Lamy 2000

[aarrestad]

I am in a reviewing mood and it is the crack of dawn and I am wide awake and, incidently, drinking a beer. What else are you going to do at five something in the morning? Anyways, a couple of years ago, I bought a Lamy 2000 off ebay. It was imprinted West Germany, indicating that it was made prior to the wall going down. The Lamy is unique in that it unscrews at the junction of the barrel and nib section, facilitating cleaning, I suppose. This one leaked at that junction. I tried to tighten it only to brake it. I used epoxy to rectify this no-win situation. It worked. The nib was a fine nib, which is my favorite, It became my main pocket pen. I was working as a facility maintenance planner at Los Alamos National Labs and did frequent walk downs. I thought I was so cool to be taking notes with a fountain pen with such a lustrious background when it fell from my hand to the concrete floor. The nib was bent at a 90 degree angle. Two years later, I still cannot bear to look at it. Recently I bought another Lamy 2000 off ebay and while it was listed as a fine nib, it turned out to be a broad. No matter, it writes very smoothly and is such a fine pen. Putting the cap on the barrel after using it produces such a satisifying feel, one hard to describe. A quick glance could lead one to believe it to be a disposable pen. It has been described as an anti-Mont Blanc pen. The semi-hooded plated gold nib doesn't look all that impressive untill it is put to paper. Over all, a really nice pen.

[paolimd]

I agree with you on the Lamy 2000: it is dependable, writes smoothly, and the feel on the hand is great, even if you're not even writing with it: just holding it. I own both a fine and a medium nib ones. However, for some reason, I don't use them that much: they're rather flexible, and it "wets" or moists the paper with ink too much for my taste.

 

All in all, however, they're very good pens.

[rbbrock]

I absolutely adore my 2000, and in my opinion it is the ultimate pen in two categories: (1) smoothness of the nib, and (2) minimalist, inconspicuous, stealthy, but still (or perhaps therefore) cool, style.

[Latro21]

why not send your bent nib 2000 to someone like richard binder to fix it?

[rroossinck]

I would agree with Latro on this one, especially since the engraving notes that it was manufactured in West Germany. That's a piece of history! I suppose you could swap the caps and call it good, as there's probably a decent chance that they both rolled off the same assembly line, but still...

 

You might consider taking some pictures and sending them to a few of the nib-working all-stars and getting their take on it. Might not be as bad as you think!

[Nihontochicken]

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I am in a reviewing mood and it is the crack of dawn and I am wide awake and, incidently, drinking a beer.

 

Why does this give me more faith in your review?

 

I'm surprised you cracked the pen, being fibreglass filled Makrolon (polycarbonate), pretty strong stuff as far as pen plastics go. In case it may apply, I make it a rule never to attempt pen repairs after sampling the brewskis.

[cmeisenzahl]

Still my fav. fountain pen.

[inkysmudges]

I'm seriously considering getting one of these and am wondering if anyone has nib recommendations. For reference I have a couple Safaris (as well as a Pelican M400, several Watermans, an old Montblanc, etc) and of those I like the line width of the Safari XF but prefer the smoothness of the Safari F.

[stephen82]

QUOTE (inkysmudges @ Mar 29 2007, 05:34 PM)

I'm seriously considering getting one of these and am wondering if anyone has nib recommendations. For reference I have a couple Safaris (as well as a Pelican M400, several Watermans, an old Montblanc, etc) and of those I like the line width of the Safari XF but prefer the smoothness of the Safari F.

I have an XF Lamy 2000 and it writes almost as wide as my Safari mediums. Great pen, extremely smooth, but it does run wider than you may expect.

[inkysmudges]

Exactly what I wanted to know, thank you. Sounds like it's definitely an XF for me then.

Edited March 29, 2007 by inkysmudges

[Bayes]

I just ordered a Lamy 2000 F today. I'll let you know all about it when it comes.

[Metro Boy]

The filler mechnasims on the Lamy 2000 I purchased this past December '06 broke and no longer moves the piston. I can take the pen apart and cobble the components together enough so that I can fill it with ink but it's always a one shot deal and I have to repeat the process each time I do a refill. Does anyone know if replacement parts can be obtained.

 

By the way, I do love the way this pen writes which is why I'd like to get it fixed.

[inkysmudges]

Does anyone know if replacement parts can be obtained.

 

Good question! If I were you I'd post this over in the Repair forum, I'll bet you'd get a good answer there.

 

If the parts thing fails I hear that Lamy does good customer service.