Inside Of Your Safari Grip Section...? Request For Pics Or Feedback...

[Eitan]

Kindly:

a) Post pics of the inside of your grip (where the cartridge or converter would enter the pen), or

let us know whether your's is smooth or has struts/grooves/lines of any kind

 

Thanks everyone!

[LizEF]

Here's my picture from that other thread (Lamy Al-Star, but same difference):

http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/AlStarSection.jpg

Edited June 11, 2018 by LizEF

[Astronymus]

All my Safaris, Lx and Al-Stars are smooth like this.

[sentience]

I've had a look at my collection, and it seems that my newer glossy-finish Safaris (white and black) have struts inside the grip. These pens both came from authorised Lamy retailers, and one even came with a holographic warranty registration card; I don't know how they could be fake.

[ErrantSmudge]

Here are pics from most of the Safaris in my collection, annotated by provenance.

 

Lamy Vista, purchased from a random seller at the San Francisco Pen Show, circa 2000.

 

 

Yellow Safari, purchased from a brick-and-mortar authorized Lamy dealer, circa 1999.

 

 

 

Gold Lamy LX, purchased directly from the LamyUSA liquidation sale.

 

 

Petrol Safari, purchased online from a well-known, authorized Lamy dealer.

 

 

Blue Safari, purchased from an Amazon online seller.

 

 

Green Safari, purchased directly from the LamyUSA liquidation sale.

 

 

 

It's quite possible my blue Safari is a counterfeit. But the green Safari is certainly genuine, and it has the radial spokes.

Edited June 16, 2018 by ErrantSmudge

[Astronymus]

That would mean that they have changed the design, but not for their newest pens. I have the Special Editions of 2016, 2017 and 2018. And a relative new charcoal. No spokes.

Maybe there are "special" ones for the U.S.

[ErrantSmudge]

It could also mean they have changed the design for the glossy Safaris, but not the matte Safaris or the rest of the line (Al-Star, Lx)

[Astronymus]

I think I will take a look next time I see a display stand. May take some weeks though.

 

Edit: I also asked on a German board for more samples.

Edited June 16, 2018 by Astron

[Astronymus]

I got an answer. An owner reports of his 18 pens the "Sky Blue (2006), Green Cross (2013), Coral (2014) and Pink Dot (2009)" show these struts. Bought from local stationary shops in Germany.

 

Obviously Lamy did or does experiment with this design. It's not a characteristic for a fake. I was wrong. All-clear.

[Runnin_Ute]

Mine appears to be smooth....the pen was bought on 1998, but I had to replace the section sometime between 2008 and 2012. I bought it directly from LamyUSA.

Edited June 17, 2018 by Runnin_Ute