herbin we are assuming

[Strombomboli]

Can someone please explain to me why this ink is so expensive

 

I guess that there is a certain price level at Louis Vuitton's which must not be fallen short of; I estimate it to start at 300 % of regular prices.

 

It makes me wonder, though, why this ink is so expensive when there is not even the brand logo on the bottle. Usually, this makes the first 200 % of the end price. "Bleu rêveur", though, is a nice name.

Edited February 4, 2014 by Strombomboli

[GTOZack]

well around here where i live whoever have louis vuitton ususally relate to local gang and have shoddy car with outrageous wheels.

 

I am not naming anyone but. LV is very bottom of my list. a very long list

[sarahfar]

Keep it up. some are exposing some very interesting thought processes. Might make sense to step back a little reread some of the stuff people are saying. Hope it is comedic, but wow, really people actually believe some of what is being said? No that couldn't be, this is 2014 isn't it.

[haldane3]

Keep it up. some are exposing some very interesting thought processes. Might make sense to step back a little reread some of the stuff people are saying. Hope it is comedic, but wow, really people actually believe some of what is being said? No that couldn't be, this is 2014 isn't it.

 

Agreed. I have the ink, and it's a dark blue. Thicker and smoother than Herbin bleu nuit with a more rich color. Give it a shot.

[Sinistral1]

Good sippin' whiskey costs, too, and I believe it's worth it.

[Bo Bo Olson]

The need for status is over powering, look how many folks in the US drive an automatic Porsche/Ferrari and have never ever seen a corner. Same goes for a couple of other German cars that can corner...but I do so like gears.

 

I of course living in Germany, drive Japanese.

[Strombomboli]

I just checked the LV website. "Bleu rêveur" is sold out online, and it would have cost 52 $ anyway (on the American website), but there are other colours available. And the logo is stamped many times around the cap, so at least while refilling your pen, you can indulge in the luxury. On the German website, it costs 36 €, but nothing happens when I press the "more details" button, so I can't order.

 

Anyway, the problem is that one will not be able to see how expensive the ink was, once it is on paper. But maybe, little Louis Vuitton logos will shop up in the letters; that would be nice.

 

On second thoughts: we should take it as a good sign that a luxury brand sells pens and inks with their logo on it. This could mean that using a fountain pen becomes fashionable when you need some distinction. If it leads to Pelikan producing oblique nibs again, I'd be happy.

Edited February 4, 2014 by Strombomboli

[lapis]

The need for status is over powering, look how many folks in the US drive an automatic Porsche/Ferrari and have never ever seen a corner. Same goes for a couple of other German cars that can corner...but I do so like gears.

 

I of course living in Germany, drive Japanese.

 

Bo, I'll buy that! I've had the same feeling since decades. I mean, we live where we live, but need things out of town. We "know" that our cars aren't bad, but "our" best bikes are made by Kuwahara, Campagnola, Cannondale and so on. We need French cuisine, English gardens, Japanese massages, American highways, Argentinian beef... Oops, a lot of our inks are okay, too....