Jump to content

Lamy Cartridges. Poor Fit Or Counterfeit?


Dip n Scratch

Recommended Posts

I bought some Lamy blue/black cartridges and I have been using them in a Safari & a Nexx.

The issue is that they seem to weep ink where they push-fit onto the 'pip'.

I tried wrapping the cartridge with paper, so there's some kind of a seal around the end of the section.

The paper was impregnated with blue/black ink when I just looked, but there was nothing in the barrel.

I would have tried the cartridges in my Yiren 566 but the damn thing has an EF nib.

The cartridges have the 'LAMY' mark and are in a box with a Lamy name.

 

Has anyone else had any issue with the fit of the Lamy cartridges? The poor fit made me think they might be counterfeit. I have some Lamy Blue cartridges, but I have only fitted one you my Yiren 566 demonstrator, not to a genuine Lamy pen.

My actual Lamy branded pens are a Safari & a Nexx. The b/b cartridges weeped on both pens.

I quite like the Lamy blue/black ink. I don't know whether it is non-gall or not.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 5
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • Dip n Scratch

    2

  • bogiesan

    2

  • Barry Gabay

    1

  • jchch1950

    1

Top Posters In This Topic

Never heard of possibly fake Lamy cartridges. You could be the first bu more likely they have been stored improperly or are so old the plastic has oxidized a wee bit and is no longer flexible enough to hold a perfect seal. Depends largely on where you bought them and how much you paid. The Lamy ink is not iron gall.

I ride a recumbent, I play go, I use Macintosh so of course I use a fountain pen.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Bought from an English Ebay seller 30/08/19.

Is there any way of telling the approximate age of the cartridges from the box? I mean any printed numbers that give a month or year the box was printed. Usually I don't bother with cartridges, but I didn't want to waste money on a bottle for an ink that did not look how I expected on my preferred choice of paper (Clairfontaine usually).

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Try buying a box of cartridges directly from Lamy.

I ride a recumbent, I play go, I use Macintosh so of course I use a fountain pen.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 months later...

Occasionally, I have had the same problem as Dip n Scratch. Looking closely, I discovered the lip of the Lamy cartridge had cracked at the very end. This caused ink to leak into the barrel of the fountain pen. Has happened several times. I continue to use Lamy cartridges, and if it happens, I transfer the ink via syringe to a different empty cartridge.

 

By the way, Parker & Aurora cartridges have the same opening as Lamy. I use the three interchangeably in various fountain pens.

 

Good luck with your search for a resolution.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33494
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26624
    5. jar
      jar
      26101
  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o
  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More
  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...