LAMY 2000 - just oozes quality

[dave321]

i have just bough a Lamy 2000, medium nib and inked it with Pilot Blue-Black.

my goodness, this pen just oozes quality, and is a nice solid weight.

i have no problem at all with any "sweet spot issues", so any one considering purchase i would say go for it, you will not be disappointed.

i wish i had bought this pen years ago !! (and this having bought a Pelikan M1000 and a Conway Stewart Churchill at xmas).

Precision engineering at its very best !

Edited January 31 by dave321
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[PAKMAN]

I'm a fan of the Lamy 2000 quality, appearance and writing experience also. Not everyone agrees with us but that's ok. 

[Penguincollector]

  I love my 2000. The EF is not the finest, but it’s so nice to write with. It’s one of the few pens that I will break rotation protocols for  (I try to be fair to my pens and rotate through the lot so everyone gets a chance to shine) and just ink up whenever. 

[Mechanical]

It's a terrific pen...  let me count the ways. :-)   I use mine everyday, I often carry it along in my pocket, and I feel like it handles just about any ink.  The nib is just right for me and I reach for it regularly because of the snap-on cap.  The piston filling system is convenient, and the pen can be easily dissassembled if needed.  It's a delight. 

 

I will likely get a second Lamy 2000 in a different nib size.

[Runnin_Ute]

Mine has a fine. It isn't my favorite pen, but never had the sweet spot issue, and it gets time in rotation pretty regularly. Right now it is inked with Visconti The Starry Night. A deep dark blue. Very saturated, never a problem with hard starting. Even if I don't use it in several days. I can't say that with every pen I have tried that ink in...

 

[Irontank]

Prior to Dec 2024, I had never seen or touch a Lamy 2000 in-person. I had read about the so-called "sweet spot" issue and avoided the pen. But when the chance to purchase a Lamy 2000 LE Pine Green (Fine Nib) came about, I could not resist because that colour is one of my favourites.

 

Since having that pen in-hand, I simply could not put it down. It is such a joy to write with! There is no such thing as a "sweet spot" for my Lamy 2000. It writes like a dream and its weight and feel on my hand are perfect. 

 

I am so pleased with my Lamy 2000 that I am currently looking to buy a regular edition in Medium.

[Glenn-SC]

I guess I get to be the voice of dissent. I preface what I say with the fact that I bought my 2000 used probably 20 years ago.  (Its performance may be why it was sold by the original owner?)

I really want to love this pen just because of the quality of engineering and the design.  However, mine DOES have the ”sweet spot” issue and an inconsistency in the ink flow (it writes letter by letter varying from very wet to not exactly “dry” but “thin”, almost like it has an automatic shading feature built into the nib/feed) that makes writing with it annoying.  This variance happens with every ink that I have tried.  Also, the piston on mine is very tight and hardest to rotate when screwing it the final bit closed.  (I have disassembled the piston, cleaned and lubricated it and that helped some.)

So, my 2000 is a problem child that has enough beauty and potential to keep around but is not good enough for me to want to use.  (It just happens to be inked currently and behaving typically so I can’t wait to run it out of ink (I hate wasting ink) so I can clean it and put it away.)

I am glad to hear that the pen, or other examples of it, work for others.

[AmandaW]

I bought an extra fine. It isn't.

[Al-fresco]

My Lamy 2000 is like the old game:
 

It loves me...
It loves me not...

It loves me...

 

Reliable, never dries out, never hard starts, nice looking, annoying little 'ears,' writes on really (bleep) paper...

Yeah. It loves me.

[BrassRatt]

My 2000 is fine in almost every way.  I want to love it.  But...

it goooshes.  

 

I had the nib ground to Cursive Italic by.a very well-known and respected nibmeister.

The ink flow ever since has been so profuse that there is no italic effect; it writes just like a Blobby Broad with any ink I'm willing to use.  (No, that does not include <the iron gall you were about to suggest>.) 

Several nibmeisters and tuners have laid hands on it with little improvement. 

 

Does anyone know how to tame a firehose Lamy 2000 feed? 

Then I could love mine.

 

[davisgt]

Have you tried a really dry ink like Pelikan 4001? It certainly helps tame the fire hose I have on my M600. 

 

Based on this thread,  I inked my Lamy 2000, and I've been enjoying it very much. I currently have Waterman black in it.