Lamy Pur

[AidenMark]

I wonder what is the status of Lamy Pur, is it still available as a fountain pen?

 

There are two versions of the Pur:

 

the older model 48 all aluminium

an excellent Knud Holscher design which is sadly discontinued.

 

and the bland & unloved newer 47 version with a plastic section.

which also appears to be discontinued in fountain pen form but still manufactured in other formats.

 

At any rate, it is not currently listed on the Lamy site under the fountain pens section.

 

Yet,...

 

if you look at the redesigned section promotion products: the Pur fountain pen v47 appears to be available as an engraved/logoed promotional item.

 

Is Lamy going into custom order production?

 

 

[sciumbasci]

Might be just an old page that has not been updated.

[dennis_f]

Maybe it only makes economic sense to produce them in bulk?

 

Recently I kind of/sort of fell in love with the aluminum one, and when the Imporium showed up last year I began to hold out some hope that we might see the Pur reissued at some point in the future.

[AidenMark]

Maybe it only makes economic sense to produce them in bulk?

 

Recently I kind of/sort of fell in love with the aluminum one, and when the Imporium showed up last year I began to hold out some hope that we might see the Pur reissued at some point in the future.

 

 

Of all the Lamy pens, it is not the Aion but the original Holscher Pur that most embodies the 'Super Normal' concept.

 

It is. It does it's job beautifully. It disappears again.

 

Maybe that's the problem. It's a pen that has a visual aesthetic but one that doesn't dramatise or photograph well, nor does it's incredible lightness in the hand lend itself to 2D promotion.

 

Everyone who gets Lamy should experience it, it's one of Lamy's best designs. Maybe we should start a petition to bring it back.

[LanceSaintPaul]

I have one of the originals...it's like a Safari for Sophisticates.... Just your basic tube containing ink with a nib at the end. The clip is a nice basic bar. Simplicity itself. The pure distillation of Lamy aesthetic principles.

 

(Safari = Playful.)

Edited March 22, 2018 by LanceSaintPaul

[sciumbasci]

I don't really fancy it. But if there is a demand, why not just start a group buy? With enough users interested, you might be able to buy it

[dennis_f]

The only issue I had with the Pur (and the CP line of pens) was the length: I found them too short unposted, and ridiculously long posted, so I never bought them when I had the chance (headsmack).

 

As for the comparison between the Aion and the Pur made by Aiden, I wouldn't say that the Aion is not "super-normal" as it's come to be defined, but that the Pur most definately is. The CP 1s could probably be described as even more "super-normal" than the other two, given how aesthetically pared down they are.

[FrankvK]

The ballpoint pen will be re released with some updates.

Don't know what this means for the fountain pen though.