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I got this Lamy Studio glossy rose at Appelboom. I had the matte version with a steel nib. The rose tone is a bit too pale. So I decided to go for the glossy one too. Lamy3copy.jpg.fa8facd13fc2ca8783b1c911a76b3df1.jpgLamy2copy.jpg.1cb6827b64b74062474defed2d2970ce.jpg

Today I got it and it is the exact same rose tone as the matte one, only glossy. The shine somehow makes it better, plus the nib writes beautifully. I am happy I bought it.

Looking around the internet I could not find any other information or reviews of this pen, not even at this forum. Also, it wasn't for sale anywhere else but Appelboom. Lamy is one of my favorite fountain pen brands, so since it seems there is no information about this glossy rose Lamy I wanted to share a couple of pictures of them. 

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Lamy has offered gloss and matt color variants of their pens for many years, as have other pen companies.  I don’t understand the issue.  Choices are good.  I like choices.  

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I like the choices too. I discovered glossy Lamy pens with the dark brown one, and then I saw the piano, but I thought it was too expensive at the time. Finally I got a black forest glossy one too.

However, I never found the same color in glossy and matte, or at least not the exact match. These rose studios are exactly the same color, intensity and all, only the gloss added to one of them. 

The other two glossy studios that I have, the dark brown and the black forest also have like little speckles on them, difficult to define and very subtle. If any of you have them you know what I am talking about. But I don't see any of that in the rose, only that it is glossy.

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I have the dark brown Lamy Studio, and I know what you mean. The speckles are not sparkling, so yes, subtle as you described @GigiT  At first, I wiped the pen expecting it was dust, and it wasn’t. 
 

The two versions of the Rose Studio are an interesting pair. I didn’t know Lamy did this, yet am not surprised. 

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56 minutes ago, Misfit said:

I have the dark brown Lamy Studio, and I know what you mean. The speckles are not sparkling, so yes, subtle as you described @GigiT  At first, I wiped the pen expecting it was dust, and it wasn’t. 
 

The two versions of the Rose Studio are an interesting pair. I didn’t know Lamy did this, yet am not surprised. 

lolol I can perfectly imagine myself trying to remove the dust too. But I had the advantage of reading about the pen before I got it. I don't remember if it was in this forum or somewhere else, and it was mentioned that it had some kind of very subtle sparkle to the paint. The black forest has that too, but it is even more subtle than the brown one. I don't see that in the rose, but it could also be that the other two are dark and this one is a very light color and does not reflect those speckles. 

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On 2/21/2024 at 12:05 PM, GigiT said:

Also, it wasn't for sale anywhere else but Appelboom.

 

I came across it last night, when I was browsing what LAMY's official store in Australia has to offer, while there was a 20%-off site-wide sales promotion in play.

https://lamyshop.com.au/products/lamy-studio-rose-matte-special-edition-fountain-pen

 

(When I checked just now, the sale has ended.)

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15 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

 

I came across it last night, when I was browsing what LAMY's official store in Australia has to offer, while there was a 20%-off site-wide sales promotion in play.

https://lamyshop.com.au/products/lamy-studio-rose-matte-special-edition-fountain-pen

 

(When I checked just now, the sale has ended.)

The rose matte is easy to find, at least here in the US. But the glossy rose is the one that I only found at Appelboom. I couldn't even find any mention of it anywhere else.

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4 hours ago, GigiT said:

But the glossy rose is the one that I only found at Appelboom.

 

Ah, OK. Sorry I misunderstood. Thanks for clarifying.

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2 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

 

Ah, OK. Sorry I misunderstood. Thanks for clarifying.

No need to apologize. You were actually providing good information and a link with a discount. That's always welcome, so thank you for that.

Talking about discounts, Appelboom has a 10% discount for FPN members if you enter the code "friend". I found that out a while ago reading posts here at forum. 

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I asked Appelboom about the glossy one and received this answer:

 

"It is indeed a special edition which was offered to only a few stores. One of them was Appelboom."

 

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11 hours ago, jungkind said:

I asked Appelboom about the glossy one and received this answer:

 

"It is indeed a special edition which was offered to only a few stores. One of them was Appelboom."

 

Oh, that explains a lot. That's why I couldn't find it anywhere else. The other few stores that Appelboom refers to are probably also located in Europe. 

Thank you so much for sharing that information. 

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Doesn't the glossy pen also come with a 14k nib? That would account for the difference.

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The gloss was made for the Chinese market exclusively, but a few were released for Europe

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