Lamy Safari Strawberry and Cream

[Jan Mathijs Rijck]

Lamy Safari strawberry & cream

 

Yesterday (April 2) I had the opportunity to purchase the two Lamy Safari SE for 2022 at the Penshow in Cologne/Germany.

 

Since the technical details of the Lamy Safari are known worldwide, I won't do a full review here, but only show a few pictures for colour comparison and report on the price

 

Packaging and scope of delivery 

 

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The pen comes in the usual Lamy box, a Lamy cartridge (blue) is included.

As a special pen show offer, I got a Z28 converter for each pen.

 

Colours, design and finish

 

 

The finish is matt (like the SE Safaries of previous years), the O-ring between body and grip is the same colour as the rest of the pen.

 

 

The cap finial (with the typical Lamy + sign for fountain pen) and clip are also in the same colour as the pen.

 

 

Colour comparison

 

 

In direct comparison with the standard red safari and also with the standard yellow safari (unfortunately I don't have a white one to compare) you can perhaps judge the colours a little better. The paper is a Rhodia dotpad No 18 (white); the light is a warm white LED lamp.

 

 

Price

 

The RRP in Germany is 22.00€ (incl. tax), which is 1€ above the normal RRP of the Safari. However, you can get the standard Safari at almost all retailers (both brick and mortar shops and on the net) at special offers, sometimes under 15€. From experience, the SE pens are also offered cheaper after a year. So if you can wait, you will save a few €.

 

 

What I paid

 

As I said at the beginning, I bought them at the Cologne pen show, at the table of Regina Martini (she is a dealer and author, a well-known and respected personality among pen enthusiasts in Germany). She offered the pair including two Z28 converts for 45.00€ (tax included). Since a single Z28 already costs 4.50€ (incl. tax), this would come to a very fair price of 18.00€ per pen.
Basically, however, one must also note that Lamy has apparently increased the prices for the Safari and the Al-Star in Germany by about 5%. With current inflation of over 7%, this seems understandable.