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[gammada]

Love the work of Gerd Müller:

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Drooling over here!

[gammada]

Colour wise, the black and graphite coloured Al-Stars and the charcoal Safari.

Interesting! Copilccus happens to collect only b/w pens and you happen to like those the most!

 

I also like the matte black Al-Star and the Safari bright black, but would love to see a edition with a black clip and black nib. Thou, the yellow pen (modern version) is my fav color.

[cjseibold]

Everyone has such nice Lamy collections! I'm envious to say the least!

[gammada]

Everyone has such nice Lamy collections! I'm envious to say the least!

 

Post here a photo of yours. It's always good to see Lamy-porn!!

[a m a r g o]

Finally my frankenpen at home:

 

 

[pen2paper]

wait, I'm seeing white with silver clip? Think mine has black.. was there a white/silver release?

[a m a r g o]

wait, I'm seeing white with silver clip? Think mine has black.. was there a white/silver release?

The standard for almost every release of Safari an Al-Star is chrome nibs and clips, the only ones with black garments are the charcoal Safari and the black and natural aluminium Al star's, which is a shame. I love the safari's and Al Star's in black!

 

I'm Going to make another frankenpen with a Safari vista...

 

Edited October 28, 2014 by coppilcus

[gammada]

The standard for almost every release of Safari an Al-Star is chrome nibs and clips, the only ones with black garments are the charcoal Safari and the black and natural aluminium Al star's, which is a shame. I love the safari's and Al Star's in black!

I'm Going to make another frankenpen with a Safari vista...

Not really, once upon a time there was a white, yellow, orange, green, red and blue Safari's with black clips and nibs. The last of those were discontinued around 2010. I'm currently awaiting delivery of white, yellow and red Safaris with black clips/ nibs!

[gammada]

Finally my frankenpen at home:

Frankenpen? Isn't this an Alpine Weiss model?

[a m a r g o]

Not really, once upon a time there was a white, yellow, orange, green, red and blue Safari's with black clips and nibs. The last of those were discontinued around 2010. I'm currently awaiting delivery of white, yellow and red Safaris with black clips/ nibs!

 

Well, yes, before that date ( ... and I presumed it's bit earlier) only the Vista and the first Al-Sport's in color had chrome garments. The point was that today the only ones you could get in black clips and nibs are the ones I mentioned before, which is 20a shame, because they're the best looking of them all. I guess Lamy wanted to attract a wider market and opted for the chrome nibs and clips...

 

Frankenpen? Isn't this an Alpine Weiss model?

 

Yes, it's a frankenpen... I already owned a white Safari with chrome garments and was waiting for an opportunity to buy a second charcoal Safari at the cheapest price possible, which I found on a trip at just 9.5 euros, and exchange the clip and nib between them, my wife liked it and she ended up with the charcoal frankenpen.

 

I'm not paying more than the standard price for any Safari, being the one I waited for many years, like the 'Alpine Weiss', or an original demonstrator Safari...

 

That means the Vista pictured on my next comment it's going to get the same treatment very soon! Maybe I'm going to keep the second charcoal Safari with chrome clip and buy a 1.1mm stub to differentiated from the rest.

 

Edited October 28, 2014 by coppilcus

[a m a r g o]

The Vista waiting to be transformed into a Safari demonstrator , and not a different pen as Lamy marketed them:

 

[Man O War]

The standard for almost every release of Safari an Al-Star is chrome nibs and clips, the only ones with black garments are the charcoal Safari and the black and natural aluminium Al star's, which is a shame. I love the safari's and Al Star's in black!

I'm Going to make another frankenpen with a Safari vista...

So how are you swapping out the clips? I'm Leary of pulling too hard for fear of breaking it or the cap.

[a m a r g o]

So how are you swapping out the clips? I'm Leary of pulling too hard for fear of breaking it or the cap.

There are a few threads on FPN about it, search for 'Lamy Safari cap' or 'loose Safari cap'...

 

You have to push the top button from the inside of the cap using a stick or the flat end of a slim ballpoint, gently but firmly push till the button protrudes from the cap, it's just friction fit; then you can remove the clip an end at a time watching that it wont scratch the surface of the cap and remove the plastic gasket from the inside, there's also a plastic ring that settles the button against the clip; swap everything you want to exchange and the final bit of the process has a little trick: pushing back the button against the gasket inside the cap.

 

The gasket is made of soft plastic so you can damage it if you try to push it from the end where the section of the pen meets the gasket, so you'll need a hollow tube that can settles at the bottom of the gasket but allows the end of the button to pass through without any boundaries; try the tip of a screwdriver for multiple points or cut the tip of a syringe that fits comfortably in the inside diameter of the gasket and you'll assemble back the pen in just one clean movement pushing the gasket from the inside against the button using a hard surface, any other way and you could end with a damaged gasket and probably a loose cap on the pen.

 

It's easy with the right tools...

[maverick777]

Here are mine:

 

http://i.imgur.com/rtQ0zen.jpg

[risingsun]

Here's a pair of vintage Lamy 27s. I don't use them much, but they are welcome parts of the collection. I believe the bottom one, with the fully hooded nib, is a fairly early version of the 27, and uncommon with the stainless cap with GF trim.

 

Post #1000 for me!

 

[Namo]

Congrats on your 1000th! I really love the 27 and didn't know there was a model with the nib almost completely covered. Seems interesting, all the more since the 2K got back to this nib/hood configuration (and with some good reason, if I may). Great pics!!

 

Edit to add: is the one on top a twist cap?

Edited December 7, 2014 by Namo

[risingsun]

Hi Namo!

 

Yes, the upper one is a screw-cap, a configuration that a fair number of 27s had.

 

Thank you for the compliment!

 

Edited to add: The nibs on these two pens are completely different from each other, and neither are compatible with the Lamy 2000 as most of the later 27s, 99s, and other Ratio line pens are.

Edited December 7, 2014 by risingsun

[Namo]

Thanks risingsun! I knew the nibs were different (except for the later 27 models, I guess?). I was referring - not very clearly - to the fact that the nib is more or less covered by the hood. The 2K was not, as I thought, a kind of progress in the design efficiency, but a step back to what was effective in older models (I hope I am clear, English is kind of difficult for me, sorry.)

Edited December 8, 2014 by Namo

[RMN]

Nice ones, Namo and Risingsun.

 

Namo, are these also 27s? And I see a desk pen. Do you have a matching desk stand for that?

 

 

D.ick

[Namo]

RMN: the short one is a 27m, with an amazing B nib. The other one is a franken pen: the body is from a 99s and the extension is from a 99e (pen sold like this yo me, but the price was very fair, esp. considering the 14k gold nib! I did change the piston mechanism with a spare 2K's). The nib a F. This is my kitchen/cooking pen, very nice with a bullet/waterproof ink for note taking in cooking books or in my cooking notebook). No desk stand yet for this one, using a Parker 45 cap with it, a perfect fit.

Edited December 8, 2014 by Namo