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HomeOffice ProductsLamy Safari Fountain Pen, Charcoal Medium Nib (L17M) |
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| Customer Reviews: | | Average Customer Review: ( 65 customer reviews )
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104 of 107 found the following review helpful:
 This is the workhorse of my pen collection Nov 21, 2005
By P. Sawyer
"Geek"
First, let me say that I love fountain pens--all types, but especially Sheaffers. A colleague of mine turned me on to Lamy pens and they've become my workhorses.
I teach English so I grade many, many papers and I refuse to write with a boring pen. I used to use my antique shaeffers until a student almost dropped one. I had to have a daily pen that was, well, near disposable. I remembered the Lamy and ordered a Safari. Now, if something happens to it, I don't have a stroke. Plus, the broad nib has a wonderful ink flow!
I give them as gifts. They are a good pen to start using as they are very forgiving.
Do they write as well as my older pens? Nope. Are they more user-friendly? Yup. (Think mid 60's Jaguar E-Type versus 2005 Honda Civic. Which is more fun to drive? Which would you drive to the grocery store? Get my point?)
Bottom line: It is a $25 pen that you'll use more than your $100+ antique pens.
41 of 42 found the following review helpful:
Medium-point fountain pens are automatic handwriting improvers Mar 12, 2007
By S. Blackwelder
"fountain pen daily user"
This is one of the best fountain pens under $50 USD, for fountain pen novices or for experienced fountain pen users. This is not a calligraphy pen, but the "medium" point (like a broad ballpoint, or maybe even a bit wider than that) forces you to write larger letter sizes and improve your handwriting. The grip is comfy, and it "forces" you to treat your writing wrist well.
35 of 37 found the following review helpful:
 great buy Dec 16, 2004
By Pen lover
"v"
any of the lamy pens are near indestructible and offer a smooth write for their price. it's certainly no DuPont but its a great pen (especially for someone's first fountain pen)
14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
Excellent - very pleased Nov 26, 2007
By Biffybeans
I bought the Lamy Safari medium nibbed fountain pen after seeing my numerous Flickr friends using them to draw & write, all while claiming that they like the Lamy better than their much more expensive fountain pens.
It seemed like an inexpensive way to try a "real" fountain pen as opposed to the wet writer Pilot Varsity disposable I had been using. I bought the Lamy ink converter, so I could fill the pen with the famed Bulletproof Black Noodlers ink Noodlers Polar Black Bulletproof Eel Fountain Pen Ink to write in my Moleskine Moleskine Ruled Reporter Notebook journal, as well as do ink drawings & watercolor washes on watercolor paper.
Many people claim that the Lamy's don't bleed or feather in the Moleskines, but through additional research, it seems to depend on the particular paper lot of the Moleskines. So far, I personally have not had a problem with bleeding or feathering with the medium nibbed Lamy Safari in any of my Moleskine journals, or the Moleskine Cahiers. Ruled Cahier
I loved this Lamy so much, (the tip is as smooth as writing with a soft tipped pencil), that I just bought another one, with a fine nib and a bottle of Waterman Blue-Black ink.
PS - I am using the regular Noodlers black ink as opposed to the Polar. Amazon didn't have a link for the regular ink.
22 of 26 found the following review helpful:
PRETTY AND PRACTICAL Dec 30, 2006
By E. S. Noyes
"liza lives to read"
I BOUGHT THIS PEN FOR MYSELF, BUT ENDED UP GIVING IT TO MY DAUGHTER WHO IS COLLEGE STUDENT AND A GREAT WRITER. A LIFETIME OF WRITING, SINCE I GOT THE REFILLABLE CARTRIDGE TOO. IN A WORLD INCREASINGLY DEVOTED TO EMAILS AND BALL POINTS, WORSE STILL DISPOSABLE FOUNTAIN PENS -- ISN'T THAT SORT OF A CONTRADICTION?? -- THE LAMY OFFERS AN AFFORDABLE WRITING STYLE AND A GREAT, I MEAN GREAT, GRIP. I NEVER KNEW IT MATTERED SO MUCH UNTIL I HELD A PEN THAT WAS PROPERLY DESIGNED. I THINK I'LL HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER FOR MYSELF, IRRESISTIBLE.
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