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What would you choose? On Amazon, the prices are about the same for all 4 options in that list.

 

Narrowing down to my first non-disposable :roflmho:

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Neither, Vista! And the F nibs tend to be smoother than EF nibs..

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Neither, Vista! And the F nibs tend to be smoother than EF nibs..

 

I agree but I have to admit that I have a charcoal safari thats over a year old with a black EF nib and its pretty smooth for an EF. I wonder if all these problems are only affecting those of recent manufacture. I seem to be one of the lucky ones where I've never had a bad Lamy nib.

 

 

 

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Neither, Vista! And the F nibs tend to be smoother than EF nibs..

 

Interesting, looks similar but clear?

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On Amazon, this is a good buy.

http://www.amazon.com/Lamy-Safari-Fountain...4602&sr=1-1

It does not come with super saver shipping, (shipping is around 6) but it says you get a free converter, which are around 5. So basically, you are getting a 1 dollar converter.

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What would you choose? On Amazon, the prices are about the same for all 4 options in that list.

 

Narrowing down to my first non-disposable :roflmho:

 

Hello!

I have just become crazy for Lamy fountain pens. I write with Extra fine and have had no problems. I currently have the Al-Star Raspberry courtesy of hanging out with CarolinaWriter during the Triangle Pen Show. I also have the Pink Limited Edition. I am awaiting the Lime Green Limited Edition and the Translucent. Did you know that for $7.50 shippping you can change out the nib? You can not have filled the pen with ink though. I say what one speaks to you?

I seem to be hearing a chorus :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:

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Pelikan M800 red/black XF, Lamy Raspberry All-Star XF,Pilot VP red/rhodium,Bexley Americana Strawberry swirl,Lamy Limited Ed. Pink 2009

Lamy L.E. 2008,Pelikan M400 black FP,Lamy Vista demon., Lamy L.E.2005, Charcoal Lamy 1.5 nib, Pelikan M600 green/black med. nib

 

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I prefer the EF (fines are more like medium in my book). No problem with smoothness. As to which one, that's a taste thing. I prefer the plain safari's to the Al Star but that's just me.

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F, probably, but I've gone off EFs to some extent due to frequently having to write on less-than-ideal paper.

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Lamy Vista, F nib.

 

EF is too scratchy IMHO.

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Lamy Vista, F nib.

 

EF is too scratchy IMHO.

 

Have you tried both then?

 

Interesting. Like the poster one or two up said, I don't always have access to the best paper, so the F is ok though?

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Lamy Vista, F nib.

 

EF is too scratchy IMHO.

 

Have you tried both then?

 

Interesting. Like the poster one or two up said, I don't always have access to the best paper, so the F is ok though?

 

Yep.

 

EF is okay if you're using super high-quality paper, like Clairefontaine or Rhodia. Even then it's kind of scratchy, but it's to be expected. F should be fine even if you don't have the best paper. M will write pretty well on any paper, no matter how cheap, without complaint, but I think it would produce too wide and wet a line for you.

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Lamy Vista, F nib.

 

EF is too scratchy IMHO.

 

Have you tried both then?

 

Interesting. Like the poster one or two up said, I don't always have access to the best paper, so the F is ok though?

 

Yep.

 

EF is okay if you're using super high-quality paper, like Clairefontaine or Rhodia. Even then it's kind of scratchy, but it's to be expected. F should be fine even if you don't have the best paper. M will write pretty well on any paper, no matter how cheap, without complaint, but I think it would produce too wide and wet a line for you.

 

then will the b write like butter on the cheapest paper?

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Lamy Vista, F nib.

 

EF is too scratchy IMHO.

 

Have you tried both then?

 

Interesting. Like the poster one or two up said, I don't always have access to the best paper, so the F is ok though?

 

Yep.

 

EF is okay if you're using super high-quality paper, like Clairefontaine or Rhodia. Even then it's kind of scratchy, but it's to be expected. F should be fine even if you don't have the best paper. M will write pretty well on any paper, no matter how cheap, without complaint, but I think it would produce too wide and wet a line for you.

 

then will the b write like butter on the cheapest paper?

 

Haha, you got me there. I have never tried a Lamy with a B nib.

Loving Mont Blanc and everything fountain pen!!!!!!!!

 

One of the few, the proud... 14 year-old FPN'ers!!!!!! ;)

 

MY FOUNTAIN PENS: Montblanc Boheme Bleu (M), Montblanc 145 (M), Waterman Phileas (M), Jinhao X450 (M), Parker Vector (M), Parker 15 (M), Sheaffer Cartridge Pen (M)

MY INKS: Parker Quink Blue, Private Reserve Midnight Blues, Montblanc Black

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Lamy Vista, F nib.

 

EF is too scratchy IMHO.

 

Have you tried both then?

 

Interesting. Like the poster one or two up said, I don't always have access to the best paper, so the F is ok though?

 

Yep.

 

EF is okay if you're using super high-quality paper, like Clairefontaine or Rhodia. Even then it's kind of scratchy, but it's to be expected. F should be fine even if you don't have the best paper. M will write pretty well on any paper, no matter how cheap, without complaint, but I think it would produce too wide and wet a line for you.

 

then will the b write like butter on the cheapest paper?

 

Haha, you got me there. I have never tried a Lamy with a B nib.

 

Here is a link to the paper I am using most of the time:

post-32955-1248284833.jpg

 

One of my Moleskines, the one that I use the most because it is pocket sized and lined, has that weird feather with my Pilot Vasritys, which have an M nib.

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Lamy Vista, F nib.

 

EF is too scratchy IMHO.

 

Have you tried both then?

 

Interesting. Like the poster one or two up said, I don't always have access to the best paper, so the F is ok though?

 

Yep.

 

EF is okay if you're using super high-quality paper, like Clairefontaine or Rhodia. Even then it's kind of scratchy, but it's to be expected. F should be fine even if you don't have the best paper. M will write pretty well on any paper, no matter how cheap, without complaint, but I think it would produce too wide and wet a line for you.

 

then will the b write like butter on the cheapest paper?

 

Haha, you got me there. I have never tried a Lamy with a B nib.

 

 

well then i will have to. when i make another order for ink in a few weeks, around the start of the school year, ill slip a few safaris into the order...no one will know :ninja:

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Lamy Vista, F nib.

 

EF is too scratchy IMHO.

 

Have you tried both then?

 

Interesting. Like the poster one or two up said, I don't always have access to the best paper, so the F is ok though?

 

Yep.

 

EF is okay if you're using super high-quality paper, like Clairefontaine or Rhodia. Even then it's kind of scratchy, but it's to be expected. F should be fine even if you don't have the best paper. M will write pretty well on any paper, no matter how cheap, without complaint, but I think it would produce too wide and wet a line for you.

 

then will the b write like butter on the cheapest paper?

 

No, because the M nib on my vista writes like butter on any paper... trust me. the first one I had was doing so well... even when the feed failed, I kept the nib so I could outfit it onto my new one, which was equipped with a scratchy EF.

 

My F nib was decent, the M is way better.

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it has a cartridge/converter. you can either pop a cartride in by removing the barrel, or you can fill from a bottle with a piston converter

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it has a cartridge/converter. you can either pop a cartride in by removing the barrel, or you can fill from a bottle with a piston converter

Ah, I see on the site it says you can use a safari converter.

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