bunnspecial Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 A while back I read someone speculating that IG Montblanc Midnight Blue was the same ink as Lamy Blue-Black. I dismissed it at the time. I HAVE a bottle of IG Lamy BB that I ran out and bought when I found out they were changing the formula, but I honestly never took that much to it. In fact, it was my second BB, after Sheaffer(new formula in the conical bottle), and if it had been all I tried I might not have even stuck with it. I remembered the Lamy BB having kind of a light gray-blue-sort of teal color. I actually liked the new formula better color-wise. In any case, though, the IG Lamy is nothing like the rich, dark blueish-purple of Midnight Blue. The box that had all of my blotter-paper Lamy inks, along with some others, managed to get packed up when I moved and I haven't uncovered it yet, so I can't test it now. None the less, though, not too long ago I was given a bottle of MB BB(along with mystery black) by the friend I bought my 149 from. Both are the old Made in Germany 50mL rounded shoes, not the newer 60mL squared-off ones. I excited loaded that ink up in a pen, hoping it would be similar to my beloved and dwindling bottle of Midnight Blue, and found it was nothing like it. In fact, it looks exactly like I remember the Lamy ink looking. Has anyone actually compared the two inks side by side? Even my testing of a freshly written sample to my 8 year old or so memories in a different pen are that they look darn close... Link to post Share on other sites
gyasko Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 This was an oft repeated rumor back when your bottles were produced. I have some of the old Lamy BB left, and just used the last of my old MB BB. I never thought they looked the same. To me, the MB was darker. It seemed to oxidize quicker, too. Link to post Share on other sites
bunnspecial Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 Thanks. Again, I haven't even used the Lamy ink in years, so my recollection perhaps is tainted by reading that rumor. For a lot of reasons, I need to hurry up and get that box out of storage, and hopefully I can compare head-to-head for myself. Link to post Share on other sites
wallylynn Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 I had both. Nothing alike. Lamy was light blue, darkening to grey. I always added more blue to it for more contrast. MB midnight blue was a darker burgundy/violet and dried a dark black. I don't know how it compares to the blue-black (not midnight blue) of the old round 60ml shoe . Link to post Share on other sites
bunnspecial Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 8 hours ago, wallylynn said: I had both. Nothing alike. Lamy was light blue, darkening to grey. I always added more blue to it for more contrast. MB midnight blue was a darker burgundy/violet and dried a dark black. I don't know how it compares to the blue-black (not midnight blue) of the old round 60ml shoe . To my eye, Midnight Blue, which I've used nearly a full bottle of, is nothing at all like the round 50mL Blue-Black. I have the same observation as yours on Midnight Blue, which is why it's my favorite IG ink. Blue-Black is much dryer, or at least my sample is and starts out sort of a light denim blue and darkens more to a blue-tinged gray. Again, this is what I remember Lamy looking like, and I do still have some that I want to check once I dig it out of storage. Link to post Share on other sites
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