Lamy Collection

[Bogon07]

Thanks for that link Ivan.

It is a very thorough and informative study for the 2000. I'm sure many Lamy2000 users will find it a handy reference.

Brandonh maybe your wonderful work could be linked or summarised in a separate post for easy access.

[brandonh]

Have a nib shot!

[JustDaveyB]

Have a nib shot!

Very nice. It is a real shame that Lamy don't sell their italic nibs in black, I would love to have for my black Lamy Studio.

[Bogon07]

Brandonh that's a very photogenic barrel colour and nib arrangement.
MK beginner's nib in black too. Does it write sort of like an M ?

[tytoalba]

Very nice. It is a real shame that Lamy don't sell their italic nibs in black, I would love to have for my black Lamy Studio.

Ditto Great shot! + Ditto Love the 1.1 nib - needs to be available in black.

[KrazyIvan]

Awesome shot!

[Bogon07]

The Matt Black CP1 arrived from Goulet Pens yesterday. Superficially it looks like a Logo but appears to be a slightly more refined build. It is the same overall length but the cap and body dimensions are different and is slightly thinner too.

Optioned a black LH nib and loaded with Noodler's Cactus Fruit Eel (not quite the crimson/magenta colour I imagined more an intense violet to match Dragon's Napalm). A very smooth writer and Mrs Bogon has given it her stamp of approval. I'll have to keep a close eye on this pen in case it goes 'missing'.

[Petergly]

The Matt Black CP1 arrived from Goulet Pens yesterday. Superficially it looks like a Logo but appears to be a slightly more refined build. It is the same overall length but the cap and body dimensions are different and is slightly thinner too.

Optioned a black LH nib and loaded with Noodler's Cactus Fruit Eel (not quite the crimson/magenta colour I imagined more an intense violet to match Dragon's Napalm). A very smooth writer and Mrs Bogon has give it her stamp of approval. I'll have to keep a close eye on this pen in case it goes 'missing'.

I recently purchased a couple of LH nibs and fitted one to one of my Safari's. The first one wasn't crash hot - scratchy and stuttered - but the 2nd one is smooth and reliable. Quite impressed too. These were used nibs, as I paid only $8 each (I think) and there was some ink residue on them when they arrived.

[Bogon07]

I've accumulated 3 silver and 1 black LH nibs so far and they've all be smooth to write with. Even Mrs Bogon finds them smoother than the regular M nibs. The some o/s online shops give them as a no cost option but the Oz b&m shops want to charge another $20 or so on top of the pen's cost.

Lamy tests their pens with ink and I've noticed there is always a blue residue to be flushed out of any new Lamy I've bought.
Maybe they also test the nibs too.

[Petergly]

I've accumulated 3 silver and 1 black LH nibs so far and they've all be smooth to write with. Even Mrs Bogon finds them smoother than the regular M nibs. The some o/s online shops give them as a no cost option but the Oz b&m shops want to charge another $20 or so on top of the pen's cost.

Lamy tests their pens with ink and I've noticed there is always a blue residue to be flushed out of any new Lamy I've bought.
Maybe they also test the nibs too.

Mine are silver. That's interesting re Lamy testing - hadn't thought of that. Good to know - thanks. :-)

[Bogon07]

Mine are silver. That's interesting re Lamy testing - hadn't thought of that. Good to know - thanks. :-)

It can cause quite a shook if you forget to flush the test ink out and load up a light colour. I was really disappointed with Noodler's Cayenne when it came out brown instead of dark orange until I realised that I had enthusiastically filled the new pen without cleaning it out first.

[brandonh]

Here's a set of NK Sweden variations. Note the red dot end caps that differentiate these from the Rakuten/Japan variations that have red clips but black crosses. Yellow is the "new" yellow. Shiny black with red in last photo is a Safari/Joy frankenlamy.





With regular production counterparts:




And with some other red clip variations:

[brandonh]

And some Lamy Safari pastels with end cap variations

[Bogon07]

Brandonh, marvellous photos. Do the 'dot' caps indicate a re-release of a limited or special edition pen ?

The difference between the two yellows is very subtle. You'd have trouble identifying them if they were not side-by-side.
I would like to see a Custard Yellow in production.

[brandonh]

The Flame (orange with red dot) and French blue (light blue with red dot) were annual color editions. The red, yellow, and charcoal pens with red dots and red clips were special production pens, limited to 350, for the NK department store in Sweden. There is also a white pen with red dot produced in Japan as a promotional pen to celebrate the 30th birthday of the Safari.

I'm not sure what the difference is between the orange and pink dots vs crosses--just different production variations. The dots came out before the crosses, then Lamy switched to colored crosses for the Aqua and Apple green pens. The original Lime pen came with a standard black cross, then was updated to a lime cross in a later run. The shiny black Lamy Joy with chrome clip has a black dot, too.

The older mustard pen with black clip was a standard issue, then was updated in 2010 to a lighter yellow with chrome clip. There is a transitional yellow pen that has the new body color and black clip (I've been hunting this on eBay and a few others sites, but I'm not willing to pay some of the exorbitant asking prices.

[brandonh]

Another month, another few more Lamy pics

[Bogon07]

Wow that is a very impressive collection of pens. You've got enough to play a fountain pen version of "pick-up-sticks".

I also marvel at your self control and discipline at leaving the labels on the pens. Any on mine last about 1-2 minutes.

The light blue Safaries look quite nice. Was there ever a light blue with a yellow clip ?

[brandonh]

To my knowledge the light blue pen only ever had a red clip. The only yellow clip pens I know are the blue NK Sweden pen, the red 2012 China pen, and the Germany+Japan friendship pen.

[brandonh]

Two fun pickups for a belated birthday present: a well worn first gen Lamy Safari and a NOS second gen Lamy 2000.


Two vintage Lamys 2012-11-15 on Flickr

[Bogon07]

Nice double present.
Is the Safari what they call Savanna ? It looks in pretty good condition from the photo.

My fingers are itching to rip the sticker off the 2nd generation 2000.

Will you be inking them up for test runs in the near future...