I may need to add this to my eBay stalk list lol. The flow is amazing, the shading sensational, it reminds me a lot of Bungubox L’Amant but just much darker. Just look at that rich golden sheen! I can see why this ink is so coveted. I had it in an Lamy EF and the bleed/spread on my regular notepads just were not worth it. My favourite things about Lamy inks are affordability and behaviour. The saturation of Dark Lilac seems to be a bit detrimental. Edit: pictures online can be deceiving, but that was my personal experience with both inks. The bottle contains 50 ml of beautiful, limited-edition Dark Lilac ink. These ink bottles have a basin inside to assist with filling when the ink level is low. As far as I could tell it’s the exact same shade, and has the same subtle gold sheen. Specifications Questions & Answers The Lamy T52 bottled ink comes with a roll of blotter tape that can be used to clean the pen after filling, or to blot writing. Not compared to other purple inks I have. Diamine Bilberry I had both this ink and dark lilac at the same time, and couldn’t tell the difference between the two. It was once again out of ink and needed some love.Īnd the fun part, the ink blob! Enhanced and not enhanced. I have not found Dark Lilac to be the best behaved ink.
People rave about them, especially when we're talking about the special editions Over the years we've pretty much seen every color or combination imaginable, except for one: purple. Sadly I do not have photos of the bottle, but I did get some shots of the ink!įor this review I chose my frequently used Pilot Vanishing Point Raden Galaxy. Monday, LAMY SAFARI DARK LILAC SPECIAL EDITION REVIEW The Lamy Safari is an extremely popular fountain pen. A friend was kind enough to include this in a mega ink trade. I’ve heard the color being spoke of in legendary terms and I wanted to see what the hype was about. I entered the world of FP’s too late to get a bottle at cost, or even to get a bottle at all. Lamy Dark Lilac is definitely the former.
I am usually the kind of person who just blindly buys a bottle, however there are some inks that are either very difficult to obtain or are so questionable that even I balk at having 50-100ML of it laying around forever. YouTube/Radio/Podcast My Account My Cart 877.509.0378. Shop online and save with our discount prices on Lamy Safari Dark Lilac Fountain Pens. This years ink from Lamy (to match the Safari), is Dark Lilac, and its causing quite the stir. Remoire, Charlotte Lamy, Lady Hopetain, Mrs.
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Thank goodness Goulet still has the pen available.Īlso is it just me or did anyone have that period in time where you had to write or type out Pilot so many times, you stopped mixing up where the o and the i goes? Just me? And I now know how to spell de Atramentis now I think.Recently I have received some lovely samples from my friends and readers. Buy Lamy Safari Dark Lilac Fountain Pens for less at Pen Chalet. Early - Flag, Luile Bay Blue, Concord Purple, obtained from Lucknow. My handwriting certainly looks way better now. The pen is great quality, I've ordered some Lamy Safari pens off from another retailer and every single one was a fake. I've also been gifted my grandfather's (very) old Pilot pen which is older than my dad (I think it was released in the 50s or 60s). I've made the transition to fountain pens from calligraphy and line art after lurking and purchasing a Pilot Metropolitan Retro Pop (the orange). People have been noting there is a subtle gold sheen to the Lamy ink so I was thinking of just experimenting with mixing Alexander Hamilton by de Atramentis and a gold sparkle ink to recreate it.
I've been looking online for something comparable but i've only seen a few swatch comparisons and based on a blog swatch de Atramentis Alexander Hamilton seems pretty close. Lamy made a gorgeous color of the year with the dark lilac, but I got into the fountain pen game too late and now the ink has seemly disappeared into the void.
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