Lamy Safari Colours

[macthemaths]

OK...

 

Black, Blue, Red, Yellow, Orange, White, Vista, Al-star...

 

...What else?

 

Thanks,

 

Chris

[Lexaf]

Hi Chris,

 

Uhhh... transparent. (demonstrator). OK?

 

Lex

[macthemaths]

Thanks.

 

And I thought of another one - the blue and red special edition.

 

Any more?

[James P]

Cool topic -

 

There's also a charcoal Safari. And the transparent demonstrator is called Vista and is, for some reason, marketed as its own model.

 

I don't know if Al-Star counts - it's the same design as the Safari, but it's made out of aluminum and is also marketed as a different pen. It comes in it's own array of colors - silver-blue, graphite, silver, green, etc.

 

James P.

[gregamckinney]

If I'm not mistaken, there are two orange models: the original Safari, and the later "Flame" LE with a red clip.

 

Regards, greg

[rroossinck]

I'd like to see a nice Kelly Green model with a black clip someday.

 

*Sorry to hijack...

[Taki]

When they initially came out there were Savanna Green and

Terracotta Orange. Has anyone mentioned gray (whitish one, not charcoal)?

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/Takif/IMGP1099.jpghttp://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/Takif/IMGP0888.jpg

 

For Al-Star there was a limited color called "Blue Star". It was sold only in Itoya in Japan.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/Takif/225908078.jpg

Edited December 30, 2006 by Taki

[rroossinck]

Interesting...that one looks like it came with a converter as part of the deal, too! To boot, it's a different converter than the ones they sell now!

[Taki]

Interesting...that one looks like it came with a converter as part of the deal, too! To boot, it's a different converter than the ones they sell now!

Yeah, the person with green one says it came with a cartridge and converter. The converter looks like press-bar type. It might look better than current one in Vista

[Eastward313]

Wow, it's really interesting to see other safari colors I haven't seen before.

 

So, it looks like we are up to this:

 

Safari

• Charcoal (black)
• Blue
• Red
• Orange
• Terra Cotta Orange
• Flame LE w/red clip
• Blue SE w/red clip
• Yellow
• Gray
• White
• Vista (clear demonstrator)

Al-Star

• Aluminum
• Blue Aluminum
• Green Aluminum
• Graphite
• Blue Star

Any more?

 

EDIT: to add colors.

Edited December 30, 2006 by davidmigl

[Taki]

Safari Gray. Current Gray might look like white, but White was discontinued in 2002.

Edited December 30, 2006 by Taki

[Eastward313]

Interesting.... can you still buy grey? (is it still in production?)

[sonia_simone]

I love my white Safaris (I bought two), they have a very jaunty Lord Vader's Stormtrooper look about them.

[blueiris]

Interesting.... can you still buy grey? (is it still in production?)

I think so, yes. The gray is still pictured on the Lamy USA website. I saw the gray pen at my local Paradise Pen store a few weeks ago. I'm fairly sure it was not the true white version, although upon first glance the gray appears to be white.

Edited December 30, 2006 by blueiris

[Taki]

Found a photo of all the Safari colors together on this page. According to this page the names of the colors are:

• Savanna Green
• Terracotta Orange
• Alpin (white)
• Charcoal (black)
• Safari (yellow)
• Sky (blue)
• Gray (gray)
• Hot (red)
• Flame (orange)
• Royal Blue (blue with red clip)

According to this page, Gray has been discontinued, too. If you see one you should grab it!

 

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/Takif/Lamysafari.jpg

This photo is missing Terracotta Orange and includes Vista.

 

I've been talking like a Safari expert, but I am not. I have had one Safari (which is MIA), an Al-Star (which I sold) and a Vista RB I use as a loaner pen Safaris are so popular in Japan right now and I can find tons of information on Japanese web sites.

Edited December 30, 2006 by Taki

[macthemaths]

Thanks everyone.

 

Taki - that's just the picture I was looking for but would never have found because of the language problem.

 

Chris

[BobP]

I'm looking to purchase (replace) a flame (orange) Lamy fountain pen and having trouble finding one. Does anyone have an advice / suggestions? No luck with most of the stores found through Google, and no luck on eBay. Thanks.

[pengeek9944]

I love the White one.... does anyone know where I can get one??? Preferably a bold, I will ask the Lamy rep that comes to my store if she knows where also??? I own a blaze with red clip in bold and a vista in medium (which I accidentally washed in the laundry)

[pengeek9944]

I'm looking to purchase (replace) a flame (orange) Lamy fountain pen and having trouble finding one. Does anyone have an advice / suggestions? No luck with most of the stores found through Google, and no luck on eBay. Thanks.

I will ask around what nib size would you like???

[kkhon]

I thought I might have one more to add to the list of Al-Stars.

 

I was in Berlin early last summer and saw a special edition Silver/Grey Al-Star with the signature of a certain football player.

 

Haven't got a pic at the moment as I didn't buy the pen, but I'll try do a search for some photos.