Lamy Blue Black

[bokaba]

Lamy Blue Black (Parker Vector F on Rhodia Dot Pad)

 

 

Drying time: fast, lest than 5 seconds

 

Flow: moderate to dry

 

Shading: very little

 

Lubricated: no

 

Water Proof: no

 

Saturation: low

 

Value: decent, around $12-$15 for 50ml

 

Bottle: excellent with nib depression in center for filling

 

Color: muted gray blue, similar to Salix and Platinum BB, but less saturated and intense

[lapis]

Presumably a very recent charge of today's non-IG variety? My specimens of Lamy's non-IG (when it came out in December 2012) and the IG before that are both much less grey. Maybe a new version also because the drying times for mine are 15-20 s (for the newbie) and 55-60 s (for the oldie).

[DonM]

I'm not sure that photo is representative of the ink color. I say that because the dots on the Rhodia paper seem to be much lighter than normal.

[Bill P]

I agree, that image is not representative of the Lamy Blue Black that I have...way too light...

[tamiya]

Parker Vector F used... my Vectors were always pretty dry writers back when I fed them on Quink.

[bokaba]

The pen might be a little on the dry side. The scribble is closer to what I perceive the color to be. I think is perhaps a bit bluer than it appears here, but still not very blue. This was from a Lamy BB cartridge.

[The Good Captain]

I'm still plodding along with one of the three bottles I bought, of the 'old' IG version before the formulation was changed. Think I'll stick to the 4001 Blue-Black thugh!

[JulieParadise]

For the #50shadesofbluechallenge (link to the hashtag on Instagram), a challenge over at the German PenExchange forum for July & August 2020, I inked up all my pens with all the 50+ blue inks I have. The snapshots might also be of interest to some here.

Lamy Blue Black is one of my favourite blue blacks. It is vivid and beautiful shades and behaves well.

I had it in a Pilot Custom Heritage 912 FA.

Since I had two other blue blacks (Montblanc JFK and Sailor Sou-Boku) in my other two CH 912 FA, I post the comparison here also.

As you can see, Lamy BB is leaning towards grey, Montblanc JFK has a more blueish tint and Sailor Sou-Boku is the greenest of the three.