Switching Lamy Clone Nib for a Gold Lamy Nib

[Penguincollector]

5 hours ago, Lithium466 said:

You mean the Imporium nib flakes?

 

Sorry to hear that, I only had that problem on Platinum preppy.

The usual tape method didn't work?

It brought the feed out with it, and when I looked at it, the shoulders of the nib are wrapped the feed and crimped into place. I like the way the rainbow nib writes and don’t want to mangle it, so I will try again when the new feed gets here. Worst thing that can happen is I end up with a Lamy to match my new nib.

[Lithium466]

Mmm, that's unfortunate. Could you share where you bought the feeds separately?

[Penguincollector]

5 hours ago, Lithium466 said:

Mmm, that's unfortunate. Could you share where you bought the feeds separately?

 Ali Express.  I measured mine to confirm the size. There’s a few sellers but I went with the one in the link because it had precise measurements. 

Lamy clone feeds

[Lithium466]

Thanks! I bought some just to try.

[Bo Bo Olson]

As far as I can remember reading, all the black coated nibs flake (Lamy or not)  sooner or later....so were for me, so much for Plan A. And leave off my wish list.

[Penguincollector]

So I switched them out, but now I am having ink choice paralysis.  Suggestions are welcome

[Lithium466]

You seem to have gotten an aesthetically pleasing nib (unlike the one I received), nice!

I can't see what size you got, but maybe Diamine Golden Sands or Brandy Dazzle would be a match for that golden clip?

Or are you looking for something a little more serious? Lamy black is a very underrated nice black ink, and works well on all kinds of papers. Boring, I know.

[Penguincollector]

I have a few different black inks, and while  I don’t have Golden Sands (wow, that’s pretty), I have a few gold inks as well. I actually don’t have a pen inked with black at the moment, so am leaning that way. It’s an EF nib, so I think it would have to be a non shimmering ink unless I hear otherwise. I have no Lamy experience prior to this, so please feel free to share your thoughts and experiences.

[A Smug Dill]

5 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

It’s an EF nib, so I think it would have to be a non shimmering ink unless I hear otherwise.

 

Unless we're talking about an (Ultra or Extra) extra fine-writing pen designed to write so, with no provision for simple nib swapping, the feed that would serve an F or M nib equally well should not be of particular concern with regard to using shimmer inks. As for the nib itself, I don't think it automatically follows that (Lamy, but also other brands of) EF nibs are tuned for drier ink flow by having a sufficiently narrower tine gap, such that shimmer particles could be physically trapped and build up into a cluster as crud does.

 

Using a shimmer ink such as Jacques Herbin Shogun by Kenzo Takada or Colorverse Project Ink no.1 Shiny Black should be quite OK; but stay away from unproven and rarely reviewed Chinese shimmer inks you may see lots of on AliExpress.

 

 

[Lithium466]

My EF Z58 was providing enough flow right out of the box to be used with some shimmering inks (and show shimmer), even if I'm mostly limited to those I got at the recent Pelikan hub : Organic Studio glycine worked well too, more discreet than the Diamine above, but that's a blue/dark teal. Diamine Winter miracle dries as a very dark purple, almost brown/black.

 

As I kept trying different nibs on some (cheap) pens loaded with said inks, and as my broadest nib is a Lamy Z50 M, maybe I'm not the best to judge. 

[Misfit]

18 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

So I switched them out, but now I am having ink choice paralysis.  Suggestions are welcome

Red or green. T’is the season. 

[Penguincollector]

4 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

 

Unless we're talking about an (Ultra or Extra) extra fine-writing pen designed to write so, with no provision for simple nib swapping, the feed that would serve an F or M nib equally well should not be of particular concern with regard to using shimmer inks. As for the nib itself, I don't think it automatically follows that (Lamy, but also other brands of) EF nibs are tuned for drier ink flow by having a sufficiently narrower tine gap, such that shimmer particles could be physically trapped and build up into a cluster as crud does.

 

Using a shimmer ink such as Jacques Herbin Shogun by Kenzo Takada or Colorverse Project Ink no.1 Shiny Black should be quite OK; but stay away from unproven and rarely reviewed Chinese shimmer inks you may see lots of on AliExpress.

 

 

Will do, thank you! 

[Penguincollector]

1 hour ago, Misfit said:

Red or green. T’is the season. 

I have Ooly red and 4001 green in other pens already, otherwise yes. I am considering gold: either Pelikan Golden Beryl or Sheaffer’s King’s Gold.  The other pens have Lamy Turquoise,  a Chinese orange cartridge. a five below yellow cartridge, Serenity Blue, and Pelikan Tanzanite. Also not necessarily a pen and ink matcher, so if you have other ideas, feel free to drop them here. 

[Misfit]

I vote for gold! Red, green, gold. Perfect!

[Penguincollector]

Yay!

[Misfit]

Oh!!! I absolutely love Peanuts!  Thank you for sharing the image.  

[Penguincollector]

Anytime! I will update when I fill it. Trying to make room in my pen rack.

[Penguincollector]

This is a beautiful combination. 

[Misfit]

Great choice.  You were right to go with gold. 

[Penguincollector]

Thank you! If I hadn’t just inked the two latest pens with red and green, I would have put the dark green in this one. It’s such a nice nib! It’s  definitely a Western EF, which I wasn’t sure was going to be. Interested to try the steel nib on the cp1 (which is going in my stocking) that is coming and compare.