Studios

[MrsGouletPens]

A few things to contribute here:

1) The new "Royal Red" LE is not very red, IMHO. It looks quite orange/coppery to me. Very pretty, just not red! Hopefully our pictures reflect that correctly, we try to color-adjust everything to make it as accurate to real life as possible.
2) They did switch from more of a royal blue (Blue, L67BE) to a navy blue (Imperial Blue, L67IB). Here's a picture comparison and video too: http://www.gouletpens.com/Articles.asp?ID=334

Hope that helps!

[Bogon07]

A few things to contribute here:

1) The new "Royal Red" LE is not very red, IMHO. It looks quite orange/coppery to me. Very pretty, just not red! Hopefully our pictures reflect that correctly, we try to color-adjust everything to make it as accurate to real life as possible.
2) They did switch from more of a royal blue (Blue, L67BE) to a navy blue (Imperial Blue, L67IB). Here's a picture comparison and video too: http://www.gouletpens.com/Articles.asp?ID=334

Hope that helps!

MrsGouletPens,
Your site is one of the few to accurately reflect the colour of the new Imperial Blue Studio just about everyone else seems to have used Lamy's overbright stock photo to portray this pen. It was quite a shock to see the actual dark navy colour of one in a shop, I can imagine the surprise of anyone who bought one based on the colour shown on most sites especially eBay and other on-line pen retailers..

[ballboy]

Out of the brushed steel and Palladium Studios I had, I preferred the rubber grip on the former. I had to be aware of the sharpness of the cap edge when capping the pen incase it caught and possibly cut the section. Nice pens with the right nib.

[Bogon07]

The local city pen shop has the Royal Red Studio RollerBall & the Ballpoint. Red Red is visually a very striking and unique colour especially in the Studio's satin finish.
Even taking into account the odd lighting in the shop the colour leans way more towards orange than red. More of an orange with a touch of red tint than the other way around.


Montblanc Winter Glow Ink (2012) would go well with this fountain pen.

[Tony Rex]

Took this pic while refurbishing the Platinum Grey. It had had a rough life, with deep scratches, a loose clip, misaligned 14C tines, clogged with red ink, etc. But it responds well to TLC, now it's like new except for the battle scars.



Here it is today.



Tony

Update: I ground the nib into XXF now. Cheers.

[CapeClear]

Lovely job Tony! That nib is gorgeous. I bought a stainless steel Studio in HK last week for the knockdown price of €25! I purchased it from a Lamy boutique that was closing down. I was a bit skeptical of its authenticity but it's the real deal. It came with a stainless nib of course but I've popped on a 1.5mm italic (my favourite Lamy nib). It's my new favourite pen! It's weighted perfectly for me (imported) and great for marathon writing sessions.

[AtomicLeo]

I do like the Studios but have been turned off by the color choices. The Royal Red isn't red. The Imperial Blue is almost a matte black. I handled the older blue in my local store a few years ago, but passed it over for a Pilot Knight. Really, wished I had bought it, too. I like that older blue color.

[KrazyIvan]

I liked the black but it just got too heavy for my hand.

[velo]

I bought the brushed steel version because of the rubberized grip. I really like it especially with the 1.1 italic nib.

[Bogon07]

I do like the Studios but have been turned off by the color choices. The Royal Red isn't red. The Imperial Blue is almost a matte black. I handled the older blue in my local store a few years ago, but passed it over for a Pilot Knight. Really, wished I had bought it, too. I like that older blue color.

It is not too late, you can still get one from the ColnGallery UK http://www.colnart.com/collections/l...e-fountain-pen