Of all Lamy’s fountain pens, the Scala seems to get the least love and attention from the community.
It’s been knocking around since 2012, earned an honourable mention in the 2013 red dot design awards, and despite its minimal design Lamy has been treating the Scala to an increasingly daring range of special editions, including… Continue reading
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It’s been going on a while, but Joost from Appelboom’s ‘top 3 fountain pen’ video series has just landed on my radar.
The premise is simple: ask pen-celebrities like Figboot, Azizah, SBRE Brown, Scrively and Brad Dowdy to record videos talking for about 15 minutes about their top three pens.
I wasn’t invited to participate… Continue reading
It’s been a long time since I used a Lamy Studio. It was back in early 2016 that I bought my last one, the brushed steel with the rubberised grip. I remember being intensely irritated by the sharp little step at the end of the section, and finding the section’s convex taper made my fingers… Continue reading
In November 2016 I bought a Lamy 2000, with medium nib, on sale at WH Smith. I think it cost me £90, which seemed like a lot at the time.
That pen is still with me today. It has seen heavy use, although less now that I have 30 other pens — some ten times… Continue reading
I became a dad (again) at the weekend, so my “free time for blogs” bucket has felt pretty empty the last few days, and I expect that state of affairs to continue. But a few quick updates to make you aware of:
Lamy notebooks: worth a buy
Write Here sent me a couple of the… Continue reading
When I found out that Dapprman had a Lamy Imporium, I practically jumped up and down with glee to try it. And then he let me borrow it! See, the pen community is a wonderful thing.
The Imporium is Lamy’s flagship, descended from the 1990s Persona. It’s an uncommon pen.
I am a huge fan… Continue reading
I’ve gone a bit mad with ink purchases (and review samples) in the past few weeks.
You’ll no doubt have seen the Pure Pens roundup.
Well, I now have samples of six beautiful new Blackbird inks from British maker Mabie Todd. Here’s a sneak peek:
I can tell you now that a couple of these… Continue reading
Apparently I now have a thing for twisty retractable fountain pens. You may remember my review of the Montblanc 1912. I have a Pilot Fermo on the way. And here is the Lamy Dialog 3.
I’ll say this first: this is a hell of an odd pen. No cap. No section. No finials or any… Continue reading
I’ll come straight out and say it: the Lamy Aion is a great pen and I like it much, much more than I thought I would.
In fact, when it was first announced I didn’t pay it much attention at all. Oh great, a mid-range Lamy, metal, same nib (ish) as the Safari. Yawn.
Then… Continue reading