Lamy 2000 Stainless Steel Hard To Hold

[Bill Wood]

It's not the weight of the pen - but this pen is slippery. Anyone put a thin sheet over the grip. How do you hold this beast ?

 

-slippery in Saskatchewan-

[Ron Z]

I love the pen, have had two of them, couldn't hold one, so sold both. For me it was a function of both grip and weight, maybe leaning towards weight.

 

Applying anything to/over the surface of the section will increase the OD of the pen, and the cap may not fit onto it.

 

The surface of the makralon pens can be "renewed" with a red scratch pad, moving along the length of the pen and cap. I wonder if additional texture to the metal might help here. I don't know that it would significantly change the appearance. Still, I think twice before doing something like to this to a pen with that price tag. I have modified smooth chrome sections by bead blasting. A bit bigger media than is used in grit blasting which produces a matte gray finish. Bead blasting retains some of the shine, while cratering the surface enough to gain some traction.

[Flounder]

Lamy are missing a trick, they should sell accessories! Like a golf glove for the 2000.

 

Keeps skin grease off the page, unique suede-like palm for comfort, rubber-esque finger coating ensures the confident, controlled precision YOUR handwriting demands. The stylish contrast stitching and prominent Lamy logo lets EVERYONE know you demand the BEST! Blah de blah etc.

[encremental]

True, I think when people go on about metal sections, it is steel that they mainly have in mind. The palladium Studio is very comfortable to hold, as are pens with silver sections.

 

John

[Sasha Royale]

. . . . . . , " but the stainless steel is sooo pretty ! " Thanks ! I will keep it in mind, whenever I buy a fountain for display.

 

Liquid ink flows with slightest contact on the paper. One does not have to "press down hard" , the grip does not have to be tight enough for the pen to slip. Keep a light grip, letting the weight of the

lovely pen self-settle into your hand. Write with a light touch.

 

My solution, of course, was to choose a LAMY 2000 with "sand-blasted" , matte finish.

[Namo]

I have and use heavily the steel 2000. The trick is not to hold the pen, but to let the pen rest on your hand. The weight does all the job, you just have to drive the pen. For me it's almost a perfect pen - the regular 2000 is too light. Almost, because I use it posted and the steel cap males the balance awful. A regular makrolon cap makes perfect.

[A1979]

I have and use heavily the steel 2000. The trick is not to hold the pen, but to let the pen rest on your hand. The weight does all the job, you just have to drive the pen. For me it's almost a perfect pen - the regular 2000 is too light

So true!

[Mastiff]

Same. Despite my love for the design and aesthetics of the pen there was something not quite right in the hand, so I sold mine off.

I think about the pen every now and then- a crush that could not materialise...

[setriode]

My experience was, and my sentiments are, the same as Mastiff's.

Edited September 23, 2016 by setriode

[ENewton]

I still need to try one of these. Recently I tried the Macrolon model, and my problem was precisely that I prefer to let a pen rest on my hand, and the Macrolon model was weighted too heavily toward the front for that to be possible.

 

Maybe the steel one is balanced differently.

[Bill Wood]

Yup. Just couldn't hold it. Love the makrolon model though.

[Nyanzilla]

I don't find it slippery. Maybe because my hands are quite dry and I seldom use cremes and lotions.

I think the grip section of the Lamy studio is much more slippery (even for me).

[FOUR X FOUR]

Hey Bill. My guess is... give it time. After a while it probably won't bother you any more.

Allan😀😀

[ac12]

 

 

I still need to try one of these. Recently I tried the Macrolon model, and my problem was precisely that I prefer to let a pen rest on my hand, and the Macrolon model was weighted too heavily toward the front for that to be possible.

 

Maybe the steel one is balanced differently.

 

Several people in the Posse have the Stainless Steel L-2000.

If you put out a post to want to try one, someone would likely bring theirs for you to try.

 

Warning, it is a HEAVY pen. Too heavy for me.

[ENewton]

 

 

Several people in the Posse have the Stainless Steel L-2000.

If you put out a post to want to try one, someone would likely bring theirs for you to try.

 

Warning, it is a HEAVY pen. Too heavy for me.

 

Thank you, ac12. I have some heavy pens that are very comfortable for me. Perhaps because my first fountain pens were 1990s Watermans, I hold my pens in a way that puts minimal stress on my fingers.

[Mishka5050]

A bit of washi tape should do the trick...

[PAKMAN]

I find mine to be a little slippery also. However, I still love it!