InkFlashes are short and quick presentations that show just enough detail to get a feel for the ink. A couple of years ago, Fountain Pen Network member @lgsoltek gifted me a bunch of samples to try out. This Lamy Dark Lilac was among them. It’s been sitting in my ink stash for a while now, so I’m sure it’s a sample of the original 2016 version of this ink.
Rhodia DotPad N° 16
A very saturated dark lilac – looks best in dry-writing pens or finer nibs, where you explore the left side of the saturation spectrum.
A look at the chromatography
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Writing sample on papers good and bad
Written with Lamy Safari M-nib. The bleed-through test is done as follows: 1x, 2x and 3x fill of the squares from left to right, to get increasing saturation of the paper. Beware that on the reverse side, the most saturated square appears on the left. Dark Lilac clearly doesn’t like lower-quality paper.
And finally a quick doodle
[Originally published on the Fountain Pen Network, on 16 August 2025]
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