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Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Lamy Blue Black

 

This is review #28 in my series. Here's the YouTube video:

 

And here is a screen of the final result, for those not interested in the video:
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Scan of Completed Review:
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Zoomed in photo (shows better shading than my eyes can see):
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Absorbent Paper Closeup (puzzle paper like thick newsprint):
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Oops, forgot the writing prompt in the video: Write a plan for how to develop new eyes. Then write what they see.

 

Screenshots also available on Instagram: @zilxodarap

 

Previous Review: Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrün.

 

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Hope you enjoy. Comments appreciated!

 

PS: Sorry I'm late - almost forgot!

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Thanks for the review!

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I like the looks of it. Very much like Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black. Thanks for this and your many other excellent reviews.

 

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Thanks for the review!

 

I like the looks of it. Very much like Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black. Thanks for this and your many other excellent reviews.

 

Rumpole

You're both very welcome!

 

I like it too, but I like it better in broader nibs - the shading is hard to see in the EF, despite that close-up.

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Thank you. You make it look lovely.

 

(I gave my bottle away. Again a rookie mistake, buying without trying. Also, shouldve kept the actual bottle. Great design)

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Thank you. You make it look lovely.

 

(I gave my bottle away. Again a rookie mistake, buying without trying. Also, shouldve kept the actual bottle. Great design)

:lol: True confessions - I bought it without a sample because I wanted a Lamy bottle and blue-black was clearly the only color of theirs I might remotely like! ;) It looks absolutely gorgeous coming from my Pelikan m405 - supposedly a fine nib, but we all know that means medium. ;)

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Great review Liz. I guess I need to be try like Marcel Proust and see this colour with new eyes :yikes: or maybe I just grab a madeleine and dunk it into tea ;) ...

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Great review Liz. I guess I need to be try like Marcel Proust and see this colour with new eyes :yikes: or maybe I just grab a madeleine and dunk it into tea ;) ...

Thank you! :)

 

Decisions, decisions! Wait! False dichotomy! Do both! ;)

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Thanks Liz!

 

It looks ok as an ink, but i think I'll pass on this one since i have so many similar BBs already :)

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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Thanks Liz!

 

It looks ok as an ink, but i think I'll pass on this one since i have so many similar BBs already :)

 

You're welcome!

 

:) Shockingly enough, there does come a time when one has enough blue-blacks. At least until you use up a few... ;)

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You're welcome!

 

:) Shockingly enough, there does come a time when one has enough blue-blacks. At least until you use up a few... ;)

I have yet to finish a single bottle, of ANYTHING. I buy it faster than i use it.

The 3/4 of a 32oz bottle of Vintage Skrip BB will not help that situation... :P

 

We ARE close to finishing a bottle of Lexington Grey, and a bottle of Mysterious Blue. But the mysterious blue is only because it's my pen testing ink, and a lot of it ends up sacrificed to the nib tuning gods.

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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I have yet to finish a single bottle, of ANYTHING. I buy it faster than i use it.

:) Same here! But I have finished samples, and mostly I only buy samples anymore.

 

The 3/4 of a 32oz bottle of Vintage Skrip BB will not help that situation... :P

 

We ARE close to finishing a bottle of Lexington Grey, and a bottle of Mysterious Blue. But the mysterious blue is only because it's my pen testing ink, and a lot of it ends up sacrificed to the nib tuning gods.

Enjoy your new vintage ink - looking forward to pictures! And when you finish off your Lexington Grey or Mysterious Blue, we'll have to throw a virtual party! :D

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Here's the line width measurement. The line is one of those used for dry time.  Magnification is 100x.  The grid is 100x100µm.  The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each.  The line width for this ink is roughly 260µm.

 

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On 3/3/2022 at 3:04 PM, LizEF said:

Here's the line width measurement. The line is one of those used for dry time.  Magnification is 100x.  The grid is 100x100µm.  The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each.  The line width for this ink is roughly 260µm.

 

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7 minutes ago, mazinger55 said:

wow

:)  Microscopes are fun (when you use them to look at ink).

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