r/Lamy

A few months ago my Safari took an unplanned trip through the washing machine 😢 It survived, mostly, but it got my creative juices flowing.

So I dusted off my engineering degree and have been designing this hard shell case. It's sized specifically for the Safari, has an integrated brass hinge, and a satisfying "click" when it closes.

I'd love honest feedback on the design. What would you change? Anything I should add?

I'd also like to send a few prototypes to people here (continental US) to try out for themselves. No strings attached, just looking for constructive feedback. Comment or dm if you're interested!

Update: all of the prototypes are accounted for, thank you so much for the enthusiastic response!

Today is my birthday and my wife gave me this gift. A few months ago, she asked me in casual conversation what my favorite Pokémon was.

After saying that it wasn't a simple question since we were talking about more than 1000, I told him that my favorite Kanto starter was Bulbasaur.Now I know it was all a beautiful trick

From left to right – Safari Dark Dusk, Safari Meteora, Safari Spring Green (it's brand new), Al-Star Aubergine Special Edition and Al-Star Flamingo. They are beautiful. I use Dark Dusk the most with blue ink. The Al-Stars are very elegant.

So, I got a Lamy 2000 (1st Gen) used from eBay, unfortunatly the Barrel that was delivered with the fountain pen stopped working after a while. Since then i cant screw the knob in the back to fill it up with ink. Even using force wont move it much.

I just got a new Barrel delivered, but there is a difference to see and feel between the barrel and the grip part. The grip part is slightly bigger then the barrel, where they make contact. If I use the older Barrel, its flush to the gripsection and you cant feel or see where they make contact.

Is it possible, that there are two different generations with two different dimensions?

Got my very first Lamy and made myself a pen sleeve

Trying out the lamy inks as well.

Looking forward to any suggestions of different inks to try out and discussions of how you carry your pens

I’ve had a bunch of pens that I got from my dad a long time ago, and just recently started to get into fountain pens. After getting a Safari, I learned about the 2000 and discovered that my dad had the 2000 multi-pen and pencil already! So of course, I now have the fountain pen on the way, and am very excited to get it!