First time FP buyer/user

"Deirdre Saoirse Moen" wrote in message
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Bluesea wrote:
However, I'm not about to denigrate a pen like the Safari that, for its
price range, may be an excellent choice for a first time fp buyer/user
provided that person thinks it's a comfortable pen to use.

I found the writing experience with a Safari to be significantly worse
than that of my beloved rubber-bodied Stypens, Yafas, and Auroras. All
but the last were less expensive than the Safari.

Ahh...I've yet to buy any of those as I didn't perceive them as comfortable
and/or they weren't available with fine nibs. It's been awhile so I'll have
to look again.

With pens, it's definitely a case of YMMV .

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Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote in message ...
Bluesea wrote:
However, I'm not about to denigrate a pen like the Safari that, for its
price range, may be an excellent choice for a first time fp buyer/user
provided that person thinks it's a comfortable pen to use.

I found the writing experience with a Safari to be significantly worse
than that of my beloved rubber-bodied Stypens, Yafas, and Auroras. All
but the last were less expensive than the Safari.

Nothing against Lamy, (expect for their ink which is bad too -
actually not a bad comparison. The ink comes in a fancy bottle, with
a fancy little roll of paper to wipe the nib - but the ink itself is
runny and watery). Nor against cheapo pens. My daytime desk scribbler
is a yellow Sheaffer student (4 for $5 on ebay). Love it. Has cheapo
character and works really well. The Safari is a big step up though.
It ranks in price higher than a Pelikano (flawless little cheapo) and
just a few bucks under a Prelude or discount Phileas. At that price -
thirty or so times the price of a ebay Sheaffer student - it better
bloody work. Based on the posts I've seen here, looks like most agree
with me that it doesn't.

Go Flames Go!

Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote in message ...
Bluesea wrote:
However, I'm not about to denigrate a pen like the Safari that, for its
price range, may be an excellent choice for a first time fp buyer/user
provided that person thinks it's a comfortable pen to use.

I found the writing experience with a Safari to be significantly worse
than that of my beloved rubber-bodied Stypens, Yafas, and Auroras. All
but the last were less expensive than the Safari.

Nothing against Lamy, (expect for their ink which is bad too -
actually not a bad comparison. The ink comes in a fancy bottle, with
a fancy little roll of paper to wipe the nib - but the ink itself is
runny and watery). Nor against cheapo pens. My daytime desk scribbler
is a yellow Sheaffer student (4 for $5 on ebay). Love it. Has cheapo
character and works really well. The Safari is a big step up though.
It ranks in price higher than a Pelikano (flawless little cheapo) and
just a few bucks under a Prelude or discount Phileas. At that price -
thirty or so times the price of a ebay Sheaffer student - it better
bloody work. Based on the posts I've seen here, looks like most agree
with me that it doesn't.

Go Flames Go!

Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote in message ...
Bluesea wrote:
However, I'm not about to denigrate a pen like the Safari that, for its
price range, may be an excellent choice for a first time fp buyer/user
provided that person thinks it's a comfortable pen to use.

I found the writing experience with a Safari to be significantly worse
than that of my beloved rubber-bodied Stypens, Yafas, and Auroras. All
but the last were less expensive than the Safari.

Nothing against Lamy, (expect for their ink which is bad too -
actually not a bad comparison. The ink comes in a fancy bottle, with
a fancy little roll of paper to wipe the nib - but the ink itself is
runny and watery). Nor against cheapo pens. My daytime desk scribbler
is a yellow Sheaffer student (4 for $5 on ebay). Love it. Has cheapo
character and works really well. The Safari is a big step up though.
It ranks in price higher than a Pelikano (flawless little cheapo) and
just a few bucks under a Prelude or discount Phileas. At that price -
thirty or so times the price of a ebay Sheaffer student - it better
bloody work. Based on the posts I've seen here, looks like most agree
with me that it doesn't.

Go Flames Go!

On Wed, 12 May 2004 18:52:32 GMT, Bluesea
wrote:

"Paul A. Hoadley" wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 May 2004 05:31:08 GMT, Bluesea
wrote:

"Deirdre Saoirse Moen" wrote in message
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Guess I was just born to be a pen snob.

Yes, my favorite pen also cost $100.

LOL again! Well, we're just going to have to agree to disagree. My
LAMY is sitting right next to my Mont Blanc, and I still use the LAMY.
:-)

But-but-but...is that a positive reflection of the Lamy or a
negative reflection of the MB? Maybe your $100 pen isn't the right
one for you and you should get another brand evil grin.

:-) Good question. I go through phases. I've only just started using
the Mont Blanc again, as it had been leaking like a sieve for quite a
while (started just after the warranty ran out, of course), and I only
just got it repaired. Anyway, looks like I'm definitely in the
minority as a LAMY Safari fan.


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Geez, sorry about that TRIPLE post!

The browser wan't sending the post, so I had to hit "post" three
times. guess it was sending. Apologies.

Heh! I was wondering if you were ensuring that we got the "Go Flames Go"
line .


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(morten) writes:

Nothing against Lamy, (expect for their ink which is bad too -
actually not a bad comparison. The ink comes in a fancy bottle,
with a fancy little roll of paper to wipe the nib - but the ink
itself is runny and watery). Nor against cheapo pens. My daytime
desk scribbler is a yellow Sheaffer student (4 for $5 on ebay).
Love it. Has cheapo character and works really well. The Safari is
a big step up though. It ranks in price higher than a Pelikano
(flawless little cheapo) and just a few bucks under a Prelude or
discount Phileas. At that price - thirty or so times the price of a
ebay Sheaffer student - it better bloody work. Based on the posts
I've seen here, looks like most agree with me that it doesn't.

Mine- which is actually the clear plastic version, the Vista?- works
just fine, except that the medium nib is IMHO a broad or even a BB.
Too fat a line for my handwriting. Otherwise I really like it. I'll
have to find someone with a F nibbed one who wants a medium, and swap
sections.

Bluesea wrote:

"morten" wrote in message
Geez, sorry about that TRIPLE post!
The browser wan't sending the post, so I had to hit "post" three
times. guess it was sending. Apologies.

Heh! I was wondering if you were ensuring that we got the
"Go Flames Go" line .


I thought it was some sports team.

Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote:
Paul A. Hoadley wrote:

LOL again! Well, we're just going to have to agree to disagree. My
LAMY is sitting right next to my Mont Blanc, and I still use the LAMY.
:-)


I don't like MontBlanc either.

Ditto!

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