Hello,

new on the block here. Just wanted to add to the color collecting that at the main dept store here in Stockholm they sell what seems to be a custom made Safari in glossy blue plastic with yellow clips, which happens to be the colors of the Swedish flag. Probably ordered by that store because of the amount of tourists they receive.

On a side-note they also have a specially made Noodler's Stockholm Blue with a drawing of the Royal Castle on the sticker. Don't use much Noodler's so I can't tell if this blue is the same as anything in the ordinary line-up, but it's quite dark and deep.

cheers/Mattias

Hello Mattias,

thank you very much for this information. I read about that pen before, nice to see its existence confirmed. Do you have a photo of that pen?

Regards
Hans-Peter

Hello Hans-Peter,

I'm sorry but I have no picture yet. I'm thinking of buying one (already have the Al-Star ocean blue, but...) and if I do I promise to post a picture. Do you have, or anyone else, have any experience from using the Safari italic nib and if so what do you think?

all the best/Mattias

These nibs are of course a little picky about the writing position (don't rotate the pen), but they are not scratchy.
There are several reviews and comments on this forum. If you do a search you will probably find more, but here are some examples:
Lamy 1.1 italic nib
Lamy Al-Star with 1.1 italic nib
Lamy Safari with italic nib

I use a Lamy 0.8 mm italic nib that I reground myself from one of Lamy's 1.5 nibs. I like the way it writes. You can find my posting and a little writing sample here:
I modified a nib, too!

I'm looking forward to your photo.

Regards
Hans-Peter

My son has a white Safari for just such reason. My sister bought it for him for his birthday last year.

I think sonia_simone was referring to the older version with black clip and nib, but the one issued last year is pretty cool, too. I just got one for myself before they disappear

I've got one of those "swedish-flag" Safaris that I traded for with a guy in Sweden. I'll take a photo tonight.

Skip

I like a lot my 1.5mm nib. Can't say I use it all the time, but on some occasion, it's lot's of fun!

And that yellow blue lamy... how much are they? Would you ship them abroad? I'd like one!

nick

Hi Mattias,

I use both a Safari and a Logo with 1.1 Italic nibs and Noodlers inks. They are my favourite pens. Inexpensive yet a smooth writing experience with wonderful line variation and shading. Enjoy!

Regards

Geoff V

Thanks for sharing your experiences and directions to previous threads regarding the Safari italic nibs. Seems like a safe choice in its class.

cheers/Mattias

Time for another update.

Safari colours

1. Savanna Green (textured)*
2. Terracotta Orange (textured)*
3. White (Alpin)*
4. Light gray (Griso)*
5. Charcoal/black/dark gray/umber (newer models textured) (S2)
6. Yellow
7. Red (Hot)
8. Dark blue (Sky)
9. Blue with yellow clip (available in Sweden)
10. Clear demonstrator with chrome clip (Vista)
11. Orange with red clip (Flame, 2004, LE)*
12. Light blue with red clip (Blue & Red, 2006, LE)*
13. Glossy black with chrome clip (Black, 2007, now a regular model)
14. Glossy white with chrome clip (White, 2007, LE)*
15. Light green with chrome clip (Lime, 2008, LE)

* = discontinued
LE = limited edition

Single copies

1. Green
2. Teal

I think this was the thread that lead me to FPN. I can't believe I have not checked it since.

Some additional notes on the variations...

1. The Alpin White was made in textured and smooth versions.
2. The Charcoal only came in textured, as far as I know. I have a Charcoal pen from 1980 which is textured. Anybody have a smooth Charcoal pen? (edit: I just saw early in the thread that somebody has a smooth Charcoal - cool!)
3. They definitely made a demonstrator (not the Vista). A friend of mine recalls seeing them sold at a major housewares/design store in Denmark in the 80's.
4. The bottom of the blind cap had no markings on the pens from 1980 and maybe 1981. From 81/82-89 the end of the pen is debossed with "W. Germany." All pens after 89 are marked "Germany."
5. Pens from 1980 and maybe 1981 came with push-bar type aeromatic converter. They were made in black and silver metal.
6. There are other custom colors out there. Lamy has made and I think will still make custom colors if ordered in large enough quantity. How about we try to order an FPN special? Burgundy? Terracotta remixed?

I love the Safari.

/Woody

Me too! And either a Burgundy or Terracotta would be great! Count me in!

Doug

P.S. Can the clips be easily swapped out? Just wondering...

I would be in - especially for a Burgundy!

It's a simple but very much an at-your-own-risk procedure on the current design: the cap end, which secures the inner cap and clip, is a simple plug, and pops out when pressed (hard) from the inside. (I've used the back end of a chopstick.) What to do then is pretty evident, but a couple of tips might be to press the inner cap down before removing the clip, and to try to align the clip with the dents on the o-ring when replacing the plug.

There's a blog post in Japanese about it here, where you can see the parts involved. The author has recreated the original white model by transplanting black nib, clip, cap end, and middle ring from a regular model onto a 2007 LE white.

On much older models the cap end was an actual screw, and swopping clips thus much less of a hack.

The Blue and Yellow safari (Swedish special version) is a standard blue with a bright yellow clip (actually quite nice looking). I'll post a picture later today.

If anyone is interested, I do have two NoS... pm me.

P.,

I have not been a huge Lamy fan, but in my local pen store esterday, an orange one (Flame?) started yelling at me from the display case. I am really unable to stop matching inks with pen colour and I have been lamenting that I didn't have a red ink pen. To illustrate how ill I am, I couldn't buy a red pen to go with the red ink because it would be impossible to come up with a perfect match.

Anyway, the clip on my new shiny orange pen is red and there isn't enough surface area to clash with pretty much any red ink, so I am a happy wee camper. Actually, PR Orange Crush is darn near the same colour, so I could use that.

Happily scribbling,

Kath

Nice find. AFAIK, those are not easy to find new, since they were an LE and have been discontinued. At least, the usual on-line dealers don't have any.



I'm telling myself that with the weak dollar and shipping from Sweden it will cut too much into my Lamy 2000 fund. So tempting.

Speaking with the dept store that sells the Blue and Yellow Safari it seems it's a very limited version, only 200 pieces were ordered. Once sold out no more will be ordered. Anyway, for the FPN Archival Records I will try to post a pic this weekend unless Strand beats me to it

Quick snapshot...

Finally a photo - thank you, Strand

Limited production of 200...

If I'm not mistaken, there are many safari fan in the forum...

Should we try to get a special FPN version? It was mentioned earlier, and I second this. 200 sounds feasible!

Any other interested?

What about a purple with a lime green clip

nick

I'm most interested. I was actually thinking purple with a lime green clip would be nice. Joker colors.

The Lamy website was updated and shows the Lamy Lime on the "new products" page:
http://www.lamy.com/products/new_products/index_eng.html

Regards
Hans-Peter

Also, Raspberry Al-star!

http://plusd.itmedia.co.jp/d-style/article...12/news102.html

While I'm not hot about the suggested colours, how exactly do we go about placing a mass order for a custom Safari?

I can probably set it up - Let me investigate.

Par

Now we are talkin'! I was just about to ask if Hans-Peter had the contacts to set this up. Let me know if I can be of any help.

/Woody

I saw a sample of the Raspberry Al-Star yesterday and it looks quite nice. Not too "girly" for a bloke! It will be available in May alongside the new Ocean Blue Al-Star.

Martin

Given the obvious interest just in the Safari, as evidenced by this thread alone, I raise the question yet again: Is it not viable and worthwhile to create and maintain a separate Lamy Brand Focus Forum? I understand that someone would have to volunteer to administer such a project but, if somebody were to step forward, could it not be organised?

The "new" Ocean Blue? - are they just making the special edition run into a permanent model Or is it a change/mode upgrade involved?

New in the sense that it is not available in all markets. My understanding is that it will be part of the core range.

Martin

I hope one of those markets in the US! I have already been looking for a good waterproof raspberry ink

Yes, I am one of those!

I'll be so happy to see the Ocean Blue coming into the UK market. I was going to get my mom to bring one over but maybe I'll wait, now...

I like raspberry with chocolate...

[hint]Brown is acceptable[\hint]

You know, you are right. I like chocolate with raspberries too. In fact, my favorite microbrew is a chocolate raspberry coffee stout! so,yes, brown will do too.

Not to take this thread too far OT, but since we are talking about custom colors, let me suggest a Safari with with the Balloon scheme? Kind of a color version of the Vista:



[photo pulled from Lamy.com]

Doug

Thanks to the help of a kind FPNer I got my hands on the blue and yellow SE this week. I was setting up to take some pen pictures this weekend and I took the opportunity to set up one of my Safaris together. I am missing a few but most of the standard colors and LE's are represented. Here you have the Safari trainwreck...

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And here is a bit more orderly one:

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I think I have to vote for burgundy if we get the opportunity to make an FPN special.

/Woody

That single picture will represent my Safari quest for the next few years...

Is there one missing?

Thanks

nick

Terracotta Red? The demonstrator?

And I'm curious about the orange one with a black clip on the leftmost. Which model is that?

Wow, great pictures Heywoody! What kind of metal background did you use? It's very nice...

Our JetPens team just joined FPN. Nice to meet everyone! We're posting to find reviewers for the Lamy Safari fountain pens we got in.
http://www.jetpens.com/index.php/cPath/214_452

We have 3 Safari pens to give away for review. If you're interested and have a relevant non FPN blog/site to post the review on, please message me with your email address!

Thanks!

Hi,

The one on the left is the terracotta; it is actually closer to orange than red.

No demonstrator yet... still looking. I left the Vista out because I guess technically it is not a Safari. Also missing the new lime, the teal posted up in this thread and any other custom colors that are out there. The quest never ends...

Hey Jetpens, welcome first of all. I have come close to ordering something from your site several times. Maybe I will make the leap by starting my Al-Star collection. I still don't own one. I don't think you will have much trouble getting somebody to take you up on the Safari offer. If only I had a blog.

The background is just a perforated piece of gray paper that I grabbed at an art store for a project a while ago.

/Woody

The two on the left are the very early Terracotta and the Army Green (I don't remember the exact Lamy color name) from the late 80's IIRR. Both are textured, like the Charcoal pen........Got one? A Terracotta set sold on Ebay last year and I was too busy and forgot to bid. :-(

I need both of those and a grey one to complete my collection. Anyone? Anyone? Buhler? Buhler?

Skip

Woody, you forgot the new Raspberry Al-Star too. Where did you find the terracotta and green?

I too have never seen the demonstrator...maybe it was the Vista and the person only saw a prototype?

FYI, I bought an Al-Star from Asia last year that was supposed to be "Lavender". It came and it's really just an off color of the dark silver-ish blue color, but it's still neat. As you said, the hunt continues. It's fun to hunt for pens that don't cost an arm and a leg too. I can't get into collecting Waterman Patricians or something like that!

I saw that "Teal" colored pen, but the original poster never answered where he/she found the pen and they don't accept PM's. I've never heard of such a pen. I'm a little suspicious that it's a color change job via Photoshop unless I hear someone confirm that it really exists.

Skip

The terracotta and army green version, somebody has an idea as the price they run for?

Just curious how much it will cost me in the long run

nick

So *that* pen is the Terracotta. Thanks!



Well, maybe it depends on what you currently collect? If it's MBs then Safaris are pocket change...

A used Savannah Green went for about US$50 on eBay a couple of months ago. A Flame went for about US$60 I think. Haven't seen a Terracotta on eBay yet, but I've only started a few months ago.

They're very popular pens

Great pictures, Woody. Thanks a lot.

Regards
Hans-Peter

Wow, paper can look so professional!

Thanks for the warm welcome. Yes we did find enough people to review the Safari pens. In the future we are opening it up to FPN reviews. So I'll post about the giveaways now and then.

The Lamy 2007 catalog I have doesn't even list those other colors. We bought every color in the catalog for our site. I'll have to keep my eyes out for the unique ones next time I go to Japan, maybe they're country specific...?

I don't know if they're still hard to find, but I got a lime green LE at Styl' Honore in Paris, France. He had a whole box of them.

The lime green is getting easier to find every week as the shops get their order filled.

The army green is somewhat more difficult.

nick