Lamy Dark Lilac

[lgsoltek]

Lamy has a few rather pointless LE inks: Neon Lime, Charged Green... Luckily this time they got it right. Dark Lilac is probably the best Lamy ink they've ever made.

Rich and saturated purple with a lot of gold sheen, it's the complete opposite to their Neon Lime and Charged Green.

 

Splash

(photo, scan)

Sample

It flows well. No water resistance but it doesn't bother me.

Comparison

with:

Diamine Pansy (very similar but somewhat greyer, with green sheen),

Bung Box L'Amant (more red?),

KWZI Gummiberry (redder and no sheen),

Edelstein Amethyst (much more muted and greyer),

Montblanc Lavender Purple (muted),

Sailor Pen & Message Sanyasou (bluer).

Sheen

Loads of gold sheen.

[mehandiratta]

lovely ...

amazing sheen...

how is the lubrication....

[visvamitra]

Yes, this ink is amazing.

[praxim]

As I have said on other threads, I love this ink. It is in a Lamy 2000 now.

[RedScarves]

Oh wow, gorgeous gold sheen!~~~

[lapis]

Since I got this last month, I have been using it unrelentlessly; hardly anything else is as good-looking and at the same time so practicable. Perfect wetness and lubrication. Intense and saturated but not overly so like most PRs and/or Ns. The sheen doesn't impress me at all -- that all being almost "phoney" inasmuch as way too dependent on paper, nib, light, angle, photo, scan etc etc. No harm meant! But as you say... it is the best ink they've made in a long time, maybe even the best ink Lamy ever made! I've already chucked out my Neon Lime and Charged Green.

 

Mike

[amberleadavis]

I'm so glad you compared it to MB Lavender. I was worried that the two inks were too similar. Now, I think they are just different enough for me.

[lgsoltek]

lovely ...

amazing sheen...

how is the lubrication....

 

 

It's good.

[Romi13]

Lovely indeed.

[AndyYNWA]

Lovely ink!

Sheen like crazy, and without effort, on Oxford Optik.

[Newjelan]

Great review of a stunning ink. I'm so glad I bought 2 bottles because the first will be empty very soon.

[Chrissy]

Surely Lamy must have introduced gold particles to get this effect?

[Mr.Rene]

Surely Lamy must have introduced gold particles to get this effect?

Not really...some Violet dyes have this nice effect like gentian violet for example...

[inkstainedruth]

Thanks for the review.

Personally, I think that it's really dumb of Lamy to have made this an LE ink. Yes, it's gotten a lot of short-term buzz (I snagged two bottles when it came back in stock at Anderson Pens because I knew that they had gotten it in to their B&M and e-store while they were at the Triangle Pen Show a few weeks ago). But this is an ink that should be a staple of their regular line -- it's gorgeous and pretty well behaved (I was just using it in the Dark Lilac Safari today, from the original ink sample I got when the ink first became available).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[amberleadavis]

I've got it in a fairly wet pen, and I'm not getting this kind of sheen. Still it is very pretty.

[Mikeal]

Great ink. Really wish it was going to be readily available.

[mmg122]

Another excellent review. Thank you!

 

I was able to pick up a bottle on the second go around. Very impressed with behavior. Props to Lamy.

[Bill P]

Great Review - thank-you

 

and a great fp ink...I have had mine inked in a FP since the moment I received it...

[chromantic]

lg - thanks for including the Gummiberry, I think I'm going to order that for my new dark purple Pelikano Jr and. leave the Dark Lilac in my Frontier.

 

I've got it in a fairly wet pen, and I'm not getting this kind of sheen.

 

Well, that's disappointing news. I'm kind of experiencing the opposite - too much.

 

[amberleadavis]

WOW, you seem to get sheen from whatever ink you use. I'm impressed.