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How Do You Know Which Nib Is In Multiple Lamy 2000's?


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I like the Lamy 2000 in Makrolon so much that I have one each in medium, fine and extra fine. I would like to know if others have more than one and how you tell them apart. I have a small piece of colored electrical tape on the ends of the body, but it will fall off in time. Is there a more permanent method that you use?

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Mini rubber band in colour beneath the captop. It won't fall out the ridge and is not "in your face" by disturbing the design. Also usefull to mark the colour of ink it is filed with.

 

Best with the early models, they had the nibwidth stamped on the section...

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Have the clips engraved.

I ride a recumbent, I play go, I use Macintosh so of course I use a fountain pen.

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Scribble a bit. One of mt EFs is dry and the other EF is wet.

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--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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I got them new, bot not from the store, so from improper handling one has a little cratch on the cap, so I don't have to uncap them. One is F and the other is BB.

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I use the placement in my case to identify between my two. I always carry my EF on the left and my BB on the right.

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I just got my second 2000, previously owned with a broad nib. My first one, purchased new, is an EF. I was wondering how I was going to know which one I was picking up without uncapping.

Interestingly, the older one has a B imprinted on the back between the section and the clutch ring. The new one has no designation.

 

Was nib size marked on older pens, or is this just a fluke or some owner's own modification?

 

Also, the older pen has a small silver sticker imprinted with 'L' on the end of the barrel. Was this done in older models or is it likely a modification by a dealer or previous owner? This pen came from Indonesia.

 

Another difference between my pens is that the clip on the older one does not spring open; it has to be lifted. Again, is this a change with newer pens having the spring clip, or is the spring in mine just no longer working ?

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I just got my second 2000, previously owned with a broad nib. My first one, purchased new, is an EF. I was wondering how I was going to know which one I was picking up without uncapping.

Interestingly, the older one has a B imprinted on the back between the section and the clutch ring. The new one has no designation.

 

Was nib size marked on older pens, or is this just a fluke or some owner's own modification?

 

Also, the older pen has a small silver sticker imprinted with 'L' on the end of the barrel. Was this done in older models or is it likely a modification by a dealer or previous owner? This pen came from Indonesia.

 

Another difference between my pens is that the clip on the older one does not spring open; it has to be lifted. Again, is this a change with newer pens having the spring clip, or is the spring in mine just no longer working ?

 

 

Yes, those are the distinctions between the early and middle pens. Check out: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/123846-lamy-2000-history/

 

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I suppose you could annodize the cap so the the clip and end piece could have a blue, red, green of other color tint to them. People do this with their metal folding knife sides (scales) all the time.

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Ralf--Thank you for the link. The information was helpful to explain the differences between my two 2000's.

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