Lamy Safari M - Too Wet/page Bleed Through

[ravi2box]

Hi,

 

I have a Charcoal Black Lamy Safari in 'M' that I love to death. However, it is too wet and the ink bleeds through on many different kinds of paper. I usually ink it with Pelikan back or Quink.

 

In hindsight, I should have purchased an EF or an F, but is there a way to make an M Safari a little less wetter? Is there a different ink that can be used that lays down a finer line?

 

Regards,

Ravi

[PaganArcher]

I had a similar problem with my Al Star. I switched over to Noodler's Black and it fixed it right up. My only Pelikan ink isn't super wet, but it isn't dry either.

 

But the F and EF Lamy nibs are still on the wet side. At least mine are.

[shawndp]

Ravi

 

Have you perhaps tried Camlin? I bought a bottle and have found it to be a very forgiving ink with less than ideal paper. I find Pelikan 4001 inks are pretty dry and the Lamy cartridges are quite good at taming the flow. Other inks that make a Safari dry are the IG stuff - R&K Salix comes out nicely and some of the KWZI stuff too... I have never really had a Lamy feel dry even with an EF nib though, so you may be best experimenting with ink - the F doesn't feel much finer than an M to me... I'd try the Camlin though - mere cents for a bottle and will not feather out of a B nib on moleskine paper

[dk76]

Have you tried playing with the nib?

 

Long story: I have a fine nib Al Star. It was scratchy. I was bending the tine up to get it aligned. (I'm so close, yet not close enough apparently). In any case, the result was that my Fine was writing like a Medium and putting down a ton of ink. I turned the pen around and pushed the nib onto the paper. Or I "rolled" it.

 

I laid the nib on the page. Then lifted the body, rolling more pressure on the nib. Not a lot of force. Just enough to bend the nib end towards the feed. That seemed to have fixed my problem.

[FOUR X FOUR]

The problem is likely the paper.

[ravi2box]

Thanks guys. I am going to try the Camlin. Is there a website or ebay dealer that supplies Lamy Safari EF nibs?

[shawndp]

Ravi; did the Camlin ink work for you? I buy spare nibs from Frank @ Fontoplumo they are called Z50's and you can have them in silver or black finish... If you are getting a nib and want something "interesting" the 1.1 nib really up's the game. The best part is you can wet-swap the nibs if you want. All the best!

[leemur]

+1 on it being the paper. However sometimes the ink does make a small difference. I switched from Parker Quink in washable blue to a Noodler's black in a fine nib and it took care of most of the bleed through on my Muji Notebook. I also use a Smythson notebook in their featherweight paper and there is no bleed through even with a 1.9 italix nib or a broad nib in either ink.

[Guardy]

Thanks guys. I am going to try the Camlin. Is there a website or ebay dealer that supplies Lamy Safari EF nibs?

I think you can get them over Amazon, even. Might be more expensive than they should be (they're 5€ at my local stationery store), but you should be able to find them relatively easily.

[Mike 59]

I would check that the nib is not loose on the feed, if it is, then it's possible to make it press down more onto the feed, by tightening the side clips.