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christof
April 19th, 2021, 12:22 PM
LAMY Safari – all Colors in chronological order

On German penexchange.de and French stylo-plume.org I started years ago a thread to collect all colors of LAMY’s Safari and to arrange them chronologically. Together with my Friend Chris Wallace from GB, we filled all the informations in a table and shared this on FPN. Now, since I decided to focus on other forums than FPN, I wanted to make these informations available on FPGeeks.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48618638467_c97de1bb95_4k.jpg
Pict.: C.M.Z (Flickr)

https://live.staticflickr.com/365/19443401665_597b5906a2_k.jpg
Made in Germany, pict.: C.M.Z (Flickr)


1980 savanna green
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4522/37747757044_8a67a1ab72_c.jpg
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4202/33940886463_ea9a52cda2_c.jpg
Pict.: C.M.Z (Flickr)

1980 terra red
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4530/26686089339_6de6a51d8b_c.jpg
Pict.: C.M.Z (Flickr)

1983 Alpin
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4576/37807420964_0c84746bbd_c.jpg
Pict.: C.M.Z (Flickr)

1983 S2 Umbra, Charcoal in Engl.
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4562/38467552392_a880ec6b7f_c.jpg
Pict.: C.M.Z (Flickr)

1989 Hot (Red)
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4556/38467080396_89fc854322_c.jpg

1994 Gelb
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4537/37807420554_d39c428bfb_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

1997 Sky (Blue)
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4532/38459867126_dc13a41b45_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2001 Griso (Gray)
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4527/38516242511_50f5651e2b_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2002 Vista (Transparent)
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51755049011_4a8c2a1ba6_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2004 Flame (Orange)
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51727206805_b4d6e5e96c_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2006 light blue
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50934982386_f6a624e2a7_k.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2007 White
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51740952817_94b07610e4_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

christof
April 19th, 2021, 12:24 PM
2007 Black
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51679868119_174fcf5ba7_k.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)


2008 Lime
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4525/38447360062_b2f8ea838e_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2009 Pink
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4542/24666742758_aac0208b4f_c.jpg
pict: C.Josef LAMY GmbH

2009 Orange
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4552/38576886361_b28c43ef4f_c.jpg
pict: C.Josef LAMY GmbH

2011 Aquamarine
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4551/24666668338_1f8bcaa268_c.jpg
pict: C.Josef LAMY GmbH

2012 Green (aka Apple Green)
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4562/38483900622_96d7aeaf35_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2013 Neon
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51679194301_cc4ae80cfe_k.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2014 Neon Coral
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51678393992_e9ad931fe5_k.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2015 Neon Lime
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4533/37591811295_0151076528_c.jpg
pict: C.Josef LAMY GmbH

2015 Brown
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51840860501_a900ec6970_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2016 Dark Lilac
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1693/26210790501_d38acd0033_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2017 Petrol
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2944/33063768764_7d92e6bfc7_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2018 All Black
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/890/40705339845_6a46574966_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2019 Lightblue - Mint - Rose
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7925/47439701432_78d5fa4f6c_b.jpg
pict: C.Josef LAMY GmbH

christof
April 19th, 2021, 12:25 PM
2020 Series "Candy" Aquamarine – Mango - Violet
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49711256716_7db58695db_o.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49711582707_3bec9f0445_o.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2021 origin savannah
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51031792667_187ea9ed05_k.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2021 origin terra red
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51031691026_2db9dd1f32_k.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2022 China Special Edition
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51885809646_667a8c0416_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2022 Strawberry
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51990545423_be393ec908_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2022 Cream
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51990485061_6896ca2b1c_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2022 itoya copper 01
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52663858248_7ee03e18e0_c.jpg
Foto: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2022 Starbucks green
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52888866369_2737184a39_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2023 springgreen
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52819046051_c02a81cc25_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2023 lightrose
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52819235774_f7e7b37187_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2023 aquasky
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52819235824_54e8738121_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

guyy
April 19th, 2021, 02:21 PM
This is great! Thanks, Christof.

da vinci
April 19th, 2021, 02:33 PM
A fantastic resource post, thank you. I need to get my Safari’s out. I have a couple of Japan only varieties in white with red clip. Out of interest is the database limited to colours? For example, I know that there is a Safari with the Ampelman symbol on it.

christof
April 19th, 2021, 02:39 PM
2024 violet blackberry
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53549208869_4b00aa389c_c.jpg
Foto: C.M.Z (Flickr)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53549083578_d1832511f0_c.jpg

2024 pink cliff
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53548004052_88cca0077e_c.jpg
Foto: C.M.Z (Flickr)


The table has been shared here:

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/90367-lamy-safari/?do=findComment&comment=4357184

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51623444932_4383e34db1_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mDMDDo)LAMY Safari April 2021 (https://flic.kr/p/2mDMDDo) by C.M.Z (https://www.flickr.com/photos/30169694@N08/), auf Flickre are mentioned in the table. For example 2007 white....

christof
October 27th, 2021, 01:21 PM
As soon as I have actualized the table together with Chris, I will ad to this thread.

Here we go:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51623444932_4383e34db1_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mDMDDo)LAMY Safari April 2021 (https://flic.kr/p/2mDMDDo) by C.M.Z (https://www.flickr.com/photos/30169694@N08/), auf Flickr

pajaro
October 27th, 2021, 08:43 PM
Nice collection. I only have eight of these. I like all the green ones best.

JoshuaL
November 2nd, 2021, 12:04 AM
I bought a black Safari and it'r really good. I love it.

christof
November 14th, 2021, 12:25 PM
I was able to replace some of the borrowed picturs with own ones:

2007 Schwarz
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51679868119_174fcf5ba7_k.jpg
picture: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2013 Neon
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51679194301_cc4ae80cfe_k.jpg
picture: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2014 Neon Coral
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51678393992_e9ad931fe5_k.jpg
picture: C.M.Z (Flickr)

more will follow...

pajaro
November 14th, 2021, 07:23 PM
These are fun pens.

christof
November 15th, 2021, 10:01 PM
These are fun pens.


Yes, they are.
I am on the verge of having all the colors together. Only a very few are missing...

christof
December 26th, 2021, 01:14 PM
...
I am on the verge of having all the colors together. Only a very few are missing...

Done.


and since I was able to complete my collection lately, I made another overview of all the existing colors, as a reference and just for fun:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51777030581_8faae5776d_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mTmPiP)LAMY Safari Farbreihe Jahreszahlen (https://flic.kr/p/2mTmPiP) by C.M.Z (https://www.flickr.com/photos/30169694@N08/), auf Flickr

Jon Szanto
December 26th, 2021, 01:36 PM
Done.

Well done, I'd say! I appreciate seeing all of these, together and identified. It's unfortunate that, like the other thread honoring the Parker 45, these are pens that aren't comfortable for me to write with, so I have simply kept one or two and not gone down the road of collecting them. Iconic pens that have been useful for millions of hands and that is all that counts.

da vinci
December 26th, 2021, 01:38 PM
I posted this in another thread, but here is far more appropriate!

Very nice pens Christof! Would you mind explaining the characteristics that identify the 2002 Vista. I have a far from complete yet voluminous collection of Safaris and don’t have a Vista model yet.

FredRydr
December 26th, 2021, 02:12 PM
Aren’t new colors released annually, such that no collection will ever be complete?

christof
December 26th, 2021, 02:15 PM
I posted this in another thread, but here is far more appropriate!

Very nice pens Christof! Would you mind explaining the characteristics that identify the 2002 Vista. I have a far from complete yet voluminous collection of Safaris and don’t have a Vista model yet.

Thank you.

The Vista is made of transparent Plastic:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51755049011_0f5c1ea668_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mRq9Xe)2002_Vista von -C.M.Z- (https://flic.kr/p/2mRq9Xe)

christof
December 26th, 2021, 02:16 PM
Aren’t new colors released annually, such that no collection will ever be complete?

You're right of course.
But for the moment, the collection is complete.

da vinci
December 26th, 2021, 02:27 PM
I posted this in another thread, but here is far more appropriate!

Very nice pens Christof! Would you mind explaining the characteristics that identify the 2002 Vista. I have a far from complete yet voluminous collection of Safaris and don’t have a Vista model yet.

Thank you.

The Vista is made of transparent Plastic:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51755049011_0f5c1ea668_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mRq9Xe)2002_Vista von -C.M.Z- (https://flic.kr/p/2mRq9Xe)

Thank you for your reply. Apologies for the further query but are there any other distinguishing features that mark this pen as a 2002 pen, like the dot or cross on other yearly editions? I am assuming that I couldn’t just buy a Vista tomorrow and call the collection complete as the pen would not manufactured in the correct year, or have I mis-understood?

christof
December 26th, 2021, 02:56 PM
the vista was just introduced in 2002, that‘s all.

da vinci
December 26th, 2021, 05:32 PM
the vista was just introduced in 2002, that‘s all.

Ok thanks again for your assistance much appreciated 👍

CrayonAngelss
December 27th, 2021, 07:08 AM
Done.

Well done, I'd say! I appreciate seeing all of these, together and identified. It's unfortunate that, like the other thread honoring the Parker 45, these are pens that aren't comfortable for me to write with, so I have simply kept one or two and not gone down the road of collecting them. Iconic pens that have been useful for millions of hands and that is all that counts.

I have the same problem! They are such fun pens at a great price, but I can't hold them in a comfortable position. I have a teal one at least.

Robalone
January 1st, 2022, 08:26 PM
6623866239

christof
April 8th, 2022, 01:07 PM
I added the newest colors on page one:

2022 Strawberry
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51990545423_be393ec908_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2022 Cream
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51990485061_6896ca2b1c_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

amk
April 9th, 2022, 01:57 AM
So the day ought to look like:
Pelikan m200 cafe creme for breakfast,
Safari Strawberry and cream for tea in the afternoon. :-)
To which I'll add my Bexley Corona 'Blueberry Cream' for dessert.

pajaro
April 9th, 2022, 09:46 PM
I still like the Petrol. One of these days I might use the bottled ink, still using the petrol cartridges.

christof
April 13th, 2022, 01:36 PM
...

christof
April 13th, 2022, 01:37 PM
So the day ought to look like:
Pelikan m200 cafe creme for breakfast,
Safari Strawberry and cream for tea in the afternoon. :-)
To which I'll add my Bexley Corona 'Blueberry Cream' for dessert.


...what's really behind "strawberry & cream"!



https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52003104200_f2c5d66bed_z.jpg

Fergus
April 22nd, 2022, 12:07 AM
Lets show you my latest, Its a vintage set, Pre-90's. set of Four including Fountain Pen in Red(hot) with Black Clip.


https://i.imgur.com/dD4zByL.jpg[/IMG]https://i.imgur.com/VqOVA76.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/ujSkTVl.jpg[IMG]

Sagehen
May 6th, 2022, 10:54 AM
6623866239

Thanks for the last sentence on your handwritten note. I have been curious about those other pens and I might try one. But I have to say that I do like both the Safari and the Al-Star. The Al-Star is slightly lighter, but honestly I like the feeling of heft that the Safari gives when I write with it.

christof
April 14th, 2023, 12:35 AM
Just arrived - the new SE 2023 colors:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52815272166_2d4d1e5fa2_b.jpg


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52815727603_b30f425d06_b.jpg

lightrose
aquasky
springgreen


and here is a compaarison to the SE "Pastel" from 2019:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52814712082_896a3a673d_b.jpg

same, but different.

christof
April 15th, 2023, 08:10 AM
newest colors added to first post:

2022 itoya copper 01
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52663858248_7ee03e18e0_c.jpg
Foto: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2023 springgreen
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52819046051_c02a81cc25_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2023 lightrose
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52819235774_f7e7b37187_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

2023 aquasky
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52819235824_54e8738121_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

RobJohnson
April 15th, 2023, 08:32 AM
Thanks for posting, remarkable use of colour.

christof
May 11th, 2023, 05:49 AM
added:

2022 Starbucks green
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52888866369_2737184a39_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)

forester
May 11th, 2023, 05:55 AM
christof:

Nice Green!

iosepus
May 11th, 2023, 07:55 AM
Lamy Safari Campus in three colors: those on the pic plus a white unit:

77612

Japan, 2023.

Cheers,

BT

christof
May 11th, 2023, 08:10 AM
Thank you very much!

Do you know when these came to the market?

Best
Christof

iosepus
May 11th, 2023, 11:26 PM
January this year (2023), maybe February. I think they are still available. I will confirm.

But the point here is that there are many local Safari editions--for just some shops in Tokyo, for Japan, or for the East Asia market.

Here you can see a couple of examples:

Lamy Vista Katakana, for the retailer Loft. 2020:
77614
77615

Lamy Safari to commemorate the 150th anniversary of German-Japanese friendship. Sure you can read the inscription! 2011:
77616

There are more examples.

Cheers,

BT

christof
May 12th, 2023, 12:38 AM
Thank you iosepus!

In this thread I am trying to cover all the different colors. It is beyond my capabilities to also note all the special editions. Nevertheless, it's interesting to collect informations anyway. So, thank you again.

C.

PS: are you collecting Safaris too?

iosepus
May 12th, 2023, 09:26 PM
Good luck with your compilation. I will try to add some examples. However, the trend of mixing and matching different colored parts makes it an endless task.

Case in point:

77641

I do not collect Safari--i just accumulate some that I find interesting, particularly if limited to some specific market.

Cheers,

BT

Motomachi10
May 13th, 2023, 04:41 AM
So many colours, local or regional editions of the Safari. To put together a whole collection is almost impossible task.

Chrissy
May 13th, 2023, 04:59 AM
Absolutely wonderful information christof. :) I'm not a great fan of the Safari but have a couple including a Dark Lilac, Orange and Pink. Not sure why I picked those particular three? :)

christof
June 22nd, 2023, 03:43 AM
added:

2022 Starbucks green
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52888866369_2737184a39_c.jpg
pict: C.M.Z (Flickr)


After buying the Starbucks rollerball in this gorgeous green, I found that starbucks had even applied different greens of their CI to different LAMY Safari :shocked:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52993292703_7ee98d1fc3.jpg
source: https://creative.starbucks.com/color/

So I called that nice gentleman from Feng Yuan Pens in Hong Kong again and asked him to send me the second version of the Starbucks green as well. The fountain pen is a slightly darker green than the rollerball (I would have preferred the reverse :angry: )

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52991774654_23bae9a584_c.jpg

but here's a comparison:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52991874919_c37b2f1ea0_c.jpg

from top down:
Petrol 2017
Starbucks Green (roller ball) 2022
Starbucks House Green (fountain pen) 2022
Savannah 1980/2021

The only thing I've ever wanted is to own an example of each safari color. But if it goes on like this.... :facepalm:

Chrissy
June 22nd, 2023, 04:46 AM
I gave up after 3. :) So pleased I did. :)
Actually I just checked and my 3 aren't even all Safaris. I have the Safari dark lilac and two Al-Stars in copper orange and pale green that for some reason I put away and didn't use. :noidea:

FredRydr
June 22nd, 2023, 06:11 AM
…The only thing I've ever wanted is to own an example of each safari color. But if it goes on like this.... :facepalm:
Christof, I see no end to the color variations Lamy can offer. A complete collection of infinity will be a difficult goal to achieve.

christof
June 22nd, 2023, 06:59 AM
Fred

When I started this project more than 10 years ago, there was one (!) SE color each year. Back then that seemed manageable to me.

In order to document the colors correctly and also to be able to compare them with each other, one should have them at hand in my opinion. To continue the project on the basis of pictures from the Internet seems absurd to me. Please remember that before Chris Wallace and I documented and published the color table, this information was not available - not even at LAMY itself(!)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51623444932_9c1246b74e_4k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mDMDDo)LAMY Safari April 2021 (https://flic.kr/p/2mDMDDo) by C.M.Z (https://www.flickr.com/photos/c_m_z/), auf Flickr

For the moment I am still fine with buying a couple of new colors each year. (LAMY Safari are not like Ferraris from a financial point of view.) My concern is for the future, if the cadence should still increase. In the past, promotional imprints were placed on pens from the range.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52885608721_eb39a0bbeb_z.jpg

Today, every big company can afford its own Safari color. That's basically what I don't like. But collecting is like smoking or drinking - hard to stop once started.... :cheers:




…A complete collection of infinity will be a difficult goal to achieve.

btw: In the context of a company like LAMY, I would avoid the word infinity. Time will show how long I can stand. Maybe even longer than LAMY itself... :haha:

Cyril
December 25th, 2023, 10:33 AM
This is a great collection of Lamy Safari pens. I already have few Chinese knockout pens . Their nibs are good, but all of them have some issues of cracked on the sections by time of getting used.
By the way I just bought some (it is about 13 Safari pens and Lamy Joy Calligraphy pens) They are all authentic used Safari pens and some Lamy Joy calligraphy pens. I am still waiting to get them delivered to my door on one of the days. I love Safari Ef pen nibs and they are amazing.

christof
February 24th, 2024, 09:20 AM
I just added the new ones to the list.

...and to the collection as well :)

2024 violet blackberry
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53549208869_4b00aa389c_c.jpg
Foto: C.M.Z (Flickr)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53549083578_d1832511f0_c.jpg

2024 pink cliff
Design: Wolfgang Fabian
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53548004052_88cca0077e_c.jpg
Foto: C.M.Z (Flickr)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53548925026_0e6cb185ee_c.jpg

VertOlive
February 24th, 2024, 03:33 PM
I also gave up and now just buy the colors that really appeal to me. I did get the 2024 Violet Blackberry just cuz. I wish they’d make more colors for the Lamy Joy as I love a desk pen length.