Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Lamy Green

[LizEF]

Extra Fine Nib Ink Review: Lamy Green

This is review #263 in my series. Here's the YouTube video:

Post-recording notes: This is a boring green green, like the green crayon.  Cleaning was easy with just plain water, but plan a few extra flushes, it's quite concentrated.  This was a cartridge.  The line width surprised me.  It didn't seem that wide on the page and I can usually tell when an ink writes fatter.  Perhaps my pen is writing wider anymore...

Zoomed in photo (Very close.  A little too pale, possibly a little too blue.)

Screenshot (The ink color is a little too unsaturated (not bright enough).  It might also be a little too blue.)

Scan of Completed Review (Text might be a little too light and yellow, but is very close to what I see.)

Absorbent Paper Close-up (top is puzzle paper like thick newsprint, bottom is old 20lb copy paper) (Both are fairly accurate.)

Line width (One of the lines 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 328µm. With 263 inks measured, the average line width is 296µm.)

Microscope image (400x. Smart phone camera. The whole slide was like this: spiky blues, boxy yellows, and lacy greens.)

Previous Review: Private Reserve Infinity Turquoise.

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Hope you enjoy. Comments appreciated!

[yazeh]

Excellent review for a forgettable ink 👍 @LizEF. I had a chuckle reading the line not plant green, green. 😜

When we think the story will wrap up you just keep us on the edge, bravo 😊

Thanks for making our Tuesdays so exciting 🙏

[LizEF]

10 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Excellent review for a forgettable ink 👍 @LizEF.

Thank you!

 

12 minutes ago, yazeh said:

I had a chuckle reading the line not plant green, green. 😜

  Well, ya know, some greens look like the greens you see on plants, and some look more like gemstones, and some look like green crayon...

 

13 minutes ago, yazeh said:

When we think the story will wrap up you just keep us on the edge, bravo 😊

Curse that skeleton and his stoppy magic!   (Thank you!)

 

17 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Thanks for making our Tuesdays so exciting 🙏

You're most welcome!

[Sailor Kenshin]

Seeing what I see?

 

1. A green ink that does NOT appeal to me!

 

2. A micro that must be the work of Quin's staff-Orb.

 

3. A true nail-biter of a story.

 

Thanks so much, @LizEF, for all three, and for brightening a ZeroDarkThirty Tuesday.  👍🏻

[inkstainedruth]

@LizEF -- Thanks as usual for the stellar review.  

This is definitely an ink I can pass on (and I thought Lamy Blue was boring!).  I much prefer greens that lean a little (but not too much) to the yellow end of the spectrum, or greens that are very dark, or both.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Penguincollector]

 As usual, caught up in the story, biting my nails until next Tuesday!  I like that this green is actually green, as so many of the classic ink brands lean teal. I don’t mind it at all. Great review, Liz.  The micro looks like a Modernist painting of sorts to me.

Edited December 12, 2023 by Penguincollector
Micro remark

[LizEF]

47 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Seeing what I see?

 

1. A green ink that does NOT appeal to me!

Check!

 

48 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

2. A micro that must be the work of Quin's staff-Orb.

 

48 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

3. A true nail-biter of a story.

 

48 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Thanks so much, @LizEF, for all three, and for brightening a ZeroDarkThirty Tuesday.  👍🏻

You're very welcome!   December 21 can't come (and go) fast enough, right!?

[LizEF]

45 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

@LizEF -- Thanks as usual for the stellar review.  

You're most welcome!  And thank you!

 

46 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

This is definitely an ink I can pass on (and I thought Lamy Blue was boring!).

 

46 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

I much prefer greens that lean a little (but not too much) to the yellow end of the spectrum, or greens that are very dark, or both.

Or at least lean in some direction.  This one just plops down at "green" and doesn't move.

[LizEF]

5 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

As usual, caught up in the story, biting my nails until next Tuesday!

  Sorry to make you wait!  (Blame the skeleton!)

 

5 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

 I like that this green is actually green, as so many of the classic ink brands lean teal. I don’t mind it at all.

Well, I'm not a big fan of green-leaning teals (or blue-leaning greens), so yes, this is better than that.  Glad you like the color - it was feeling lonely and wanted a friend.

 

6 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

Great review, Liz. 

Thank you!

[Lithium466]

Thank you for that review! Looks like I'm in the minority that likes that green. It's just green, not teal, not mossy, not too dark, but legible enough, and there is no doubt on the color. 

I think I like it because it reminds me of school and green Reynolds ballpoints... And just like that, I could totally see another bottle of this in my future 😂 

[Penguincollector]

22 minutes ago, LizEF said:

30 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

 

Well, I'm not a big fan of green-leaning teals (or blue-leaning greens)

  I don’t mind them, I tend to like the colors in the light spectrum from green into indigo, but if the color says green, then this is more of what I would expect to see rather than a teal, you know‽ It’s frustrating when they look greener in the cartridge than they are on the page, because you’re stuck once the seal is broken. Oh, this green reminds me of the green in those frustrating Uniball rollerball pens, which is a color I like but find the pens themselves annoying (and of course ended up being the pen work would buy in bulk). 

[LizEF]

6 minutes ago, Lithium466 said:

Thank you for that review!

You're most welcome!

 

6 minutes ago, Lithium466 said:

Looks like I'm in the minority that likes that green. It's just green, not teal, not mossy, not too dark, but legible enough, and there is no doubt on the color. 

  Hooray, it has another friend!

 

6 minutes ago, Lithium466 said:

I think I like it because it reminds me of school and green Reynolds ballpoints... And just like that, I could totally see another bottle of this in my future 😂 

Well, the bottles and their little roll of blotting paper are cool.

[LizEF]

5 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

but if the color says green, then this is more of what I would expect to see rather than a teal, you know‽

Ah, yes, that makes sense.

 

8 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

It’s frustrating when they look greener in the cartridge than they are on the page, because you’re stuck once the seal is broken.

Yes, that's annoying, though of course, it's more concentrated in the cartridge.  This is why we do ink reviews - inks are so unpredictable!

 

6 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

Oh, this green reminds me of the green in those frustrating Uniball rollerball pens, which is a color I like but find the pens themselves annoying (and of course ended up being the pen work would buy in bulk). 

What!?  UNIBall's were frustrating to you?  Of course, I only ever got the "deluxe" version (once I tried one) and it became my go-to pen.  First the "Micro" until US paper got so bad that it felt awful scraping across rough paper, and then the next size up, whatever that's called - can't remember.  Still have a box of them.  In a drawer.

[Lithium466]

18 minutes ago, LizEF said:

  Hooray, it has another friend!

 

Well, the bottles and their little roll of blotting paper are cool.

That makes at least one

I'm a sucker for Lamy bottles...I wish other brands would get inspired!

[LizEF]

52 minutes ago, Lithium466 said:

I wish other brands would get inspired!

Me too!  Akkerman and Lamy have very cool bottles that are also useful.  Dominant Industries bottles (if I recall correctly) look unique and interesting, even if there's nothing more functional about them than others.

[LizEF]

PS: If anyone is still reading, would you like to chime in on whether Quin's father died of the mold plague?  Or on what their next adventure should be?  I have a short one in mind (I think it's short), but nothing's solid yet - I'm right at the end of this adventure and transitioning to the next one.

[Sailor Kenshin]

FPN just notified me via pop-up that my status has been 'upgraded' to Museum Piece.

 

I was BORN a Museum Piece.

[LizEF]

1 minute ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

FPN just notified me via pop-up that my status has been 'upgraded' to Museum Piece.

 

I was BORN a Museum Piece.

  Hey, welcome to the Museum!  Or should I say, welcome home?

[LizEF]

3 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

FPN just notified me via pop-up that my status has been 'upgraded'

Feels like we should get some new armor or a new weapon, maybe a new magical potion with that, right?

[Sailor Kenshin]

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

Feels like we should get some new armor or a new weapon, maybe a new magical potion with that, right?

Ab. So. Lutely.