Is My Lamy Safari Fake?

[chainwhip]

This one is fake as well - listed as "Coffee Brown":

 

http://m.ebay.com/itm/COFFEE-New-In-Box-Authentic-LAMY-SAFARI-Fountain-Ink-Pen-F-NIB-L17F-US-Seller-/181924514630

[chainwhip]

This one is fake as well - listed as "Coffee Brown":

 

http://m.ebay.com/itm/COFFEE-New-In-Box-Authentic-LAMY-SAFARI-Fountain-Ink-Pen-F-NIB-L17F-US-Seller-/181924514630

Here's a quick shot of one real and one fake:

 

[Anne-Sophie]

Please, please only buy from reputable retailers or online shops. This link is from Lamy's own website.

 

http://www.lamy.com/content/find_a_retailer/index_eng.html

 

 

As Pen to Paper pointed out, buying from a reputable vendor will make the difference between an out of the box great experience that will continue for 20 years or more and dealing with a frustrating instrument with low components.

 

As a fountain pen enthusiast, I want more people to be attracted to, or come back to the fountain pen realm.

 

It won't happen if the prospective new customer are given duds as gifts.

 

Furthermore, it is extremely unfair to the Lamy brand which has done a great job catering to a wide range of fountain pen users at a reasonable price.

 

 

We fountain pen users in forums, at pen shows and pen clubs must do everything we can to take those fakes out of circulation and their distributors and fabricators out of business.

[bogiesan]

It's fun to seek out bargains., sure, but our friends who own and run reputable pen shops, those who advertise here and on other fountain pen sites, have earned your business. They do not sell fake Lamy pens.

[Eitan]

Unfortunately I believe I have been forced to discover the latest way to identify a counterfeit Lamy. It was indeed a tough tell to find and it only came to my attention because I used a real converter in a fake pen (as opposed to the conneryert hey provided), and it leaked .

 

They've been getting better and better at Making the counterfeits, and also adjusting the countereits based on our posts.So I am hesitant to give away another telltale sign which they can then go and improve upon.

 

So I think I will offer for people to private message me...perhaps that can be a way to help the community and not help the counterfeiters. Be in touch!

Edited June 10, 2018 by PearlJamFan

[Flippy]

Unfortunately I believe I have been forced to discover the latest way to identify a counterfeit Lamy. It was indeed a tough tell to find and it only came to my attention because I used a real converter in a fake pen (as opposed to the conneryert hey provided), and it leaked .

 

They've been getting better and better at Making the counterfeits, and also adjusting the countereits based on our posts.So I am hesitant to give away another telltale sign which they can then go and improve upon.

 

So I think I will offer for people to private message me...perhaps that can be a way to help the community and not help the counterfeiters. Be in touch!

I am honestly disgusted at this. I can't believe counterfeiters are trying this hard to insult a pen maker by making look-alikes and selling them.

[Astronymus]

Talking about trying hard. I don't understand the text, but the pictures tell the story.

 

https://www.bbblogr.com/fake-lamy-line-brown/

[MYU]

Talking about trying hard. I don't understand the text, but the pictures tell the story.

 

https://www.bbblogr.com/fake-lamy-line-brown/

 

Thank you for the link. Wow, the fakes can be shockingly close! The uninformed buyer will fall for this easily. This is disgusting. I hope these fake LAMY Safari makers get caught and rightly punished.

[ErrantSmudge]

I'm not sure much can be done to stop counterfeiters apart from educating pen buyers.

 

I'm concerned about what counterfeits do for the Safari's, and Lamy's reputation. I wonder how many of the "My Lamy Safari is broken, this is a crappy product" threads here on FPN are from people with fakes.

[jchch1950]

The only way to be sure that a Lamy Safari is not fake is to buy it from an official

 

 

dealer?

[A Smug Dill]

I think I received two fake Lamy Safari pens (yes, from China) recently. It never even crossed my mind that someone would put so much effort into faking a basic pen model. Anyway, I was delighted that they came with black nibs and convertors instead of cartridges… and then I made the mistake of swapping the nib onto my CP1. It felt a bit tight going onto the feed, took quite a bit of prompting to start flowing, but wrote alright. I then tried to fit the stainless steel feed that came with my CP1 onto the ‘donor’ Safari pen. It was too loose, and the nib won't stay attached to the feed. Same with the other Safari pen in that lot I received. Trying to then remove the black nib from my CP1 was a trial, and I hope I haven't damaged the feed doing so.

 

It was only then that I noticed the ink windows on the fake Safari pens are slightly obscured, unless I screw the barrel on really tightly; that wasn't obvious in the first place because of the cardboard spacer rings. (I haven't inked up either of those Safari pens yet.)

[toymachine]

Are fake Lamy Safari fountain pens still being sold? I hear about them coming from Amazon and others, but I've never found one (I think!). Where should I NOT buy to avoid them? 

[Astronymus]

The Lamy-Site offers a list of brick & mortar shops. I'm sure users here know some reliable online sellers as well, apart from Goulet.

[bogiesan]

If. you are buy8ng currently available units from a known pen seller, there is nothing to worry about. As soon as you decide to fill gaps in collection buying used or NIB Lamy pens, you are pretty much on your own. Research the firm carefully or just take your chances.