[matthewst1]

i always wanted that pen.. maybe one day i will have the courage of getting it. but blowing almost 100 pounds is a bit too much... will try ebay some day... (72 degrees is damn hot)

I got mine for 89 USD (100 with shipping); so there are some good prices out there. Yeah in Oz in summer temperatures in parked, exposed cars can get up to and even over 30 degrees above the outside temperature. Lots of dead babies, unfortunately.

[yachtsilverswan]

The Lamy 2000 - now proven to be the perfect pen for Parkours.

A rugged pen for a punishing sport.

Well done Matthew.

[matthewst1]

Yep, Parkour is good - I'm also into Chinese martial arts... wonder if I could kill someone with a Lamy 2000? Hehehe.

[Daedalus1]

This test reminds me of how a Glock 17 pistol was test.
Now I have full trust in durability of my 2 L2k. Woo hoo!

[MYU]

Here's just how nasty some of these abuse tests can get:

BEFORE


AFTER


Of course, the L2K is made of a fiberglass/plastic material. The Fenix T1 shown above is made of tough metal.

I'm now tempted to get a beater Rotring 600 and run it through some abuse tests.

This post has been edited by MYU: 24 January 2009 - 04:40 PM

[matthewst1]

Wow that would have been fun! I'd probably imagine that a 600 would be even tougher; I just don't want to destroy my 2000 - so this is as far as I go haha!

[excarnate]

My family and I went to Austria for Christmas,...

Assuming you flew :-) and used the pen on the flight, how did the pen do? Any blorping (drops of ink coming out like giant radioactive ants inexorably advancing toward the paper), ink on the section/inside the cap?

[pen2paper]

If I see you comin' at me with a ladder, I'm not stickin' around to find out why.

yes-WillSW..
but thanks for sharing the test results-tough pen-certainly meets the measure...and then some.

[Lloyd]

What's next, a dip in a deep fat fryer?

I'd like to see you "have at it" on a MB 149 and a Pelikan M1000. THEN, we'd know which is the tougher high-end pen.

This post has been edited by Lloyd: 25 January 2009 - 06:22 PM

[digitalnative]

I love my Lamy 2K so much I went out and bought the roller ball version as well. Dropping, freezing and boiling are not in their immediate future, but thanks for stepping up with your tests.

[matthewst1]

Funnily enough, I didn't use the pen on the plane - in hindsight, this would have been an excellent test - but I was going though a lot of security checks - even interrogation at DBX! I didn't want to risk ANY sharp or even pointy, pen like implements; for fear of confiscation. Silly, I know, but being a young man makes me such a prime target for crazy airport security.

I WISH I could even afford a 149 or M1000 - let alone 'test' them hehehe.

[MYU]

I've flown with an L2K... no problems during flight or after. The reservoir wasn't completely filled with ink (I think about half-way), but the next time I fly I'm going to take a few pens with me for "flight test" purposes.

Btw, my pen made it through airport security in my breast pocket. There is so little metal, that it doesn't trigger any alerts.

[Usui]

Glad your 2000 didn't break.

My 2000 was broken on the insides It's currently at the doctor at FiloFax.

I miss my black fiberglass friend

[dogpoet]

It's a pen, not Captain Scarlett, mate.

[sam235813]

remind me never to trust you with any of my relatives. well, maybe step-mum.