Lamy Alstar 1.5Mm Italic & Lamy Turquoise, Dual Review

[dauodwa]

Hi all,

 

Here is my first review in a while, I've been busy studying for exams. Anyway I'll keep it short and sweet. Here's my review of the Lamy Alstar 1.5 mm Italic and Lamy Turquoise Ink.

 

http://i.imgur.com/lYagdeU.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/U7Ut0Ce.jpg

 

Another thing I forgot to mention, the nib seems a bit temperamental sometimes, I might try flushing the pen, maybe there was some residue left over from manufacturing.

[Pen Engineer]

Hi all,

 

Here is my first review in a while, I've been busy studying for exams. Anyway I'll keep it short and sweet. Here's my review of the Lamy Alstar 1.5 mm Italic and Lamy Turquoise Ink.

 

http://i.imgur.com/lYagdeU.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/U7Ut0Ce.jpg

 

Another thing I forgot to mention, the nib seems a bit temperamental sometimes, I might try flushing the pen, maybe there was some residue left over from manufacturing.

Another thing I forgot to mention, the nib seems a bit temperamental sometimes, I might try flushing the pen, maybe there was some residue left over from manufacturing.

 

....During manufacturing, the feed and nib go through vigorous cleaning, including mild acids.

 

How would you flush the pen?

[dauodwa]

Another thing I forgot to mention, the nib seems a bit temperamental sometimes, I might try flushing the pen, maybe there was some residue left over from manufacturing.

 

....During manufacturing, the feed and nib go through vigorous cleaning, including mild acids.

 

How would you flush the pen?

 

Just using water and a tiny dash of detergent. I'll give it a go if the problem persists.

[dauodwa]

I tried the nib on some different papers, and I'm now fairly confident that the paper and backing was the issue. In other words, crappy paper and writing on a hard surface. I thought it would be a bit suspicious for a brand like Lamy to have residue left over in the style of Jinhao

[tamiya]

No doubt you're aware brandnew Lamys do come prestained with blue ink from factory trials; good idea to give it a flush before first filling - especially with pale coloured inks.

 

Although the places I buy mine from, generally they come with M nibs & proprietor manually installs desired nib at time of sale... nib is unstained but feed still has some blue.

Edited July 9, 2016 by tamiya

[Pen Engineer]

 

Just using water and a tiny dash of detergent. I'll give it a go if the problem persists.

Please, don't use detergent. water is ok, lukewarm is better, stay below 60 degrees Celsius

[Pen Engineer]

I tried the nib on some different papers, and I'm now fairly confident that the paper and backing was the issue. In other words, crappy paper and writing on a hard surface. I thought it would be a bit suspicious for a brand like Lamy to have residue left over in the style of Jinhao

Glad to know it's the paper and not the pen

[Pen Engineer]

No doubt you're aware brandnew Lamys do come prestained with blue ink from factory trials; good idea to give it a flush before first filling - especially with pale coloured inks.

 

Although the places I buy mine from, generally they come with M nibs & proprietor manually installs desired nib at time of sale... nib is unstained but feed still has some blue.

the prestaining process was introduced in 1980. At the moment I am preparing a paper on this topic on my blog.

 

Click on sharing the Magic about Fountain Pens to get there.

Edited July 10, 2016 by Pen Engineer

[dauodwa]

Glad to know it's the paper and not the pen

 

Actually the problem has started again on good paper, so I will definitely flush it. Will advise whether this fix's the problem of skipping.

[dauodwa]

I've flushed it and its immediately a lot wetter, and is consistent in that. I think the problem has been fixed.

 

No doubt you're aware brandnew Lamys do come prestained with blue ink from factory trials; good idea to give it a flush before first filling - especially with pale coloured inks.

Although the places I buy mine from, generally they come with M nibs & proprietor manually installs desired nib at time of sale... nib is unstained but feed still has some blue.

 

I wasn't properly aware of this, but suspected it as the feed looked stained. Thanks!

[Pen Engineer]

I've flushed it and its immediately a lot wetter, and is consistent in that. I think the problem has been fixed.

Ahm... the feed retains quite an amount of fluid... did you notice the ink being paler and more blotchy?

[dauodwa]

Ahm... the feed retains quite an amount of fluid... did you notice the ink being paler and more blotchy?

 

Actually, I worked it out... as I said in the review, the ink is pretty dry. Tried Pelikan Turquoise ink in it, no problems whatsoever.