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This makes me SO HAPPY. I absolutely adore purple, but it bothers me that purple doesn't seem to be a terribly popular color option for pens (personally, I don't count the purple Al-Star as truly purple)...plus, I've all but given up my search for a lavender ink. So, this really made my night! Time will tell if the Safari I just bought from eBay is a fake, but in the meantime, I'll gladly wait to get this pen--which coincides perfectly with my promise to myself not to buy any more pens until April!

Amy C.

 

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As of January 2016, still searching for the elusive light, slim EDC!

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I think it will be April. I'm heading to the Fontoplumo site. I had excellent service there when I ordered my copper al star last year

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It probably won't happen but a matte purple LAMY with a black clip and black nib would be awesome

Well, it looks like you were wrong

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Not quite so, if you mean 1.1, 1.5 and 1.9: Lamy will provide them only in polished steel finish, no black once more!

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Well folks, feast your eyes on this! I'm totally getting one :D

 

http://blog.gouletpens.com/2016/02/coming-soon-lamy-safari-special-edition.html

 

Yes, someone posted a link in another thread to this. And the tip over the edge for me was the side-by-side photo with a purple Al-Star (which I had considered getting at one point). But the Dark Lilac just leaves it in the dust.... Absolutely gorgeous.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

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I wasn't going to get any more Lamy Safaris, but that purple is a really nice colour. It's such a shame that the inks aren't sold in the UK in bottles, because if it's the same colour as the pen then it should be gorgeous - and I don't buy cartridges.

 

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Luckily for me, Lamy seems to always release their new models in April, which happens to be the same month as my birthday. I always have something to ask for from my wife...

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The weekly Goulet email I got today said it will be available in April.

 

http://www.gouletpens.com/lamy-safari-fountain-pen-dark-lilac-fine-special-edition/p/LMY-L73F

Brad

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"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

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That pen is beautiful, love the blck nib and clip. I just love matte finishes!

Wish List: TWSBI Diamond 580.

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I wasn't going to get any more Lamy Safaris, but that purple is a really nice colour. It's such a shame that the inks aren't sold in the UK in bottles, because if it's the same colour as the pen then it should be gorgeous - and I don't buy cartridges.

 

Alan

 

 

I have a problem with Safari's - I just keep buying more and the justification is that I use them at work and need a few for various widths and ink colours.

 

On the matter of this Lilac one - it does look lovely in the pictures. I ordered 4 but they will all end up as gifts, so I need a couple more for my "collection".

 

Try the Lamy carts - they are pretty good... I order the occasional box in the existing purple for my gf because we don't get that colour in a bottle here in Canada (or I have never seen it), plus she finds it convenient for university where swapping them in class is relatively mess free. It is quite a nice colour - so curious how the LE version will compare? I am guessing less magenta, but that's just a guess... Plus they are a fraction of the price in Europe compared to here...

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Try the Lamy carts - they are pretty good... I order the occasional box in the existing purple for my gf because we don't get that colour in a bottle here in Canada (or I have never seen it), plus she finds it convenient for university where swapping them in class is relatively mess free. It is quite a nice colour - so curious how the LE version will compare? I am guessing less magenta, but that's just a guess... Plus they are a fraction of the price in Europe compared to here...

 

I generally just dislike paying the massively higher price per ml for ink in carts than in bottle. But having said that, a couple of vendors in the UK offer the LE Safari colours in a package with a box of carts included, so I might make an exception this time and go for that. After all, the pens themselves are very cheap considering how much I like them - I usually have two or three of them with diffrent colours in my pocket whenever I'm out and about.

 

And yes, I'm hoping the LE purple ink will be more of a dusky purple than anything brighter, and I'd love it if that's how it turns out.

 

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Hmmm... out of stock. Well, they'll send me an e-mail when it's available.

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Hmmm... out of stock. Well, they'll send me an e-mail when it's available.

 

Well, I've read on several threads that it won't be available till April.

Hope that Lamy has made a lot of these, given all the buzz about them....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

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I would probably pre-order just so that you are certain you will have one. I remember being in a couple of stores when Copper-Orange came out and was looking for something else (I tend to buy my Lamy's out of Europe) and both times there were people buying multiples of the Orange. The amount of chatter and excitement leading up to this one almost makes me guess it will sell out soon after it comes out as a lot of retailers are selling them on a pre-order basis. All the best!

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