Lamy 99 Desk Pens

[Mr Blifil]

I have just read some old threads here regarding Lamy model 27 and 99 pens. Some of the posts in each included attempts to gather data about the pens and their markings, so I thought I'd throw a few tidbits into the mix.

 

I have four Lamy 99 desk pens, purchased, I think from member KarlBarndt here several years ago. Each has a clutch washer at the section/barrel junction as described in earlier threads, though of course they did not come supplied with caps. There are four ink well windows, narrow racetrack oval shapes, spaced at 90 degrees. Each has a gold colored nib, though I could not find any 14K marking. I assume the nibs are old style, but maybe not. Each is marked Lamy 99S on the barrel. Each is marked 99e on the blind cap/tail/piston knob. Under the 99e marking on each the nib size is marked: I have 2 F, one FF and one OM.

 

One poster on an earlier thread expressed interest in being able to use Lamy desk pens but could not find a suitable trumpet. In my experience the modern ('50's, '60's) Parker trumpets for the 51 Special and 21 model Parker desk pens work well enough to keep the pen nib from going dry for many days. I have these trumpets in two styles; one has the traditional insert for a socket in the desk pen base; the other style ends in a steel ball which rests in a hollow in a bronze base; under the hollow is a magnet with holds the trumpet in place yet allows it to be rotated and tilted.

 

I used fountain pens in my job because I did a lot of writing by hand and the pens brought pleasure and variety to a chore. I used a wide variety of regular pocket pens, but I liked using desk pens because I like their balance, they are comfortable in my large hands, and where I worked it could be a bad idea to leave a pocket pen lying on a desk. My best writing desk pens were a 51 Special, an old Sheaffer lever fill, and these Lamy's.

Edited April 27, 2018 by Mr Blifil

[christof]

Some years ago I have posted some pictures of my 99S here:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/220855-whats-up-at-christofs/?p=3293632

 

It is correct that the 99S also can be used either with Lamy 99 or Lamy 27 slip caps.

 

Here's a picture of my 3 Lamy 99 and an early Artus 99:

 

 

C.

Edited April 27, 2018 by christof

[Namo]

I have and use that pen. A Parker 45 cap works perfectly. This pen stands in my kitchen and I use it to take notes about receipts, loaded with Nood HofD, so it has to be ready to write at any time, and of course I am not using it every day. This pen is never dry.

[sentience]

If anyone is ever willing to part with one of these Lamy desk pens, I'd love to add one to my collection. It's one of the few Lamy models from this period that has so far escaped my grasp.