Lamy Bottle Ink Blue/Black T52, 50 ml

A good smooth black ink.

As a student I find myself writing frequently, and once a week I fill my Lamy pen up with this ink. I really love both the black and the blue colours, they are deep but soft on the eyes. The black is rich and dries quickly enough the smudging is usually not an issue. Also, despite fluctuating temperatures it has never shown signs of clotting or clogging my pen and I have had no issues with cold weather (2-5°F, -15ish °C) The bottle the ink is contained in is a great design for filling up a fountain pen, and the special indent in the bottom will ensure I get every last drop out of this. It's been several months and I haven't even begun to get it near the bottom. I look forward to using this ink until well into summer. The blotting paper is extremely convenient while it lasts, however I have already used it all (some of it was ruined in the scenario depicted below in the warning). A warning, though, to people who travel: package this ink VERY carefully! I recommend sealing it in its own bag, preferably waterproof. No matter how firmly I screw on the cap and how often I check to see if it is upright, this ink bottle will always leak whenever I travel with it. The strangest thing is that I cannot cause it to leak - I've held it over the sink and tipped it from side to side and even upside down, but it will not leak (really a plus in case you knock it over on your desk). I guess it slowly seeps from out of the cap when tipped on its side (I never allowed it to be upside-down) but will not spill if quickly righted.

Long after its limited run, this is still my favorite ink: with its friendly character to thin papers, its deep red shading, and deep green-teal hue, it has won the place of being a regular among my inks. I use it in LAMY AL-Star; they go together well.

I love blue inks, in all shades and hues. I find Teal and Turquoise colors to be bright and full of joy, and they make writing even more fun. I use Lamy Turquoise as one of my standard inks for all of my fountain pens, because I've never had a pen misbehave with this ink due to non-obstructive ink starvation. The surface tension is low enough to flow easily from the reservoir/converter/cartridge through the feed and nib and onto the paper in every brand of fountain pen I own. Beautiful bright color that shades nicely, well behaved ink, easy to clean out...and the bottle comes with a roll of blotting paper in a dispenser on the bottom of the bottle, so you can quickly and easily clean up your pen after refilling it.

I am a law school student, and love fountain pens. It's all I write with. This black ink is pleasingly dark, with some nice shades to it. It doesn't require great paper, but will feather on super cheap notebooks. I started using Mead Composition notebooks, no feathering, and beautiful writing with my Lamy Al-Star and this ink. About the blotting paper, for any of you complaining that it retracted into the bottle and is forever lost, fear no more. You can seperate the glass ink container from the plastic blotting paper container, and unwind more paper out of the slot on the side and voila! Paper is back! The ink bottle also h a reservoir in the middle, that dips deep than the rest of the bottle so you can take advantage of the most ink possible. Cap seals tight, has never leaked, and this ink doesnt show much show through or however you call it, on the opposite side of the pages. NOT waterproof, NOT bulletproof, etc. just basic ink with amazing color and AMAZING bottle design. Dont judge it for what its not claimed to be. Want waterproof, buy waterproof. Btw, nib creep on lamy safaris and al-stars is a common issue, I'veI've experienced with many different inks besides lamy bottle ink. Does not affect performance in any way.

I love my Lamy Safaris and my Lamy 2000 is amongst my very favorite pens. It's a crying shame that with these awesome pens, Lamy has always included a cartridge of their blue ink, which is the worst blue ink to ever find its way to my papers. An amazing fountain pen with the worst blue ink. Why, Lamy, why? So when someone recommended Lamy Black to address feathering problems with my extremely wet flex nib writing on HP Premium 32 lb. paper, I cringed -- but I went ahead and bought a bottle, even though I now have 16 black fountain pen inks. I kinda know black inks. I was pleasantly surprised with Lamy Black. I had fun matching it up against famous top-of-the-line black inks. It held its ground in most cases. It is not the darkest black, but it is dark. It is not the most saturated, but it is saturated. It dries without a noticeable sheen. It did not feather on the HP 32 lb, or Rhodia or Black 'n Red papers, even at maximum flex, where I'm laying down a 2mm line. It did feather a bunch on the copier paper, even with a light hand. It flows consistently, on the dry side. Dry times were less than 5 seconds on copier, 22 seconds on HP 32 lb., and quite long on Rhodia, exceeding 30 seconds. When flexing or using wet wide nibs there is slight shading. The ink bottle looks great on my desk too. It includes a blotter paper that pulls out from the bottle base. It follows the Bauhaus design philosophy, as the Lamy pens do. Overall, it's a very attractive black ink that's well-behaved. It's a good value at this price point.

High quality ink having a beautiful turquoise shade. I am using it for everyday writing. It dries fast as well.

ottimo prodotto, la carta assorbente integrata aiuta molto nell'uso da ufficio e l'inchiostro di buona qualità. Un sistema comodo e utile

Bought for my daughter to go with a special birthday pen purchase. The ink is a lovely deep blue/black, the bottle glass and heavy, the little sleeve around the bottle full of blotting paper (remember that stuff??!!). Will last for ages. Highly recommended.

Good ink with nice solid colour and not opaque. I guess I should have expected this quality from Lamy - very satisfied. The blotting paper was more convenient than I expected to clean my fountain pen tip after refilling. It's more absorbent than I realized with a paper towel-like front texture and a backing layer that prevents bleed through or ink staining if you set it on the table.

Great ink quick delivery