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Who's Afraid Of Red, Yellow And Blue?


Ole Sapuk

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This really happened.

Suddenly I found myself at the local store, the kind of store that sells a bit of everything: toys, magazines, books, office supplies...You know the type. Despite selling allsorts, they tend to be well-sorted. Of the non-fountainpens they have a lot of Pilot and Pentel. That's allways a sign, to me at least it is.

 

Well, there happened to be three ugly plastic baskets of "this-is-total-cleanup-sale" items, one of the baskets was with fountainpens. Sure, I had to look. Soon enough gleamed to my eyes one, two an a third Safaris. Obviously they were NOS, they looked like something mid-80's: primary colors, black nibs. I grabbed the the three brethren and tried to cool down. As casual as possible I asked the employee: "So... these don't cost much either, do they?" The employee asked the manager. Both turned out to be no part of the FP-loving family, charging me with 10,00 Euros, about 13 USD. Come to think of it, could it be they wanted to share the love, to make me happy with new-old Safaris, were they fellow-FPNers in disquise?

 

Home I went, with a red, a yellow and a blue Lamy Safari, all black nibs. At home my wife, somewhat suspicious on my buying (it cost money), turned like a leaf upon hearing that here were three fountainpens. Somehow she spoke the magic words: I really always wanted to own my very own fountain pen. You do understand that I lovingly gave her the blue Safari.

 

So I was left with yellow and red. Medium and fine, but the red fine proved to be scratchy. More than I liked, more than I could fix, since I'm not that much of a pen-tuner. Alas, but the yellow went to use, with joy. Untill... The top of the cap fell off, along with the clip. The platsic that connected the top with the rest of the cap just gave up. You have no idea how ugly a safari without top and clip looks.

 

For me, there's only one option left. And a funky one, too. I now carry around a Yellof Lamy Safari with a red cap. Kind of makes me think of the china edition I once saw at the kmpn blog.

 

Feeling funky, I proceed.

 

 

 

 

kmpn blog link:

http://kmpn.blogspot.nl/2012/08/lamy-safari-red-with-yellow-clip-2012.html

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George Orwell, 1984

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Why not exchange the nib from the yellow pen to the complete red pen :)

Same writing experience, but feels like you're using a whole different one!

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Send the broken cap back to Lamy for repair/replacement.

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What a find! Regarding that scratchy Fine nib, though, one of the reasons I love Safari's is that you can interchange the nibs, not that I've ever need to do so. Enjoy the results of your treasure hunt!

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Funky picture added...

Yes, I do know about the nib-exchange-ability of the safaris.

I guess I will make a complete red Safari, sometime. It's just that I like the ancient yellow.

I could indeed send the cap to Lamy, but it's just not worth the hassle right now. I am keen on enjoying the adventure as it is.

 

Thanks for replying, all!

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two makes four. If that is granted, all else follows.

 

George Orwell, 1984

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Or swap the blue section for the yellow section and you'll have all 3 colors and still for less than one complete, new retail Safari

To hold a pen is to be at war. - Voltaire
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Or swap the blue section for the yellow section and you'll have all 3 colors and still for less than one complete, new retail Safari

I dunno about that -- sounds as if he'd have to fight his wife to get it, and someone who says "I always wanted my very own fountain pen" isn't likely to give up even a part of it! ;)

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I enjoyed reading your story. Pity about the cap.

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

 

B. Russell

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I dunno about that -- sounds as if he'd have to fight his wife to get it, and someone who says "I always wanted my very own fountain pen" isn't likely to give up even a part of it! ;)

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

I thought about that but I figured he could figure out the logistics and the appropriate compensation

To hold a pen is to be at war. - Voltaire
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