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garythepenman

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My father-in-law just gave me a bunch of old pens of which one was a Lamy Safari he purchased back in the 80's.

Normally I do not consider steel nibbed pens but wow, what a great writer it is. It needed a good clean as the whole nib was encrusted but a few minutes work and it was ready to go. Brilliant.

 

Also got a Parker Skater (cheapo schoolpen) which looks similar to a 45. Again a great writer with a nice smooth broad nib. It was in fact my wife's which she used at school 30yrs ago.

 

The find of the bunch though was a Stylomine 303 which he bought in Paris in 1952.

It has an unsusuall concertinered sac and is a button filler. Very nice a hard to find in NZ.

 

To top it off there was a Conway Stewart 759 in Blue Moire which my mother-in-law used at school.

 

My father-in-law said "here is a box of junk, not sure if any are any good".

 

So I'm very :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D and on :)9

 

Gary

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I "gave" my son a Lamy Safari "clear" model.

It has a great steel nib, as you have said.

Sometimes I do "borrow" it while he does homework.

I am trying to teach him penmanship ever since he was "taught" cursive :o

Pedro

 

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Wow! Great finds, Gary!

 

I guess you thanked your father-in-law profusely! :D

 

Warm regards, Wim

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Congratulations on the very nice bunch of pens, Gary.

 

If the 80's Safari is anything like the new ones, it might never wear out! Mine have performed flawlessly.

 

I wonder if the older Safaris were available in different colors from today?

 

Bill

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Hi Bill,

 

They look identical and this one performs perfectly.

 

Gary

A wizard is never late, he arrives precisely when he means to.

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Congrats! Safari is a great pen - one of the best FP deals out there today IMHO.

"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Rom. 5:8, NKJV)
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I second all the Safari's opinions, thumbs up!

Is it fair for an intelligent and family oriented mammal to be separated from his/her family and spend his/her life starved in a concrete jail?

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I have an Al-Star that I bought on Ebay, and to be honest I'm disappointed. It skips on the downstroke. I have flushed it out with some mild soap water, and it got a lot better, but still skips a little. For all you Lamy fans: is this a typical teething problem with this pen or have a got a dud? I wrote to Lamy on their website customer service form (about where to send the pen, etc.), and they never wrote me back, which also doesn't inspire confidence...hmm

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Hi,

 

It is most definitely an abnormal pen.

 

Just PM me, and I will give you their address. (Or mine, since I can fix it--and try one out too in the process)

 

To be precise, their address is just a Zip code and city with their name.

 

Dillon

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Stolen: Aurora Optima Demonstrator Red ends Medium nib. Serial number 1216 and Aurora 98 Cartridge/Converter Black bark finish (Archivi Storici) with gold cap. Reward if found. Please contact me if you have seen these pens.

Please send vial orders and other messages to fpninkvials funny-round-mark-thing gmail strange-mark-thing com. My shop is open once again if you need help with your pen.

Will someone with the name of "Jay" who emailed me through the email system provide me an email address? There was no email address provided, so I can't write back.

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Hi,

I have three Safari's one yellow,two vista's.They are all great(before I lost them)pens.Reliable,smooth and reasonably priced writers.Especially the MK nib was dream to write!!!I just love them.If you want a down point they are a bit dry writers generally.Enjoy with your Safari's AL-Star's and Take Care them for me :D

 

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the pen is in my avatar is LAMY Studio Palladium 14K

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