The Lamy Vista rollerball is the same pen as the Lamy Safari except that it has a clear plastic body. The Safari is only sold in opaque colors.
Lamy Vista Rollerball Pen
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Lamy Vista Fountain Pen
The Lamy Vista the same pen as the Lamy Safari, except with a fully clear plastic body.
Best Fountain Pens for Eyedropper Conversion (And How To Do It)
Converting a fountain pen to an eyedropper is a quick and fun job… so long as you choose the right pen! It’s quick to do, quite cheap, and you can often double, or even triple, your pen’s ink capacity.
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Which Lamy Fountain Pen Converter Do I Want?
Lamy makes a few different fountain pen converters and it’s not always clear which one you should buy. Lamy doesn’t offer much guidance on this, but don’t worry, it’s easy to figure out which one you need.
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LAMY Lx Fountain Pen
The Lamy Lx is the luxury version of the Al-Star, and the highest end fountain pen in the Safari family.
The Lamy Lx is the top-of-the-line pen in the Safari family. That is to say that it’s the luxury version of the Lamy Al-Star. If you want to truly double-down on the Safari line of pens, this it the way to go.
Lamy Ballpoint Pens Ranked
Lamy sells a lot of ballpoint pens, many of which have been available for decades. Which are them are worth buying? Which have simply gained momentum over the years but aren’t worth your money? Let’s dig into Lamy’s best ballpoint pens.
Lamy Crystal Ruby
Lamy’s Crystal Ruby is a dull red ink sold in the company’s 30ml Crystal bottles.
Lamy Crystal Beryl
Lamy’s Crystal Beryl is a dark purple ink sold in the company’s 30ml Crystal bottles.
Lamy Safari Ballpoint Pen
The Lamy Safari family has a fantastic fountain pen, a very good rollerball, and a middling ballpoint. This pen has withstood the test of time, but it’s a disappointing part of an otherwise excellent line of pens.
How To Swap Lamy Fountain Pen Nibs
In case you didn’t know it, one of the best features of Lamy fountain pens (aside from the Lamy 2000) is that they use a modular nib system. That’s right — you can pull the nib off your Lamy Al-Star and put it on your Safari. Or you can take the gold nib from your Scala and put it on your Vista.
Swapping your Lamy nib is an incredibly easy process once you get the hang of it. Here are a few ways to change those nibs…
Lamy Booklets
In August 2019 Lamy announced that the company would start to sell paper. This was the first such release in the company’s history. One of the offerings is a 3-pack of softcover notebooks that Lamy calls their Booklets.
What Fountain Pen Does Neil Gaiman Use?
Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods, Norse Mythology, The Graveyard Book, and many other titles is a dedicated fountain pen user. He’s talked publicly about his love of fountain pens many times, so with some research it wasn’t too hard to figure out what he’s been using over the years. He famously handwrites the first draft of his books using a fountain pen and then later edits them.
Gaiman, in 2012, mentioned that he has had between 40 and 60 pens, so this list will not be in any way complete but we’ll cover the pens he has talked about publicly.
Lamy T11 Rollerball Refill
Lamy’s T11 is a tiny rollerball refill designed for us in the Lamy Balloon, a rollerball pen for students. The T11 is like a small Lamy M63, but with a smaller, entirely plastic body. Like the M63, the T11 is designed for use with capped rollerball pens.
Lamy Balloon Rollerball
The Lamy Balloon is an affordable, smaller rollerball pen designed for students. It’s very similar to the Safari and Vista pens, but it’s smaller and more affordable.
Lamy Noto Ballpoint Pen
The Lamy Noto is an affordable, all-plastic ballpoint that the company released in 2008. The pen was designed by Naoto Fukasawa, who is most famous for his Muji compact disc player.