Blue Pen Club- Show Me Your Blue Pens!

[Penguincollector]

I really like that shade of blue, @CSSD. The price is also nice! 

[CSSD]

Yes, the body & cap are metal.   Body size is reasonable so the weight is not too heavy.  Remove the cap and put it onto the back end ...... nice balance, great feel when writing, not overbalanced by the cap weight.

 

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[lamarax]

Here's a re-post (from the other blue thread 😄) of a beaut I got recently, which seemingly went unnoticed 🙁:

 

 

Caran d'Ache Léman Bleu Marin! 😍  It's currently inked with J. Herbin Rue de la Verrerie.                                                          

 

 

(I think Iroshizuku Tsutsuji would make a perfect match, but I'm too ashamed to admit it)

[Penguincollector]

  Oh, that’s a looker, @lamarax! What a cool design! What does that finish feel like?
 

  I need to update my blue pen portraits for this thread, but I might as well wait for the ones in the mail to arrive before I start. 

[lamarax]

19 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

  What does that finish feel like?

 

It's "repoussé" (i.e. rough to the touch), albeit being covered with a thin lacquer layer. This is a departure from the rest of the "guilloche" Léman models, which are completely smoothed out by lacquering.

[lamarax]

On 3/23/2025 at 9:09 PM, jmccarty3 said:

If I had to pick one, it would be the Waterman's Patrician, followed closely by the Montblanc Blue Hour.

 

I like that Montegrappa Espressione very much indeed!   *sigh*

[USG]

2 hours ago, lamarax said:

Here's a re-post (from the other blue thread 😄) of a beaut I got recently, which seemingly went unnoticed 🙁:

 

 

Caran d'Ache Léman Bleu Marin! 😍  It's currently inked with J. Herbin Rue de la Verrerie.                                                          

 

 

(I think Iroshizuku Tsutsuji would make a perfect match, but I'm too ashamed to admit it)

 

1 hour ago, Penguincollector said:

  Oh, that’s a looker, @lamarax! What a cool design! What does that finish feel like?
 

  I need to update my blue pen portraits for this thread, but I might as well wait for the ones in the mail to arrive before I start. 

 

That is a looker, @lamarax! 😀👍 Good for you !👍😀

[jmccarty3]

7 hours ago, lamarax said:

Here's a re-post (from the other blue thread 😄) of a beaut I got recently, which seemingly went unnoticed 🙁:

 

 

Caran d'Ache Léman Bleu Marin! 😍  It's currently inked with J. Herbin Rue de la Verrerie.                                                          

 

 

(I think Iroshizuku Tsutsuji would make a perfect match, but I'm too ashamed to admit it)

I wish I had ordered this one instead of the Klein Blue model. The texture on this one is beautiful.

[Penguincollector]

7 hours ago, lamarax said:

 

It's "repoussé" (i.e. rough to the touch), albeit being covered with a thin lacquer layer. This is a departure from the rest of the "guilloche" Léman models, which are completely smoothed out by lacquering.

  That’s precisely why I thought to ask, because it looks different from the other Lémans that I have seen. That sounds so cool!  *adds to ever growing list*

[PennyTheDog]

Lamy Studio

[inkstainedruth]

I was lusting after a Lamy Studio (especially that color). Until I went to the Lamy SoHo store in NYC at Christmastime and tried one, and it was just too heavy a pen for me....   

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Penguincollector]

   I keep waffling on whether I want that particular Studio. It’s really pretty, @PennyTheDog!

[Penguincollector]

  I finally bought the Diplomat Viper, my monochrome blue micro collection is slowly increasing! 

(the Black IM monochrome is parted out in the background, as that arrived at the same time as the Viper)

top: Cross ATX, middle: Diplomat Viper, bottom: Parker IM Monochrome Blue

 

[PennyTheDog]

On 6/1/2025 at 3:46 PM, inkstainedruth said:

I was lusting after a Lamy Studio (especially that color). Until I went to the Lamy SoHo store in NYC at Christmastime and tried one, and it was just too heavy a pen for me....   

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

You’re right, it is very heavy; it’s probably my heaviest pen. I don’t mind it though: it just feels like part of its character. It’s my favorite fountain pen for drawing.

[PennyTheDog]

11 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

   I keep waffling on whether I want that particular Studio. It’s really pretty, @PennyTheDog!

I like it quite a bit! The nib is great. Like Ruth said, it is quite heavy.

[Misfit]

I think the Imperial Blue Lamy Studio is gorgeous. I gave my brother one.  

[Arthur Pewty]

Just arrived today, a Romet Emperor in Ocean Gold. A previous owner--maybe the seller, I don't know--replaced the steel nib with a Bexley 14K M.

[Penguincollector]

5 hours ago, Arthur Pewty said:

Just arrived today, a Romet Emperor in Ocean Gold. A previous owner--maybe the seller, I don't know--replaced the steel nib with a Bexley 14K M.

  What a pretty swirl! I like Bexley nibs as well, excellent upgrade!

[Mercian]

On 6/3/2025 at 2:01 AM, Penguincollector said:

  I finally bought the Diplomat Viper, my monochrome blue micro collection is slowly increasing! 

(the Black IM monochrome is parted out in the background, as that arrived at the same time as the Viper)

top: Cross ATX, middle: Diplomat Viper, bottom: Parker IM Monochrome Blue

 

 

Those are lurvely!  

 

That said, my wallet is now complaining, because you are making me covet a Viper! 

[Penguincollector]

1 hour ago, Mercian said:

 

Those are lurvely!  

 

That said, my wallet is now complaining, because you are making me covet a Viper! 

 

    I’m inking it tonight, and will let you know if it writes as nicely as it looks.