€9.90 for 30 mL 50 mL bought at 24Papershop.
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First Impressions
This is such a pretty colour and the shading and sheening are subtle but mesmerising. Rumour (apparently confirmed by Lamy, but I couldn’t find it anywhere official) is that this colour was recently rebranded as Lamy Pacific Blue Special Edition.
Bottle
This ink comes in the standard Lamy bottle. It is a wide, flat cylinder, with the ink in the top half and a plastic holder containing blotting paper in the bottom half. I’ve yet to actually use any of the blotting paper included with the Lamy ink bottles but it’s a nice idea. The bottle itself is thick glass and pleasantly heavy, giving the impression that tipping it over and spilling ink is a near impossibility. The cap is plastic and somewhat resembles the ink colour, though in my opinion is greener than the actual ink.
Feel
This is a nice, wet ink. It flows very smoothly and tends to behave itself even on sub-optimal paper.
Dry time
5 seconds
Colour
The Lamy turquoise is a very pure, bright turquoise, or perhaps azure, colour. It might be a bit too fun and bright of a colour for very official work, but it’s nicely readable and I have no problem using it for taking notes or writing in my lab book.
Chromatography
I was pleased to see that this turquoise really separates into some royal blue and some sky blue but no green. I can’t stand greens sneaking into blue inks!
Shading, saturation & sheening
Lamy Turquoise does have some shading – rather equivalent to the Lamy blue-black. This is quite evident when looking at fine lines, rather than the cotton-swab swipes. This ink also has a reddish-purple sheen which I’ve not been able to accurately capture in the photos, unfortunately. But even when using a fine pen, some sheening is present around the ends of lines where the ink has slightly pooled.
Durability
Solvents
Please don’t try these solvent tests. Some of these chemicals can be dangerous, alone and/or when mixed
Water: Not resistant: the lines completely disappear.
Isopropanol: Resistant: no blurring of lines noticeable.
Hydrogen peroxide: Not resistant: the lines completely disappear.
Ammonia (Window Cleaner): Not resistant: the lines completely disappear.
Bleach: Not resistant. The colour completely disappears.
Erasability
This ink cannot be erased.
Smell
No noticeable smell.
Final Thoughts
I love this ink! It would be perfectly at home in a demonstrator pen because of its spectacular colour. Using it makes me smile. And it’s so easy to work with – dries quickly, doesn’t smudge, and flows nicely.
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