Lamy 2000 Anniversary?

[carlos.q]

Great that means I can make a few purchases, recover and still then feel like I somehow deserve this come September.

 

[Resolute]

Official news just heard from Lamy is a September launch for the 2000 50th Anniversary SE. There will be other goodies too! More details to follow...

 

Lamy has not released any, repeat ANY, information about what the new 2000 will look like yet. I'll get one for myself anyway as it's my YoB pen.

 

HTH,

 

Martin

 

 

I guess that means it won't be available for purchase at the DC pen show... gorramit.

[DrDebG]

I vote for either the black makrolon with gold plated finishes and as special inscription on the clip, or for a titanium or palladium body with black 18K nib and black finishes.

[Bluey]

I rather like the design of the Lamy 2000 as it has a clean understated but cool look, but I'm thinking that the anniversary edition will be way beyond the price of the makrolon version.

Edited April 23, 2016 by Bluey

[Pointyscratchy]

I think that the Lamy 2000 is all about design; and think that's what everyone else thinks too.They can't change it because of heritage, they can't improve the design, and they can't move away from the principle of function dictating form.In other words they are in a bit of fix when it comes to tweaking things in an interesting way without contradicting their guiding principles. Reading your suggestions none of these fit either.Gold trim? How is that functional? The red thing, well they've already done that (auctioned for charity).What we are looking at is a model that defines fifty years and will also have mass appeal.

 

One thing i would look at if i was them, and one thing they could change is that the steel model is too heavy.That is a definite design flaw.Would aluminimum be better? Remember this pen was designed in 1966, or to put it another way only just over twenty something years after the young upstart 1938 Biro patent. It must have seemed that the fountain pen was a dead duck, just as now in the digital age we all write on tablets and when we do write we print.There is something very human about the Lamy 2000.My take on it is like the coca cola bottle, or a pair of Levi jeans, drink coke, wear Levis, drive a VW Beatle ,write with the 2000 and the promise is that you will be forever young.The 149 might be used by more presidents but the 2000 has a greater iconic stature because it's the peoples pen.If it had been around at the time Gatsby would have used one, it's a dreamers pen.

 

[catbert]

I think that the Lamy 2000 is all about design; and think that's what everyone else thinks too.They can't change it because of heritage, they can't improve the design, and they can't move away from the principle of function dictating form.In other words they are in a bit of fix when it comes to tweaking things in an interesting way without contradicting their guiding principles. Reading your suggestions none of these fit either.Gold trim? How is that functional? The red thing, well they've already done that (auctioned for charity).What we are looking at is a model that defines fifty years and will also have mass appeal.

 

Totally agree. Such a rigorous design doesn’t leave a lot of room for tweaks. I was in the ‘obviously the 50th anniversary means gold trim’ camp until I got a matte black pen with brushed gold fittings and found it surprisingly blingy. Not at all in keeping with the minimal aesthetic of the 2000.

I’ve said it before - add back the old logo (it worked for Montblanc) and nothing else. L for Lamy, L for 50. Still, I wouldn't be surprised to see the steel trim swapped for platinum, titanium or some other pricey white metal, just to up the exclusivity factor.

PS Welcome to FPN!

[Pointyscratchy]

L meaning fifty is clever.If it's coming out in september the plans should be very advanced by now, if they are not in production yet then you'd at least expect some mocked up prototypes for perusal by the board.

 

I personally think that Lamy is missing a trick on this.I remember when it was leaked that David Tenant was leaving Dr Who.It was denied but speculation began about who was taking over.The bosses found it a dreadful nuisance constantly having to deny press reports of the most bizarre suggestions of actors to take over.At some point it dawned on them that they had worldwide interest and then set about making it as dramatic as possible.Now the new doctor (and even his companion)'s announcement, just like any new james bond actor is a really big deal.I think this Lamy thing should be a big deal in the same way.

 

So lets have a few leaks,as the pen is about design; jonny ives is doing a rennie mackintosh styled tribute; a prototype has gone missing from the factory and a ransom's being demanded; Tarantino wants to make a film about a mysterious hit man who is also a pen obsessive and the FBI's best chance of catching him is with the lure of an exclusive Lamy; The top gear team want to film a segment in and around the factory- Evans has to sign something and casually asks the MD if he has a pen (which happens to be the pen)- and doesn't give it back- last seen driving away (bleep) a hoop- you get the idea.They could have a lot of fun with this.

Edited April 26, 2016 by Pointyscratchy

[catbert]

I don’t know. Firing up the celebrity hype machine seems almost as out of character as coming out with a skeletonized demonstrator studded with rhinestones (though it worked for - never mind). April’s Monocle magazine had a supplement on timekeeping and penmanship and the only pen ad was a full page from Lamy celebrating 50 years of design. Surely the perfect opportunity to tease the anniversary 2000 with, say, a coyly obscure close-up. Did they do it? Nope - just a full-length shot of a standard makrolon model with confetti falling all around. Though tellingly (perhaps) the end of the piston knob was hidden by the posted cap …

[Calabria]

After all these well-considered suggestions, I think the only option is to replace the makrolon with a more up-to-date material. In the Bauhaus (actually, HFG Ulm) spirit, it would have to be a recycled, sustainable, "green" material - so, no gold, no carbon fiber, no titanium, etc, but some really hardy, innovative, environmentally safe product

[twdpens]

I tried to get some information out of Lamy yesterday at the London Stationery Show. Not surprisingly, nothing was forthcoming. All the information I have is that something is going to be announced in September (I think the previous info I had was for an October launch).

HTH,

Martin

[hari317]

are they planning a C/C version of the Lamy 2000?

Edited May 5, 2016 by hari317

[Cryptos]

The 50th Anniversary Lamy 2000 is apparently going to be made out of linen micarta.

[Calabria]

The 50th Anniversary Lamy 2000 is apparently going to be made out of linen micarta.

I wonder where that information comes from, but I wouldn't be surprised ... it's recycled (recycling is big in Germany), and updates the original design to being "sustainable" (a buzzword at design schools) in the spirit of HFG Ulm

[pepsiplease69]

The 50th Anniversary Lamy 2000 is apparently going to be made out of linen micarta.

It would be good news in deed. My wallet would hopefully be thankful.

 

Where did you see this. Did it come from Lamy?

[FOUR X FOUR]

The 50th Anniversary Lamy 2000 is apparently going to be made out of linen micarta.

 

Sweet, I like that idea. I love the smell of Micarta. I wonder if it will be the same color as the TWSBI?

[Calabria]

Micarta is also very tactile, which goes with the "concrete" aesthetic of the 2000

[atc729]

It would be good news in deed. My wallet would hopefully be thankful.

 

Where did you see this. Did it come from Lamy?

Yes, I would also like to know where the information came from. I can't wait to get my hands on the special edition 2000 regardless of what it is made out of or what it looks like. Especially since I dropped mine on the floor at work yesterday and bent the nib...(sending it to Lamy for repairs, and never going back to work once fixed).

[magnus919]

The 50th Anniversary Lamy 2000 is apparently going to be made out of linen micarta.

 

Source?

[stephanos]

Empty of Clouds may be sending up a balloon, as it were.

 

I spoke with a salesperson in the stationery department of a large department store the other day and he said that the Lamy representative had been shown a brochure with a picture in it... but in black-and-white sketch format, which didn't really tell him anything.

[Cryptos]

Micarta can be made in interesting colours so it will be interesting to see what gets used. I don't know anything about how they make the micarta so I couldn't begin to guess at what patterns or colours are possible. Will have to ask Uncle Google.