Lamy brand

[Possum Hill]

5 Lamy's here.

 

4 Safari's, 1 Al-Star and a 2000.

 

I like em'.

 

There are three kinds of people: those who are good at math and those who are not.

Which reminds me that there are 10 kinds of people: those who understand binary numbers and those who don't.

 

And, not to stray too far from the Lamy subject, I just lost my regular duty EF Safari and immediately ordered another from Pendemonium. It arrived today and I can relax now. It's not that I don't have anything else to write with, but that Safari was just exactly right.

[HDoug]

1 Vista and 3 AL-Stars. The AL-Stars with 2 self-ground .5mm cursive italics, and one factory EF. Different inks, so I decide which nib/ink combo I want to use then I decide which cap/barrel I want to use and "construct" the ink/nib/cap/barrel I want. I don't mix caps 'n' barrel colors though.

 

Doug

[pilgrim]

LAMY - highly recommended!

Own: Lamy 2000 (M); Lamy Vista ( B ) and my daughter Lamy Smile (M)

[Mac in Alberta]

5 Lamy's here.

 

4 Safari's, 1 Al-Star and a 2000.

 

I like em'.

 

There are three kinds of people: those who are good at math and those who are not.

No there are 10 kinds of people: Those who understand binary, and those who do not.

 

And Lamys are very fine pens, though there is one warning involved: The nib in the Lamy 2000, should you ever consider one, is broader than you would think for its size and is very wet.

 

Mac

[Juan in Andalucia]

 

Lamy rules! I have several Safaris, a Studio steel and three 2000s. I had an issue with one of the 2000: the piston knob didn't set tight with the body. No big deal, I took the pen to the shop (in Sevilla, Spain) and they gave me another one; no question asked. That 2000 has been filled with ink since I bought it.

 

I'm considering a Studio palladium too. In short, Lamy makes workhorses, and they might be the best value pen out there.

 

Juan in Andalucía

[biffybeans]

LOL

 

Or there are those that post way too late and don't proofread before they hit the post button. It's ok, because I know there are plenty of other things I am good at - or at least like to think I'm good at.

 

 

5 Lamy's here.

 

4 Safari's, 1 Al-Star and a 2000.

 

I like em'.

 

There are three kinds of people: those who are good at math and those who are not.

Edited July 19, 2008 by biffybeans

[inkyindi]

I recently sold off my pelikans for financial reasons, but couldn't bear to part with my Safaris just yet. I hope it won't come to that. Writing with them is such a pleasure and the B nib has won me over!

[Kugelschreiber]

I'm a huge Lamy fan. It is my favorite brand. I own more Lamys then I can count (overwhelmingly ballpoints and some rollers) and enjoy using the Lamy Safari fountain pens in my collection. They are both fine nibs and I'm thinking of adding another in a broad nib.

 

I just now recalled that I also have a Lamy Persona fp. I cleaned it and put it away a couple years or so ago. I think I wasn't satisfied with how it wrote; too scratchy. I'll have to dig it out and start using it again. It is hard for me to believe that a high-end Lamy pen wouldn't provide an excellent writing experience.

Edited July 19, 2008 by Kugelschreiber

[Possum Hill]

Hahaha. Sorry Biffybeans! No hard feelings. I lost many points on a math quiz recently for using 1 foot=60 inches as a conversion factor for the problems. I got the calculus right, but that dang customary unit system still screws me up!

Close enough for government work.

[Shinobi77]

Lamy so far makes the best pens in combining usability, quality and value for money. I have a Vista, a Studio and 2 2000's. So far the Lamy 2000 is my workhorse pen, great writer and reliable. The studio is more of a back-up pen while my Vista is my weekend pen due to its durable and rugged attributes.

 

As a note, Lamy pens are not those expensive-looking gilded pens that shout your social status nor are they the kind that you buy only to keep in a drawer or behind a glass case for visual admiration. They are best experienced in your everyday writing tasks. They are made for that purpose.

[RevAaron]

My feelings exactly Shinobi77. All of the Lamys I've used are great, but the 2000 is the pen I take with me always, and it's just about the only pen with which I really feel comfortable doing that- though I have started taking the used Kaweco Sport instead for the times I have a real risk of losing the pen. That's the problem- when you really start to love a pen, you start to worry about having it bumped out of your hands and watching it skip and jump its way down a rocky slope into Lake Superior.

 

But then again, I'm someone who is of the mind that, with the exception of some vintage pens, wouldn't buy a pen that I wouldn't feel comfortable taking almost anywhere.

 

I'd also like to note that vintage Lamys, as well as the Lamy subbrand Artus, are also worth checking out. There isn't a "gotta catch 'em all!" mentality and seem to be mostly overlooked, though they are quite available and well priced at MARTINIauctions.com and do show up in the FS forum here as well as eBay from time to time. I scored a Lamy 27 from MARTINIauctions a week ago and am waiting for it to come from Germany- the forerunner of the 2000. I also just got an Artus Ballit 42 from eBay from Penkala Pens. I bid way too high in the auction, and while waiting for the pen to show up from the Balkans I started to wonder if perhaps I was getting a bit too carried away with Lamy fever... But then the pen came! And I'm very happy to report that, while you can find them $20 cheaper at MARTINIauctions, the pen I got was in great condition- it looked like it was never used. It's the best writing EF I've personally ever used- dry, but very consistent and consequently very smooth- about the best thing for writing in tiny places or with thin paper prone to bleed through (Moleskine). Piston filler, classic styling like old Pelikans- looks a bit like a Pilot 78g. Very nice pens, these old Lamys!

 

Regards,

Aaron

[menick]

I'm a huge Lamy fan. It is my favorite brand. I own more Lamys then I can count (overwhelmingly ballpoints and some rollers) and enjoy using the Lamy Safari fountain pens in my collection. They are both fine nibs and I'm thinking of adding another in a broad nib.

 

I just now recalled that I also have a Lamy Persona fp. I cleaned it and put it away a couple years or so ago. I think I wasn't satisfied with how it wrote; too scratchy. I'll have to dig it out and start using it again. It is hard for me to believe that a high-end Lamy pen wouldn't provide an excellent writing experience.

 

Huge fan also!

 

Persona is one gorgeous pen! (hint if you want to get rid of yours).

 

Half of the pen I own are lamy. And most of what I'm getting lately are lamy also.

 

nick