Lamy 2000 "ink Window"?

[Moynihan]

OK

I really like my Lamy 2000.

But, what is the trick to using the ink window? It is very hard for me to see any change in it.

[Edgar Allan Bo]

When the ink is very low... and you wait long enough... you can see some light through the ink window!

[ateebtk]

for me personally ... blue ink is easy to see. When ink is lets say, half full the ink window turns light blue (instead of very dark blue). It nevers really turns clear (for me at least).

[rollerboy]

Step 1: Hold the pen nib *up* in front of a backlight (such as your desk lamp) until the ink drains away and you can see the light through the window.

 

Step 2: Still holding the pen in front of the backlight, tilt it slowly to the horizontal position. You should now be able to see the ink level through the window.

[welch]

One tip...I don't expect much warning from the slender L2000 window. For whatever reason -- aesthetic, I'd guess -- Lamy doesn't have much of a window.

[Grigio]

Step 1: Hold the pen nib *up* in front of a backlight (such as your desk lamp) until the ink drains away and you can see the light through the window.

 

Step 2: Still holding the pen in front of the backlight, tilt it slowly to the horizontal position. You should now be able to see the ink level through the window.

 

 

+1

It works quite well this way.

[beluga]

One tip...I don't expect much warning from the slender L2000 window. For whatever reason -- aesthetic, I'd guess -- Lamy doesn't have much of a window.

 

 

I disagree.

 

Also using the procedure that rollerboy suggested, I find it easy to judge whether the 2000 is quarter empty, half full, quarter full, or in dire need of more ink.

The technique works like a charm, as long as you give the ink a few seconds to collect at the bottom of ink reservoir and clear the ink window of the upside-down held pen.

 

 

Try it, it's a cinch....

 

 

 

 

B.

Edited August 1, 2010 by beluga

[Ted H]

Using back-lighting helps, as does keeping the pen stored nib up. The nib side of the window is also where the piston bottoms out. Slowly tilt from nib up vertical to perpendicular with the floor, then nib down--if that window doesn't darken up by the time the nib's getting toward the floor, you're getting dry!

[Moynihan]

Thanks...you folks advice helped...

[Bo Bo Olson]

Perhaps the window is a reminder. I wonder if I need more ink?

There's the bottle. No, now I don't need any more ink.