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So to elaborate on the title a bit... I've been using fountain pens for over a year now, and have covered a fair bit of ground in that time! Having used a variety of pens, inks, papers, etc. I have a pretty solid handle on my tastes. In conjunction with this, my pen collection has also evolved and grown. Barring a Twsbi Eco and Moonman M2, all of my pens are in the "next level" price range (between 65 and 175 USD). But even so... *a big part of me wants to buy a Safari again.* It's not for want of a Lamy steel nib, I have a CP1 for that. It's not for having a durable pocket pen, I have several options for that; nor is it because I want a comfortable pen for extended writing sessions, as I have several options for that as well. I have several other pens on my "to acquire" list that I have greater interest in, whose reasons for holding my interest I can easily identify. I used to own an Al-Star, and I enjoyed it, but gave it away to a friend I met while out on tour whose only experience in the fountain pen world was buying a Nib Creaper with a cracked section (she loves the Al-Star, and we write to each other sometimes). I don't want to have a massive pen collection- I'd like to keep things down to (insert air quotes as needed) only 13-14 pens, and would prefer that most of them have very little overlap with each other in terms of functionality, performance, etc. Seeing as though I already have different pens that roughly do what the Safari does, I have a hard time just giving in to the desire to own one. Reading back on this, it sounds like I might be overthinking it a little bit, but then again I have been known to be a bit hard on myself... What are your thoughts on the matter, pen friends? It's not a huge monetary sacrifice for me to just grab one, and I already have a converter. I also have several pen-curious friends that I can just give it to if I decide I don't want it again. But still, I can't help but feel a little silly having such an elementary pen be more forward on my mind than a maki-e number I've been eyeing for months now, or a custom-ground pen I've spent ages scheming up...

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