Lamy AL-star silverblue

[DerekB]

There is great attention to all the functional details. There are tiny latches to grab the tiny protrusions on the converter to keep it locked in place. You can see the internal collector/feed fill with ink through the smoky transparency of the section. And the steel nibs slide straight in and out.

The internal collector/feed filling with ink kind of bothers me. Is this supposed to happen?

 

Yup, it's supposed to happen. The warmth of your hand forces the ink out of the reservoir (cartridge or converter in this case) and it collects here rather than burp big blue blobs of blue ink onto the paper.

 

Doug

 

Thanks a bunch for the details on this. I purchased a SilverBlue Al-Star two days ago (my very first fountain pen!) and got a little worried when I saw this phenomenon. I had seen it on cheapo pens in the past (Pilot Precise rollerballs come to mind) and thought that it was some sort of flaw...good to know that it's nothing to be alarmed about.

 

[techman]

My silver/blue does the same thing. Sometimes the cap looks a different color from the base. Other times the pen looks all the same color. Weird but cool.

[DaleR]

I too have a L27M Silverblue Al-Star...I notice a different color variation everytime I pick it up!

 

Dale

[Silvermink]

It's a really cool color - I've noticed purple in whiter (outside) light and blue in yellower (inside) light too.

 

I have the silvergreen, too, and it doesn't exhibit the same phenomenon - it's greener than the silverblue is blue, and looks pretty much the same regardless of lighting.

 

I'm pretty sure "lilac" and "silverblue" refer to the same actual pen finish. Mine was sold to me as "lilac" but is definitely the same color pictured in this review.

Edited January 8, 2009 by Silvermink

[Roadblock]

It's a really cool color - I've noticed purple in whiter (outside) light and blue in yellower (inside) light too.

 

I have the silvergreen, too, and it doesn't exhibit the same phenomenon - it's greener than the silverblue is blue, and looks pretty much the same regardless of lighting.

 

I'm pretty sure "lilac" and "silverblue" refer to the same actual pen finish. Mine was sold to me as "lilac" but is definitely the same color pictured in this review.

 

For what it's worth: I got a look at one of these in person today at Dromgoole's in Houston, and it definitely looked like the purple hue to me (lilac, I guess). The guy in the shop called it SilverBlue, however.