on saleLAMY topaz - Ink Sample

Wonderful and exciting because it is as rich and beautiful as its name.

Initially, I purchased the Lamy Topaz simply for the color. I thought the warm reddish-brown would look lovely on my ever-so-slightly cream-colored paper (it does!). My initial test was with my glass dip pen and I loved how the color looked and how the ink behaved with that pen. Then, I tried it with my Brause steno nib and was thrilled with how the fine line rich warm brown-black color contrasted with the thicker lines of warm reddish-brown color. I wanted to keep writing because of that color contrast! In short - it's a great color and it really presents especially well when you have varying line thicknesses in your writing. I will be getting a full bottle. Note: I didn't test water resistance nor shading so low is a guess. I selected medium for wetness based solely on the fact that it didn't run off my nibs. It was less wet than Colorverse, for example, which I can't really use well with a glass dip because it's too wet (at least for my pen). As for dry time - I was on Moleskin paper and it tends to absorb the ink a bit more than Tomoe River & Rhodia so dry time was pretty quick on that paper.

I don't hear much about this ink shade, but tried it on a whim and love it. It's part of the Crystal series so it's a bit wetter than the standard line. The color is rich and it's well behaved. Time to order a full bottle!