Lamy Safari

wazza · Wednesday May 18, 2016

Darkbulb said:
What nib did you get on your Lamy btw? F/EF/?

I got a medium, I was going to get as fine due to being heavy handed and wanting a thinner line but Im really happy with this one, get I got the medium in the end.
I'll pop something up in the SOTD writing thread, although it wont be pretty

Darkbulb · Wednesday May 18, 2016

wazza said:
I got a medium, I was going to get as fine due to being heavy handed and wanting a thinner line but Im really happy with this one, get I got the medium in the end.
I'll pop something up in the SOTD writing thread, although it wont be pretty

Oh please do, would love to see some SOTD Safari writings

Steve Bowles · Sunday May 29, 2016

I just ordered a Safari with Medium nib. I'm learning Latin and I thought writing a classical language deserved a classical pen.

wazza · Sunday May 29, 2016

Steve Bowles said:
I just ordered a Safari with Medium nib. I'm learning Latin and I thought writing a classical language deserved a classical pen.

I counldn't agree more. I'm really loving my Safari and Im sure you will.

What ink did you pair up with it?

Steve Bowles · Sunday May 29, 2016

I just went with the Lamy cartridges in black. Too cheap and quick. I'm ordering a Moleskine notebook to practice. I want to go to Rome and read the inscriptions on the tombs that line the road.

wazza · Sunday May 29, 2016

Steve Bowles said:
I just went with the Lamy cartridges in black. Too cheap and quick. I'm ordering a Moleskine notebook to practice. I want to go to Rome and read the inscriptions on the tombs that line the road.

Interesting stuff.

halvor · Friday June 17, 2016

Those who have both the Lamy original and the knockoff Hero 359: I just now tried the Lamy with an F nib, the Hero is mounted with an EF. The flow of the Lamy was something quite different to the feel of the Hero, virtually friction-free German versus a significant amount of friction of the Chinese. Any comments to this? Is this just the difference between the two, or between nib sizes, or do I have an issue with my Hero?

chris.hale · Friday June 17, 2016

I think what you're seeing there is the difference between a well-regarded, if inexpensive, German pen and a cheap Chinese rip-off.

Darkbulb · Friday June 17, 2016

halvor said:
Those who have both the Lamy original and the knockoff Hero 359: I just now tried the Lamy with an F nib, the Hero is mounted with an EF. The flow of the Lamy was something quite different to the feel of the Hero, virtually friction-free German versus a significant amount of friction of the Chinese. Any comments to this? Is this just the difference between the two, or between nib sizes, or do I have an issue with my Hero?

I don't have either of those two but I would expect that an EF could be a bit less smooth than an F

moodymick · Friday June 17, 2016

When I bought my Safari a few years ao, it came with a medium nib. As I prefer a narrower line, I bought a replacement EF nib but I found it too scratchy (Lamy ink btw), but a F nib struck the right balance for me.

Darkbulb · Friday June 17, 2016

moodymick said:
When I bought my Safari a few years ao, it came with a medium nib. As I prefer a narrower line, I bought a replacement EF nib but I found it too scratchy (Lamy ink btw), but a F nib struck the right balance for me.

Yeah I'm tempted to say it's more of a F vs EF as it is German vs Chinese. Those Chinese nibs are surprisingly smooth

wazza · Friday June 17, 2016

moodymick said:
When I bought my Safari a few years ao, it came with a medium nib. As I prefer a narrower line, I bought a replacement EF nib but I found it too scratchy (Lamy ink btw), but a F nib struck the right balance for me.

I've done the same, bought a medium but I'm hankering for a fine nib. Going to try one in the future.

Johnus · Saturday June 18, 2016

Found that I had to do 'some work' on the fine nib. Not hard to do, just wrote out the Alphabet and the numbers a few times on a super fine paper ~5000 grit.

Try doing a few letters and keep adding till it stops scratching.

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