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(More customer reviews)I have been a fan of fountain pens since I first discovered them as a kid. It's been a long learning curve, and while there are many great pens I enjoy from Waterman and others, the Lamy Safari Medium is my overall favorite for everyday use. I had two a few years back (sort of an oriental red color and an aluminum finish), and LOVED them, but both were stolen a couple years back. A hard economy made buying a new one out of my reach for a couple of years, but as soon as I was flush again, I made it a point to see if the Safari was still available. I was delighted to find that it was, and quickly placed an order for a medium point nib with a blue body. And the new pen is just as wonderful as I remember. Some things I specifically enjoy about this pen for everyday fountain pen use:
1) Durable Body - not all fountain pens were designed for the rigors of every day, work-a-day life. Enamel bodies can be easily scratched. Some plastic bodies don't hold up to bangs and crunches. This plastic body is TOUGH and wears really well.
2) Durable / Smooth Nib - Gold trimmed nibs are very fancy and wonderful, but not really appropriate for my work environment (I'm a technical writer). The iridium tip on the Lamy is very strong and delivers a surprisingly smooth, easy flowing, even line. I speak only of the medium nib, as it's the only one I've tried.
3) Ink Window - Lamy built a small window into the body of their pen to aid in the process of determining how much ink you have left; a feature missing from some of my favorite fancier pens, requiring that I unscrew them to see how much ink is left.
4) Tight Ink Seal - many of my visually favorite fountain pens have an issue related to cap seals that aren't tight enough to prevent the ink from drying over long periods of time. OK, it's true, as much as I love using fountain pens, occassionally, I do forget where I left one and a few months go by before rediscovery. Ooops ... the ink dried out. Well, I once misplaced one of my Lamy's for the better part of a year ... the ink flowed perfectly the first time I touched pen to paper, with no remediation process on my part. Impressive.
5) Easy Grip - the triangul-arch (two triangular flat faces and a third arched face) shape of the Lamy grip area fits my fingers perfectly. The light weight of the pen makes it a dream to use, with never a touch of writer's cramp, no matter how long I write.
6) Shirt Pocket Friendly - the paper clip like design of the clip on the cap of this pen is not visually my favorite, but I LOVE the way it works on ALL my work shirt pockets. Some of my pens have clips that loosen with time, won't work on thick shirts, or stick out from the surface of the pocket more than I'd prefer. Not this one. The strong grip of this clip never seems to expire, and the low profile (combined with light weight) make it easy to forget you're "wearing". Very pocket friendly.
If you're going for fancy in a fountain pen, this one is probably too simple, practical and modern looking. But for a sharp, professional looking "every day" fountain pen, I know of no other to match the Lamy Safai ... which is available in a dizzying range of colors.
Enjoy!
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