It was fun doodling around with this ink. Looking at the writing without tilting the paper makes them just look like an almost black purple. You can see the sheen on the top row here. Use Tomoe River paper and tilt it a bit to see the greenish-gold sheen this ink provides. It’s hard to get the lighter hue of the ink to show while writing, but I made a quick sketch which shows the colour variation Monboddo’s Hat has: I have used Tomoe River paper to bring out the most of its sheen and shading, but even here it’s not a wild ink. Monboddo’s Hat is a reddish leaning deep purple with a green gold sheen that can easily be slipped into office use rotation without anybody noticing. Diamine’s collaborations have all been interesting so far, and this one isn’t different. Let inks stand for themselves first, and then let people know how close they are to an ink they may own or look to purchase.ĭiamine Monboddo’s Hat has a delightful name and was made in collaboration with the Fountain Pens UK Facebook group. There is more than one shade of dark purple in the world, and in any case unless you’re really set on trying to replicate Dark Lilac’s hue there’s really no need to create that comparison. The process is the same on all safaris, so better to ruin something you don’t care about your first time than to waste a limited edition.Diamine Monboddo’s Hat intrigued me from the moment I heard the name and saw the colour, but I have too much ink already, so it took a while before I caved in and bought a small bottle of it, and then a while more before I had the chance to use it.Įver since Lamy Dark Lilac made its appearance a few years ago all dark purple inks have been judged against it, perhaps unfairly.
You are welcome to follow along at home, but I recommend testing first on a cheap used or even broken pen if you’ve never done this before.
I decided that this was a bridge too far, and took matters in to my own hands.īelow you will see a video of me taking two Lamy Safaris, straight from the shop, and turning them in to the release that Lamy should have given us this year. 2022, on the other hand, is specifically the “Strawberry & Cream” release, however the choice you are faced with when shopping is instead “Strawberry or Cream”. Both colors suit their pens just fine with colored matched hardware (finials, clips, and center bands) in lieu of the tradition black or silver hardware, and follow after the 2020 special editions, which had similar color matching, and the 2019 special editions which had silver clips, but color matched finials and center bands (the 2021 editions used black hardware in homage to the original two Safari colors.) The big difference, though, is that 20 featured trios of colors that were complimentary of each other but not strictly related a color pallet, if you will. There’s nothing wrong with the pinkish red Strawberry pen, or the off-white Cream pen.
That’s not to say they are not with out missteps, such as the mechanism on the original Dialog 3 not staying quite airtight (supposedly fixed in later Dialog 3s, and definitely fixed in the Dialog CC), or sticking to colors barely discernible from black (dark blue and dark brown) once they finally started coming out with different color options for their flagship LAMY 2000 pen, or, much less seriously, with their 2022 limited edition Safari release of two monochrome pens under the moniker “Strawberry & Cream”. It’s really a credit to Lamy that the majority of complaints they garner are from people wishing they’d do more, like Brad Dowdy calling for translucent colored demo (as opposed to just the clear demos currently offered) or my own perennial calls for the rerelease of their Dark Lilac ink. Their Safari line is an iconic entry level pen, their inks and ink bottles both rank among my favorites, and their high end pens offer interesting designs (and, not to spoil a future review, but their newer Dialog CC may be a pen I never leave uninked again.) Blame my father, but I was raised to tease the ones I love.
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