The color this year is a dark teal called "Petrol" and to me it looks great. Black clip and nib. Pen is $29.50 plus a couple bucks to ship.
The pens are now in at Goulet and Vanness...both stellar vendors.
The ink is not in the USA yet, but you can order the ink from Appleboom in the Netherlands for the same or less than it would cost you here. Order cartridges only from Appleboom as they are cheap and shipping is really low. If you order 10 boxes of five it's $1.50 per box. I ordered 5 boxes (25 cartridges) for $1.59 each.
Shipping by international envelope (an option since the cartridges are so small) was about $5.
I'm waiting for bottled ink to come to the USA so shipping isn't so much.
How much is the difference? Get this...five boxes of 5 cartridges from a USA vendor shipped to me is $27.00. TEN boxes of 5 cartridges from Appleboom in the Netherlands shipped to me is a skosh under $20.00. So via USA vendors it's seven bucks more for half as many!!! Crazy mon...ees jus crazy!
Here's a link to Appleboom...
https://appelboom.com/lamy-petrol-ink-ink-cartridges?search=Lamy%20Petrol%20ink&description=true
The photos:
The pens are now in at Goulet and Vanness...both stellar vendors.
The ink is not in the USA yet, but you can order the ink from Appleboom in the Netherlands for the same or less than it would cost you here. Order cartridges only from Appleboom as they are cheap and shipping is really low. If you order 10 boxes of five it's $1.50 per box. I ordered 5 boxes (25 cartridges) for $1.59 each.
Shipping by international envelope (an option since the cartridges are so small) was about $5.
I'm waiting for bottled ink to come to the USA so shipping isn't so much.
How much is the difference? Get this...five boxes of 5 cartridges from a USA vendor shipped to me is $27.00. TEN boxes of 5 cartridges from Appleboom in the Netherlands shipped to me is a skosh under $20.00. So via USA vendors it's seven bucks more for half as many!!! Crazy mon...ees jus crazy!
Here's a link to Appleboom...
https://appelboom.com/lamy-petrol-ink-ink-cartridges?search=Lamy%20Petrol%20ink&description=true
The photos: