OK...

Black, Blue, Red, Yellow, Orange, White, Vista, Al-star...

...What else?

Thanks,

Chris

Hi Chris,

Uhhh... transparent. (demonstrator). OK?

Lex

Thanks.

And I thought of another one - the blue and red special edition.

Any more?

Cool topic -

There's also a charcoal Safari. And the transparent demonstrator is called Vista and is, for some reason, marketed as its own model.

I don't know if Al-Star counts - it's the same design as the Safari, but it's made out of aluminum and is also marketed as a different pen. It comes in it's own array of colors - silver-blue, graphite, silver, green, etc.

James P.

If I'm not mistaken, there are two orange models: the original Safari, and the later "Flame" LE with a red clip.

Regards, greg

I'd like to see a nice Kelly Green model with a black clip someday.

*Sorry to hijack...

When they initially came out there were Savanna Green and
Terracotta Orange. Has anyone mentioned gray (whitish one, not charcoal)?


For Al-Star there was a limited color called "Blue Star". It was sold only in Itoya in Japan.

Interesting...that one looks like it came with a converter as part of the deal, too! To boot, it's a different converter than the ones they sell now!

Yeah, the person with green one says it came with a cartridge and converter. The converter looks like press-bar type. It might look better than current one in Vista

Wow, it's really interesting to see other safari colors I haven't seen before.

So, it looks like we are up to this:

Safari

• Charcoal (black)
• Blue
• Red
• Orange
• Terra Cotta Orange
• Flame LE w/red clip
• Blue SE w/red clip
• Yellow
• Gray
• White
• Vista (clear demonstrator)

Al-Star

• Aluminum
• Blue Aluminum
• Green Aluminum
• Graphite
• Blue Star

Any more?

EDIT: to add colors.

Safari Gray. Current Gray might look like white, but White was discontinued in 2002.

Interesting.... can you still buy grey? (is it still in production?)

I love my white Safaris (I bought two), they have a very jaunty Lord Vader's Stormtrooper look about them.

I think so, yes. The gray is still pictured on the Lamy USA website. I saw the gray pen at my local Paradise Pen store a few weeks ago. I'm fairly sure it was not the true white version, although upon first glance the gray appears to be white.

Found a photo of all the Safari colors together on this page. According to this page the names of the colors are:

• Savanna Green
• Terracotta Orange
• Alpin (white)
• Charcoal (black)
• Safari (yellow)
• Sky (blue)
• Gray (gray)
• Hot (red)
• Flame (orange)
• Royal Blue (blue with red clip)

According to this page, Gray has been discontinued, too. If you see one you should grab it!


This photo is missing Terracotta Orange and includes Vista.

I've been talking like a Safari expert, but I am not. I have had one Safari (which is MIA), an Al-Star (which I sold) and a Vista RB I use as a loaner pen Safaris are so popular in Japan right now and I can find tons of information on Japanese web sites.

Thanks everyone.

Taki - that's just the picture I was looking for but would never have found because of the language problem.

Chris

I'm looking to purchase (replace) a flame (orange) Lamy fountain pen and having trouble finding one. Does anyone have an advice / suggestions? No luck with most of the stores found through Google, and no luck on eBay. Thanks.

I love the White one.... does anyone know where I can get one??? Preferably a bold, I will ask the Lamy rep that comes to my store if she knows where also??? I own a blaze with red clip in bold and a vista in medium (which I accidentally washed in the laundry)

I will ask around what nib size would you like???

I thought I might have one more to add to the list of Al-Stars.

I was in Berlin early last summer and saw a special edition Silver/Grey Al-Star with the signature of a certain football player.

Haven't got a pic at the moment as I didn't buy the pen, but I'll try do a search for some photos.

That's Bastian Schweinsteiger. I'm not interested in football (soccer?), but I remember the name.

The black one is called Lamy S2, the blue one with the red clip is called Lamy Blue & Red. Some models (and their names) can be found on the english Lamy.de website:
Lamy.de

Regards
Hans-Peter

Before reading the thread, this is what I knew of:

Black (Textured Charcoal)
Blue
Red
Yellow
White
Vista (clear)
Orange (Flame w/red clip)
All-Star Blue (aluminum)
All-Star Silver (aluminum)
All-Star Green (aluminum)
Light Blue w/Red clip (aka Smurf blue)
Putty, kind of a fleshy, Silly-Putty, generic PC case color
Gray

I've got all but the last two colors, which I thought were butt-ugly.

No greens yet though.
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After reading the thread, I've got more comments:



1. So there IS a green one. Is it textured, like the Charcoal?



2. I've never seen the TerraCotta, but it exists



3. Someone mentions two other AL All-Stars: Graphite and another blue rather than the light blue. Are those real?

4. I don't see anyone mention the "putty" color. I saw it in a store. Could it have been an off-color gray? It definitely didn't look gray to me though.

Skip

Skip, yes, Savanna Green and Terracotta ones (the two original color from 1980) are textured.


Not sure about putty color. Could it have been either white or Gray?

There's a possibility that the Putty color that I saw was an off-color Gray, but I'm very certain that it wasn't neutral gray in color and definitely wasn't white. Why am I sure? I distinctly remember talking about the color with the salesguy and remarking that the pen looked a very ugly, putty color. He said that they had only sold one of that color and that he expected it to be remaindered by the corporate office soon. This was about 3-4 years ago.

Skip

Funny about the language problem. I too saw that page with the language problem. I wonder where in the universe they write in all question marks LOL...I wonder what it sounds like!
I have a comment on that : ???? ??? ???? ???? ???? ??? ???????? ?????!

When I first saw the Safaris, I didn't want to like them - they seemed too "designy" in a bad way - but my trusty green Allstar EF has won me over, and now I love them. Got yellow and red Safaris, and look forward to picking up another Allstar or two. Great knockabout pens!

Hi Taki! I was just kidding. I guess I shouldn't quit my day job huh?

Lamy is soon to be introducting 2-new colours into the Safari range. I'll post more details when I have them.

Martin

Oh no! Another purchase coming on!

Hi everyone,
I think the Lamy Safari looks very nice. I especially like the blue one and the blue one with the red clip. Oh well... that kinda makes me miss my Lamy Safari...

Hi all,

the new Safaris (Black & White) showed up on eBay Germany.

Regards
Hans-Peter


Edit:

I have deleted the eBay link, because the pictures can be found in this thread:
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...showtopic=29065

Just a little update

Safari colours

1. Savanna Green (textured)
2. Terracotta Orange (textured)
3. Alpin (white)
4. Griso (light gray)
5. S2 (charcoal/black/dark gray, newer models textured)
6. Safari (yellow)
7. Sky (dark blue)
8. Hot (red)
9. Vista (clear demonstrator with chrome clip)
10. Flame (orange with red clip, 2004)
11. Blue & Red (light blue with red clip, 2006)
12. Black (glossy black with chrome clip, 2007)
13. White (glossy white with chrome clip, 2007)

Thanks for the list. Where did you get all those color names? Were those the original names from Lamy?

Also, You forgot the three Al-Star version and the Black Joy calligraphy pen.

The first two in Orange and Green are the ones that I'm looking for......

Skip

Lamy AL-Star

1. AL-Star (silver)
2. Graphit (grayish)
3. Silverblue (bluish)
4. Silvergreen (greenish)
5. "Bastian Schweinsteiger" (silver with autograph)
   
6. Blue Star (blue) (see first page of this thread)
   

Edit: lilac removed

I still have my first Safari from the early 80s, and it is black/charcoal, with the Lamy logo sunk in, but it isn't textured. This is particularly apparent now, because the inside of the lid broke up so that it wouldn't clip on nicely, and Lamy very kindly sent me a new lid (absolutely free of charge - there's service after 20 odd years), which IS textured. So it is now a bit of a mongrel, but I love it.

Is that blue one in production these days?

I don't trust the seller on this one. If it exists, I'm going to feel mighty silly for not bidding on it.

Anyone know if they do exist?

I don't know if the Lilac one actually exists, but I will note that I believe the Graphite color has a lilac-ish tint to it that does not show up in some photos. For example, the photo of it on the LamyUSA website makes it look gray, but the photo of it on the Swisher Pens website makes it look like a cross between the Lamy photo and that eBay auction photo.

I do know for sure that there is an Al-Star color that looks close to the Swisher Pens photo of the Graphite--I've seen it in person. I never knew the actual color name of it before seeing the photo, but I think it's a match for the one I'm familiar with.

(edited to remove the link, because it wasn't working)

ok, we'll see. If it's the real deal yours won't be as rare round these parts.