Still life with Lamy Safari & Tanzanite
That’s the hand-written version up there. In a nutshell, I wasn’t as crazy about the “stealthy” Lamy Charcoal (EF nib) as I thought I’d be, but that was undoubtedly due to the fact that the first pen just wouldn’t write. I shot an evening trying to get it going before I shipped it off for an exchange. Once the second pen arrived, it wrote just fine…fine as in “good” AND fine as in “a very thin line.” But I just didn’t find myself reaching for it.
Act II: Stephen Brown did an Inkcyclopedia video on the Private Reserve Tanzanite ink, and shortly thereafter, a bottle found its way into my online shopping cart. What a great pairing…the matte finish of the Lamy coupled with the purpley-blue (or bluey-purple) pop of the ink. Okay separately. Great together.
The body isn’t what I would call a true black. To me, it looks like more of a deep espresso. This Lamy is very lightweight and sports the signature clip in black, as well as an all-black nib. Understated and pretty cool.
Iconic clip
The stealthy nib
The Tanzanite ink is a super color– very fun, but not out of place in a business setting. It can party, AND put in a full day of work. Best of both worlds. I LOVE it.
Jar of awesome
The ink bottle is very no-nonsense, with a nice wide opening so you can see what you’re doing when you’re filling your pen. I appreciate that, as do my counters.
One is subtle. One not so much.
Like lobster and butter (mmmmmm), this is a pair that was meant to be together. Where together? Why on the FRONT burner, of course.
Your handwritting is so cool and with that ink… Wow
Thanks! That ink is crazy good!
Yes! Now I need to get it!
Luckily it’s reasonably priced!
Yes , even here in Germany where prices are crazy!
Wow, that’s a pretty color (like a deeper taken on the freebie Lamy ink cartridge that comes with the safari, which is not all that bad with a wetter nib).
I also had (well, still have) a problem with the Safari EF nib I got I, it did write but it also skipped 50% of the time. After 6 weeks of heavy use, it no longer skips but the flow is still very faint and inconsistent. Anyway, the problem is solved when I swap it with a fine nib, which (beside costing me extra money) is a little too thick for my liking.
My EF Lamy nibs have always been fine, until that first Charcoal one. Maybe the black coating causes some to have issues?
Well, I think it’s just their quality control with the cheaper models (mine is the regular steel nib), as I have seen plenty of similar complaints in two Chinese pen forums (where people are more likely to buy EF because there are more strokes in the characters we write). Since I have rotten luck in general, my very first Lamy Safari is a defective one.
I am tempted to get another one after seeing your writing sample but I kind of don’t want to pay more to try my luck…So I guess Japanese fine nib is the way to go.
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Lovely ink color and your penmanship is beautiful, whereas my handwriting will be declared by FBI profilers as the scribbles of a sociopath.