For years, my friends and I have played the “Safari Forever vs AL-Star Always” when we see the “colors of the year” released by Lamy. Some years, we have felt like Safari won and other years AL-Star. One year, we all agreed that Kaweco’s release of their five fruity colors stole Lamy’s thunder. We even…
Ana and I were gobsmacked today by the press release that the Mitsubishi Pencil Company has acquired LAMY! If you hadn’t heard, or read the release yet, go do it. Then come back and let’s chat. Ok, so I’m the first person to admit that I haven’t really been enamored with the LAMY Safari or…
The Lamy Notebook (Notizbuch in German) A5 (€13.97, the color I got for review does not appear to be available at present but other color options are available) is a hardcover notebook with a brushed silver cover and features a contrasting elastic closure, built-in elastic pen loop, and interior back pocket (with gusset) and two…
Just in case you think we don’t read the comments, we do! I wish I had multiple pens so I could send many of you something special this week. First there are the poets in the house who get honorable mentions: Adam and Steve. Then there’s Kit who says she’s spending this year writing letters…
Valentine’s Day approaches and if you’re Team AL-Star all the way, then we’ve got a giveaway for you. Spoil yourself (or someone you love) with a Vibrant Pink Lamy AL-Star with a medium nib (Ana’s review here), generously sent to us by Appelboom for this giveaway. Just in time for the pinkest of holidays! Cartridges…
With the top ten non-fountain pen list, I decided I needed to break it up into two categories, refillable pens and non-refillable. I didn’t want to call the first group disposable pens because, in some cases, the refill can be replaced, but generally speaking, they are sold to be used until the refill is empty…
The Lamy Safari Candy Collection ($29.60 for fountain pens) is their 2020 special edition collection. There are three new colors in this collection and what is unique to these pens compared to the regular line of Safari fountain pens is that the whole pen is colored to match the body including the clip: the Mango…
