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My opinions on my new sub-$50 pen purchases - Rotring Core & Lamy Safari
Hello,
Over the last few weeks I have acquired a couple of Rotring Cores and a Lamy Safari, all with fine nibs. I'm trying to find a pen which writes as well as my favorite FP so far, a Levenger Prima with a Medium Schmidt nib. So I loaded up the Rotring Cores with Levenger Sky Blue and Levenger Smokey Grey. They are far too wet for my taste and the point isn't as fine as most of the other fine point pens I have seen. Also, as mentioned in multiple posts here, the grip is quite odd and the pens have a strange center of gravity. This is especially true in you have the cap on the end of the barrel. Even so, they look really cool and I'm going to use them for note taking at work. My Lamy Safari came today and I was quickly impressed by its size and feel. I loaded it up, via converter, with Levenger Sky Blue and wrote out some test lines. The nib is exactly the size I was hoping it would be, and the flexibilty is much more stiff than the core's. I guess my only complaint so far was my fear of staining the plastic when I filled the pen from the ink well. It seemed to wipe off pretty easy. To sum up, I'm pretty happy with my purchases but I wish I would have gotten 2 Safaris and 1 Core, instead of the other way around. Either way, I have more than enough pens and ink to keep me writing for a while longer. Stephen |
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way, I have more than enough pens and ink MWAHAHAHAHA~!! Ok, nobody say a word. Let him keep thinking that! |
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Stephen, try the vintage route. Parker 51's can be found at affordable
prices. Check out here, www.pentrace.com the green board , and zoss list. You cannot lump all f/p's into your Core and Lamy experience. Lamy's are good, I use but they are pensd built by engineers for engineers. No flex. You want modern flex, try Namiki Falcon but it cabn reach a 100 or so. I suggest the old time waterman's 52 in black hard rubber or the more desirable reds Can also be found at decent prices. "Stephen G" wrote in message om... Hello, Over the last few weeks I have acquired a couple of Rotring Cores and a Lamy Safari, all with fine nibs. I'm trying to find a pen which writes as well as my favorite FP so far, a Levenger Prima with a Medium Schmidt nib. So I loaded up the Rotring Cores with Levenger Sky Blue and Levenger Smokey Grey. They are far too wet for my taste and the point isn't as fine as most of the other fine point pens I have seen. Also, as mentioned in multiple posts here, the grip is quite odd and the pens have a strange center of gravity. This is especially true in you have the cap on the end of the barrel. Even so, they look really cool and I'm going to use them for note taking at work. My Lamy Safari came today and I was quickly impressed by its size and feel. I loaded it up, via converter, with Levenger Sky Blue and wrote out some test lines. The nib is exactly the size I was hoping it would be, and the flexibilty is much more stiff than the core's. I guess my only complaint so far was my fear of staining the plastic when I filled the pen from the ink well. It seemed to wipe off pretty easy. To sum up, I'm pretty happy with my purchases but I wish I would have gotten 2 Safaris and 1 Core, instead of the other way around. Either way, I have more than enough pens and ink to keep me writing for a while longer. Stephen |
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To sum up, I'm pretty happy with my purchases but I wish I would have
gotten 2 Safaris and 1 Core, instead of the other way around. Either way, I have more than enough pens and ink to keep me writing for a while longer. Stephen I do not understand, what is this "enough pens" you speak of? |
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Hi Stephen Gee,
The Levenger Skies of Blue is one of the wettest inks I've written with (with old formula Yard-o-Led Blue / Diamine Tropical Blue being a close second -- and but I love the colour of all of these so much that I put up with the wetness!). You may want to try with a less-wet ink and see how it goes. W'man Florida Blue is a safe bet. I don't have any experience with Levenger Smokey Grey, although I have a bottle of it somewhere, packed away. I do konw what you mean about the weird handling and centre of gravity of the Cores though. I find that I can't write with mine for very long. | Cheers, Jimmy. |
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"DovR" tadir@removeNOSPAM actcom.co.il wrote in message ... [snip] You cannot lump all f/p's into your Core and Lamy experience. Lamy's are good, I use but they are pensd built by engineers for engineers. How did you come to htis conclusion? No flex. I can't agree on this one. My Lamy Accent has a small degree of flex. And it is just as pleasant to write as my Sheaffer Balance. [snip] -- Best regards, T-H Lim (aka Free Citizen) Fountain Pen Network A pen site run by the Pen Community http://pagesperso.laposte.net/fpnet |
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