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    maybe this will help
    http://www.penexchange.de/forum_neu/...e.php?id=35504
    I have a feeling that this will be the most minimalist pen from Lamy since the L2k and the CP1. The all-aluminum construction with various texturing treatments sounds promising to me. Anyways - this is one pen I'd buy even if it provided the worst writing experience ever. Just because of the Morrison factor (after all, his collaborator Naoto Fukasawa got me to like a ball-point pen... )

    I have and like both the 2000 and the CP1, so I'm excited for the Aion as well. Probably will grab a Noto at some point just to add to the collection.

    Wondering how effective Aion's grip texture will be.

    EDIT: The prototype is called JM1, which is fitting; I wonder if "Aion" is the final name? Also, hoping for a spring-loaded clip.
    The clip will be spring loaded... Jasper has a pretty good reputation for getting things right - his chairs are incredibly comfortable, as is his "three" sofa. Quite unlike Mr. Newson's furniture...
    And Mr. Newson's pen, going by the reviews (no personal experience). And Mr. Newson's camera. There is useful design and masturbatory "design".

    I gather you have the Lamy Noto? How do you like it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon Szanto View Post
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    Ick.
    ...care to elaborate or are you feeling too sick?
    It was all the comment the pen required. Fortunately, we all have differing tastes.
    Indeed, Jon! Otherwise the world of human-made stuff would be rather boring. And I always appreciate your input. Your comment was actually quite appropriate: minimalist. Do you like Eric Satie?

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    I like it better than Lamy 2000. I hope it's a piston filler with a lot of nib options.
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    Quote Originally Posted by inklord View Post
    Your comment was actually quite appropriate: minimalist. Do you like Eric Satie?
    In small doses.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon Szanto View Post
    In small doses.
    well played Monsignor Szanto, well played.

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    I still prefer the design of the 2000, but the proof is in the pudding writing. I'd like them side-by-side at a pen show.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stub View Post
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    In small doses.
    well played Monsignor Szanto, well played.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ahriman4891 View Post
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    maybe this will help
    http://www.penexchange.de/forum_neu/...e.php?id=35504
    I have a feeling that this will be the most minimalist pen from Lamy since the L2k and the CP1. The all-aluminum construction with various texturing treatments sounds promising to me. Anyways - this is one pen I'd buy even if it provided the worst writing experience ever. Just because of the Morrison factor (after all, his collaborator Naoto Fukasawa got me to like a ball-point pen... )

    I have and like both the 2000 and the CP1, so I'm excited for the Aion as well. Probably will grab a Noto at some point just to add to the collection.

    Wondering how effective Aion's grip texture will be.

    EDIT: The prototype is called JM1, which is fitting; I wonder if "Aion" is the final name? Also, hoping for a spring-loaded clip.
    The clip will be spring loaded... Jasper has a pretty good reputation for getting things right - his chairs are incredibly comfortable, as is his "three" sofa. Quite unlike Mr. Newson's furniture...
    And Mr. Newson's pen, going by the reviews (no personal experience). And Mr. Newson's camera. There is useful design and masturbatory "design".

    I gather you have the Lamy Noto? How do you like it?
    A nice ballpoint, very inconspicuous. Lamy does not exactly make the best BP refills though (a little stiff, like the good old Parker refills) Design-wise I particularly like the fact that the clip is integral to the body, which makes the pen both shirt pocket and bag friendly. In Europe the pen is also quite cheap (I got mine fo €8.- if I remember correctly) It's certainly not an upscale BP like the Pico or the 2000 BP.

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    I am surprised that some here would find the section uncomfortable - I am not into the cigar-type shaped pens, but the grip section actually Looks like it would be comfortable to me. It looks ergonomic to me, although I prefer the classic flared/contoured slope around most sections. I wonder how balanced this pen is ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anne View Post
    I am surprised that some here would find the section uncomfortable - ....
    My issue is very specific to my hand and a nerve issue: I had to sell my lovely L2K because it hurt my hand on the second finger that rests under the pen. Just the way it is for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TSherbs View Post
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    I am surprised that some here would find the section uncomfortable - ....
    My issue is very specific to my hand and a nerve issue: I had to sell my lovely L2K because it hurt my hand on the second finger that rests under the pen. Just the way it is for me.
    Thanks for pointing that out... Our hands are as individual as our handwriting, and it stands to reason that "one size/shape fits all" makes no sense for fountain pens, especially not for the grip sections!

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    Here are a few more pictures that show the texturing by circular brushing, blasting and also (albeit on what I think are the ball point pens) clip design with the imprinted LAMY logo script:
    https://mom.maison-objet.com/en/prod...on#xtor=AL-283
    The colors are announced as being satin black and "olivesilver" - whatever that might mean (Lamy has a tendency to come up with these mutilated "Germlish" terms that are meant to sound English, but are direct transliterations from the German... so silly!)

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    Last bit of news: the Lamy factory outlet lists the the pen at €49.-, which puts it in the same price class as the Lamy Studio with stainless steel nibs.
    On their webpage Lamy calls the aion's nib a "newly constructed, [highly] expressive nib made from stainless steel". The entire pen is drawn aluminum with the grip section being bead blasted and the remainder circular brushed. The clip is Lamy's typical (Scala, 2000, CP1,) solid stainless steel spring-loaded clip. The pen is a cartridge/converter pen, and currently not available with gold nibs. given its all-aluminum construction, the pen should be extremely light. The release date (from Lamy's online shop in Germany) is now given as the 27th of June. The colors are as stated above: black and grey. The nib widths are EF, F, M and B.

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    Not bad, I hope that grip is not rubber... and that it can be ordered with black nib

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    Interesting video.


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    Has anybody heard of a release date for the US???

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    Quote Originally Posted by inklord View Post
    Has anybody heard of a release date for the US???
    In September, according to Goulet Pens.

    TBH, the US MSRB is kinda high. I won't buy the Aion before handling one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ahriman4891 View Post
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    Has anybody heard of a release date for the US???
    In September, according to Goulet Pens.

    TBH, the US MSRB is kinda high. I won't buy the Aion before handling one.
    To handle before buying is always a good idea . This is a piece for the design community rather than the pen community anyways (being aware that these subsets overlap, of course).
    The price is, for me, astonishingly low, considering that there has never been a pen on the market built from deep drawn aluminum (compare with Lamy's Studio). I'd expected Lamy to market such a piece equipped with a 14k/585 nib in the €/$200.- to 300.- class, but that would probably have collided with Mr. Morrison's attitude of making good design affordable. With a steel nib it's not going to write any better than a Safari, of course, but it will surely stand alone based on its design merits. Having handled, viewed and sat on/in a selection of Jasper Morrison's designs, I am quite confident that this will be a minimalist's dream pen. Sorry if I sound a bit sycophantic, but as Po says in Kung Fu Panda: "...big fan"

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    The FPN thread mentioned that it costs €51 with shipping. That's 60 bucks. Not bad. In the USA, the MSRP is 90 dollars, for some reason. Good design was made a bit less affordable, that's my main gripe.

    I get that the manufacturing process is cool, but why was it needed for a supernormal pen? It's longer and fatter than the 2000, and I am suspicious of metal grip sections in general. I was really excited about it in the beginning, but somewhat cooled off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ahriman4891 View Post
    I was really excited about it in the beginning, but somewhat cooled off.
    It went the opposite for me. I thought it was a box of meh at first, now I actually really interested.

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