Lamy Al Star Limited And Special Editions

[Astronymus]

Here is a simplified list of all colours:

name/color additional info clip nib Al-star   black black Al-Star Bastian Schweinsteiger black black silvergreen blacker Clip, blacke nib black black silvergreen chrome Clip, blanke nib chrome blank graphite blacke Nib chrome black graphite blanke Nib chrome blank silverblue   chrome blank ocean blue   chrome blank raspberry   chrome blank black purple   chrome blank coffee   chrome blank ruby   chrome blank pearl aka champagne chrome blank black   black black bluegreen   chrome blank copper orange   chrome blank charge green   chrome blank thinking tools 50 Years chrome blank pacific   chrome blank vibrant pink   chrome blank bronze   chrome blank turmaline   chrome blank AU (gold) europe only black black cosmic   chrome blank azure   chrome blank silverwhite   chrome blank glossy red PVD-coating, 2 grip sections neon - feeds red and black chrome blank lilac   chrome blank petrol   chrome blank aquatic   chrome blank fiery   chrome blank

[ProfMadhuKrishna]

Thank you very much for the list. Would you have the photograph of  corresponding pens to be used as a reference ? 

[Astronymus]

Not at the moment. It might take a few days.

[Anne-Sophie]

I can name the fountain pens in the center of the colorful tray because I either, own them or, want them,

 

DARK PEN

 

Fiery

 

Red Pen

Orange Pen

 

Black purple

vibrant pink

lilac

aquatic

petrol

azure

turmaline

pacific

 

BLEUE GREEN

MEDIUM GREEN

YELLOW GREEN

[Glenn-SC]

Fun Fact, my “Glossy Red PVD-coating” came with an orange feed and a black feed.  

[Astronymus]

1 hour ago, Glenn-SC said:

Fun Fact, my “Glossy Red PVD-coating” came with an orange feed and a black feed.  

That's intentional. The orange becomes red in the feed. The black one is for inks that might stain the orange/red feed.

[ProfMadhuKrishna]

On 6/7/2024 at 6:51 AM, Anne-Sophie said:

I can name the fountain pens in the center of the colorful tray because I either, own them or, want them,

 

DARK PEN

 

Fiery

 

Red Pen

Orange Pen

 

Black purple

vibrant pink

lilac

aquatic

petrol

azure

turmaline

pacific

 

BLEUE GREEN

MEDIUM GREEN

YELLOW GREEN

thanks. noted. 

[Mercian]

On 6/7/2024 at 2:21 AM, Anne-Sophie said:

Black purple

vibrant pink

lilac

aquatic

petrol

azure

turmaline

pacific

Isn’t the Al-star to the immediate right (on the photo) of the ‘Petrol’ one an example of the ‘Ocean Blue’?

I think I remember that the ‘Azure’ was a much lighter/paler shade, very much like the older ‘Silver-Blue’ model.

🤷‍♂️

[Anne-Sophie]

On 6/8/2024 at 7:28 PM, Mercian said:

Isn’t the Al-star to the immediate right (on the photo) of the ‘Petrol’ one an example of the ‘Ocean Blue’?

I think I remember that the ‘Azure’ was a much lighter/paler shade, very much like the older ‘Silver-Blue’ model.

🤷‍♂️

  

You are right, I copied and pasted the wrong name.

[Doc Dan]

I have a new Turmaline [sic] stuck in customs, but I should have it in a few days. 

[inkstainedruth]

It's funny to think that I don't have ANY of the standard Safari or al-Star colors. I ONLY have some of the SE colors (and only the ones I like, at that).  But one of the things that I really appreciate about Lamy is that the SE colors are the same price as the standard colors, and hope that the new owners keep that going.  

We'll see how much I like the al-Star Aquatic, which is in the mail (I added it and a converter for it to an order to Pen Boutique in order to get to the threshold for free shipping, and still get the 10% discount they offered recently).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[jchch1950]

On 6/20/2024 at 5:02 AM, inkstainedruth said:

. But one of the things that I really appreciate about Lamy is that the SE colors are the same price as the standard colors, and hope that the new owners keep that going.

+1. The same pens only have different colours but the company can increase the number of pens made because to the regular buyers of a model you have to add the collectors that will buy the new colours even if they already have multiple examples of the pens.

[inkstainedruth]

Well the other nice thing is that the nibs on the Safari/al-Star/LX pens are easy to swap between those models and they have a reasonable range of nib widths.

I don't understand the people who sneer at Safaris for being "school pens".  All of mine in that "family" are good writers while not being expensive pens.  

Of course, I don't understand the people who are the same way about Parker Vectors -- all of mine are inexpensive little workhorses (although I can see for those that they might be too thin to be comfortable to use for someone with large hands...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Glenn-SC]

7 hours ago, jchch1950 said:

+1. The same pens only have different colours but the company can increase the number of pens made because to the regular buyers of a model you have to add the collectors that will buy the new colours even if they already have multiple examples of the pens.

The same can be said of probably 90% of the pen manufacturers now and since FPs were invented.

[Anne-Sophie]

5 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Well the other nice thing is that the nibs on the Safari/al-Star/LX pens are easy to swap between those models and they have a reasonable range of nib widths.

I don't understand the people who sneer at Safaris for being "school pens".  All of mine in that "family" are good writers while not being expensive pens.  

Of course, I don't understand the people who are the same way about Parker Vectors -- all of mine are inexpensive little workhorses (although I can see for those that they might be too thin to be comfortable to use for someone with large hands...).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

Very much in agreement! I am a fountain pen user, I like school pens: reasonably priced solid fountain pens, in many colors.

 

I also like some of the higher price range, LAMY metal pens.

[Mercian]

21 hours ago, Anne-Sophie said:

Very much in agreement! I am a fountain pen user, I like school pens: reasonably priced solid fountain pens, in many colors.

Me too!

 

I am lucky enough to own a Lamy 2000, a few Pelikan piston-fillers, two Parker 75s (in Ciselé Sterling silver, and in gold) and two aerometric Parker “51”s.
But I also love - and continually use - my Safaris, Al-star, Vectors, Parker 25, and my Pilot Metropolitan.

 

These supposedly-‘lesser’ pens are robust, colourful, reliable, and they are also safe to use ‘on-site’ - or in a backstreet pub, where the ‘fancier’ pens might attract the wrong kind of attention.

[Doc Dan]

Well, my new Al-Star Turmaline arrived today! I've already inked it up and have been using it. It is supposed to have a fine nib, but it is like a Pilot medium. Pretty smooth for a fine. The pen is simply beautiful.