Is This A Fake Lamy Safari?

[comfortableshoes]

I think the cross top comes on the roller ball pens. but then i only have 2 lamys, a rollerball with a cross cap and the fountain pen with a slot cap. To me they looked like + and - symbols.

[sirksael]

I think the cross top comes on the roller ball pens. but then i only have 2 lamys, a rollerball with a cross cap and the fountain pen with a slot cap. To me they looked like + and - symbols.

 

No, see the link I posted right above your post

[JustinJ]

The black clip and the cross top intrigues me

My Lime Green is in storage, but I can't remember if it has a cross top (I thought all LEs had the dimple)

Don't dismiss it as fugazi yet

This site gives a good summary.

 

 

If we trust this site information, then clearly the OP pen is not a limited edition Lime Green Safari. The clip is black, where the clip should be chrome. The section is transparent black where it should be green.

 

I am not buying that this is a special prototype, more than likely a frankenpen.

 

To the Original Poster,

 

Have you heard any more news on the pen?

[JamesTKirk]

 

Wow...

I purchased this beauty yesterday, thinking, it is the limited edition, but on the way home I was thinking if the limited edition was surely not with black nib and clip. Then I realized the barrel looked exactly the same as the Al-Star, though something is wrong and I have a frankenpen, made in the shop from broken pens...

It was funny, because the price in the display was really high (~60 USD as opposed to the ~20 USD for the Safari). I asked the reason, and after they found no reason, I bought it for the "normal" Safari price :-)

So, I was searching on the net, what this could be, and found no evidence. Only in this topic, so this pen is something special.

It writes very good, no sign of any weakness coming from sticking together different parts, it came with an M nib, smooth and very wet.

To be honest, having a lot of Safaris (two digit number! :-)), I like the black nib and clip better. (I have experienced with extra nibs purchased, and the black nib looks very cool on such colors, like the yellow, or the orange, however, it is not in perfect harmony with the steel clip.)

 

So I am happy to have this pen :-) I believe it is not my last purchase of a Safari pen...

[Nosilauk]

 

Wow...

I purchased this beauty yesterday, thinking, it is the limited edition, but on the way home I was thinking if the limited edition was surely not with black nib and clip. Then I realized the barrel looked exactly the same as the Al-Star, though something is wrong and I have a frankenpen, made in the shop from broken pens...

It was funny, because the price in the display was really high (~60 USD as opposed to the ~20 USD for the Safari). I asked the reason, and after they found no reason, I bought it for the "normal" Safari price :-)

So, I was searching on the net, what this could be, and found no evidence. Only in this topic, so this pen is something special.

It writes very good, no sign of any weakness coming from sticking together different parts, it came with an M nib, smooth and very wet.

To be honest, having a lot of Safaris (two digit number! :-)), I like the black nib and clip better. (I have experienced with extra nibs purchased, and the black nib looks very cool on such colors, like the yellow, or the orange, however, it is not in perfect harmony with the steel clip.)

 

So I am happy to have this pen :-) I believe it is not my last purchase of a Safari pen...

 

So you actually bought this from a shop?

 

I've not had a response from Lamy about what kind of pen this, so I'm still puzzling over whether it's real or not

Are you able to say where you bought it?

[JamesTKirk]

 

Wow...

I purchased this beauty yesterday, thinking, it is the limited edition, but on the way home I was thinking if the limited edition was surely not with black nib and clip. Then I realized the barrel looked exactly the same as the Al-Star, though something is wrong and I have a frankenpen, made in the shop from broken pens...

It was funny, because the price in the display was really high (~60 USD as opposed to the ~20 USD for the Safari). I asked the reason, and after they found no reason, I bought it for the "normal" Safari price :-)

So, I was searching on the net, what this could be, and found no evidence. Only in this topic, so this pen is something special.

It writes very good, no sign of any weakness coming from sticking together different parts, it came with an M nib, smooth and very wet.

To be honest, having a lot of Safaris (two digit number! :-)), I like the black nib and clip better. (I have experienced with extra nibs purchased, and the black nib looks very cool on such colors, like the yellow, or the orange, however, it is not in perfect harmony with the steel clip.)

 

So I am happy to have this pen :-) I believe it is not my last purchase of a Safari pen...

 

So you actually bought this from a shop?

 

I've not had a response from Lamy about what kind of pen this, so I'm still puzzling over whether it's real or not

Are you able to say where you bought it?

 

I bought in a regular pen shop in Budapest (Hungary). It was in a Lamy display among other Safaris, and other pens.

 

here is a link for the shop

http://www.pirex.hu/products.php?imgs=1&imgs2=64&language=en&height=0

[Nosilauk]

 

Wow...

I purchased this beauty yesterday, thinking, it is the limited edition, but on the way home I was thinking if the limited edition was surely not with black nib and clip. Then I realized the barrel looked exactly the same as the Al-Star, though something is wrong and I have a frankenpen, made in the shop from broken pens...

It was funny, because the price in the display was really high (~60 USD as opposed to the ~20 USD for the Safari). I asked the reason, and after they found no reason, I bought it for the "normal" Safari price :-)

So, I was searching on the net, what this could be, and found no evidence. Only in this topic, so this pen is something special.

It writes very good, no sign of any weakness coming from sticking together different parts, it came with an M nib, smooth and very wet.

To be honest, having a lot of Safaris (two digit number! :-)), I like the black nib and clip better. (I have experienced with extra nibs purchased, and the black nib looks very cool on such colors, like the yellow, or the orange, however, it is not in perfect harmony with the steel clip.)

 

So I am happy to have this pen :-) I believe it is not my last purchase of a Safari pen...

 

So you actually bought this from a shop?

 

I've not had a response from Lamy about what kind of pen this, so I'm still puzzling over whether it's real or not

Are you able to say where you bought it?

 

I bought in a regular pen shop in Budapest (Hungary). It was in a Lamy display among other Safaris, and other pens.

 

here is a link for the shop

http://www.pirex.hu/products.php?imgs=1&imgs2=64&language=en&height=0

 

Well, it's looking more and more like these are real pens!

[leod]

probably not a US model safari but it looks real

[skipwilliams]

Looks like someone removed the smoke-gray section from an Al-Star and screwed it into a Lime Safari along with black trim. But since it's got a black clip, I suppose that it might have been a special edition that was done for your local area. I've never seen a black clip on a lime green pen. All the ones in the US had chrome clips.

 

Skip

[Nosilauk]

Looks like someone removed the smoke-gray section from an Al-Star and screwed it into a Lime Safari along with black trim. But since it's got a black clip, I suppose that it might have been a special edition that was done for your local area. I've never seen a black clip on a lime green pen. All the ones in the US had chrome clips.

 

Skip

 

 

Perhaps a Euro version?

[jasonditz]

yeah Lamy sells the sections separately too so you could cobble together a "new" pen that looks like that out of parts.

[anomalogue]

I think this looks much cooler than the more common model.

[JamesTKirk]

I think this looks much cooler than the more common model.

indeed, I hope Lamy will issue yellow and orange colors with the black trim :-)

[pen2paper]

Yes, but was this a cobbled version? = potentially far less than the sellers description, and buyers expectation.

Unless the buyer is willing.

The black accents skew what it's original intent was. (the smoke area is just wrong).

But as an undocumented LE, or particularly ThE Lime. this doesn't wash.

Parts are parts.

We'd just like to see this candidly answered, and successfully concluded for All.

edited for speeling check error,

 

and in light of Other same pens, also to note,

 

it's one thing for Lamy reps to bring prototype colors, with new manufacturing parts to gather impressions,

 

entirely another to release Locale based LE's.

 

But, if there are 3 circulating, focus on > one purchased in a shop, Lamy, who clearly (LE's) recognizes the collectibility of their global product are themselves skewing the field.

 

So this inquiry is a tad wider than, Is this a Fake, or Real LE Lime.

Edited April 27, 2012 by pen2paper

[lovemy51]

... compliments of Mary Shelly...

[pk_gt1]

 

Wow...

I purchased this beauty yesterday, thinking, it is the limited edition, but on the way home I was thinking if the limited edition was surely not with black nib and clip. Then I realized the barrel looked exactly the same as the Al-Star, though something is wrong and I have a frankenpen, made in the shop from broken pens...

It was funny, because the price in the display was really high (~60 USD as opposed to the ~20 USD for the Safari). I asked the reason, and after they found no reason, I bought it for the "normal" Safari price :-)

So, I was searching on the net, what this could be, and found no evidence. Only in this topic, so this pen is something special.

It writes very good, no sign of any weakness coming from sticking together different parts, it came with an M nib, smooth and very wet.

To be honest, having a lot of Safaris (two digit number! :-)), I like the black nib and clip better. (I have experienced with extra nibs purchased, and the black nib looks very cool on such colors, like the yellow, or the orange, however, it is not in perfect harmony with the steel clip.)

 

So I am happy to have this pen :-) I believe it is not my last purchase of a Safari pen...

 

So you actually bought this from a shop?

 

I've not had a response from Lamy about what kind of pen this, so I'm still puzzling over whether it's real or not

Are you able to say where you bought it?

 

I bought in a regular pen shop in Budapest (Hungary). It was in a Lamy display among other Safaris, and other pens.

 

here is a link for the shop

http://www.pirex.hu/products.php?imgs=1&imgs2=64&language=en&height=0

 

Well, it's looking more and more like these are real pens!

I have seen only two types safari front body.One that is transparent and another that is solid.Never saw a translucent one in my life.

Maybe the charcoal nib edition is carrying a new system.

[dex138]

Ya know....... whether its a fake (highly doubtful), or a frankenpen (possibly)...... here you have a safari with a black clip, black end cap, black nib, smoked section and a green barrel and cap! As I see it, the best parts all in one. To me its a gorgeous, and very unique looking pen! (although there might be one other out there...)

 

If it is a frankenpen, then someone spent time and money to make it. They would have either had to scrounge parts from at least 2 other pens, or would have had to order the parts from Germany.

 

I say keep it and enjoy it! If for no other reason than its uniqueness.

 

Cheers!

 

 

 

edited to correct content

 

 

Edited April 27, 2012 by dex138

[JamesTKirk]

Ya know....... whether its a fake (highly doubtful), or a frankenpen (possibly)...... here you have a safari with a black clip, black end cap, black nib, smoked section and a green barrel and cap! As I see it, the best parts all in one. To me its a gorgeous, and very unique looking pen! (although there might be one other out there...)

 

If it is a frankenpen, then someone spent time and money to make it. They would have either had to scrounge parts from at least 2 other pens, or would have had to order the parts from Germany.

 

I say keep it and enjoy it! If for no other reason than its uniqueness.

 

Cheers!

 

 

 

edited to correct content

 

I feel myself privileged to own a pen with only one known copy existing :-)

After reading various topics I tend to believe it was some kind of prototype or market testing. Either way, I am happy with it, like the look and writes very good.

I had bad luck with two Al-Stars, tend to believe the feed is different to the Safari but it seems there are good ones.

[Nosilauk]

Ya know....... whether its a fake (highly doubtful), or a frankenpen (possibly)...... here you have a safari with a black clip, black end cap, black nib, smoked section and a green barrel and cap! As I see it, the best parts all in one. To me its a gorgeous, and very unique looking pen! (although there might be one other out there...)

 

If it is a frankenpen, then someone spent time and money to make it. They would have either had to scrounge parts from at least 2 other pens, or would have had to order the parts from Germany.

 

I say keep it and enjoy it! If for no other reason than its uniqueness.

 

Cheers!

 

 

 

edited to correct content

 

I feel myself privileged to own a pen with only one known copy existing :-)

After reading various topics I tend to believe it was some kind of prototype or market testing. Either way, I am happy with it, like the look and writes very good.

I had bad luck with two Al-Stars, tend to believe the feed is different to the Safari but it seems there are good ones.

 

 

And we now seem to have three in the wild:

I own one from Ebay - which admittedly does give rise to the Frankenpen possibility

JamesTKirk bought his identical pen from a bricks and mortar in Hungary - doesn't seem likely they would be building their own variations

Another FPN member has one which was a prototype from a Lamy rep at a European trade fair.

 

If I could just get word from lamy to confirm, then we could say FPN has discovered a new species of Lamy :clap1:

[twdpens]

I have seen only two types safari front body.One that is transparent and another that is solid.Never saw a translucent one in my life.

Maybe the charcoal nib edition is carrying a new system.

 

Solid colour front section = Safari or joy

Transparent front section = Vista

Translucent front section = Al-Star

 

They are all interchangeable^* so you can make as many "limited editions" as you like;).

 

^* Except you can't just buy an Al-Star front section and put it on a Safari. You also need the plastic ring that the Safari and Vista have but Al-Star hasn't. I'm not going to comment on whether that makes the version discussed here more likely to have come from the factory or not as that is pure speculation. Note that painted joy front sections (eg model 11) don't always fit. I did document all the possible variants in a thread once but I don't have the link to hand.

 

HTH,

 

Martin