Hi all!! I've just discovered recently this extremely useful forum. I'm a Lamy 2000's proud owner, but I'm not satisfied with my F nib because it's too wet. I'm using it with Pelikan 4001 inks (blue or black), and I've read here that you consider Pelikan ink to be one of the driest ink at all, but I still have a huge ink flow. Do you have any suggestions to reduce flowing? Unfortunately I can't find Noodler's inks here locally (Italy).

Thanks very much for your help!!

Perhaps you can try J. Herbin inks. I think they are known for being a dry ink, I know it is for me.

I would also like to know which other inks are on the dry side.

I've found Herbin Perle Noire to be fairly free-flowing in my Lamy 2000 F nib, but I really like the way it looks on all but the most "feather-prone," cheap papers.

There have been one or two posts here that say Herbin inks are very troublesome in a 2000 and I've had the same experience with two or three colours (after that I just quit trying). Nothing but skipping and blobs of ink coming out unexpectedly.

I've had no problems with Parker Quink and Pilot inks. I haven't tried much else yet.

Neill

It's very likely just an adjustment problem. Do you have anyone locally who could adjust it for you. Flow is ordinarily a factor of how close the tines mate up, and how closely they fit to the feed (the part that supports the nib from below).

Dan

I had the same thought. I'll try to get it adjusted. Thank's very much!!

I own a Lamy 2000 with an F nib and mine is extremely wet, too. This is a rather common problem reported in many forums. In my experience the flow of my Lamy 2000 is best with Pelikan Blue-Black, which is drier than Pelikan Blue or Pelikan Black, respectively. The only problem with this is, that one has to like the color of this rather grayish Blue-Black.

I have the same problem with my Lamy 2000. I have found Mont Blanc Violet and Noodlers Black to help stem the tide.
Regards, greg

I like to keep my lines thin and these are the two inks I have in my primary pens.

When I had a Lamy 2000, I had the same problem.
I vaguely remember that I had to disassemble the front and seal something there, which reduced the flow.
This has been long time ago - I no longer have the pen and my memory fails me.
Maybe someone else knows what I am talking about and chime it.

1. Lamy Blue-Black;
2. Diamine Registrar's ink; or
3. Noodlers Black, Legal Lapis, Zhivago - these aren't dry per se, but the lubrication seems to make up for it, at least in my 2000.

Aaron

+1 for Lamy Blue-Black reducing wetness. I've just got some for my XF, and it's almost astringent. My previous experience with this pen was all Noodler's (Black, Luxury Blue and Hunter Green), and they were all nice and wet, though the black the least so of the three.