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Lamy Safari Charcoal Fountain Pen - Broad Nib $16.50 at Amazon

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$16.50 @Amazon at Amazon Amazon [amazon.com [amazon.com]] has Lamy Safari White Fountain Pen - Fine Nib L17B on sales for $16.50

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Model: Lamy Safari Fountain Pen, Charcoal Broad Nib (L17B), L17B

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jrm523
07-15-2021 at 06:41 PM.
07-15-2021 at 06:41 PM.
Quote from EricE9839 :
Beware that many Lamy pens sold on Amazon, even "by LAMY" have been known to be counterfeits. Was looking to get a few a while ago, but many reviews are seeing fake ones pop up!

This.. The global counterfeit market is now over 5% of world trade. Let that sink in.. billions of dollars every year and growing. I quit buying a lot of products on Amazon because of this. The other day I even ran across a counterfeit version of a screwdriver on Amazon. Have to stay sharp these days.
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GreyMeal362
07-15-2021 at 08:38 PM.
07-15-2021 at 08:38 PM.
Used both metropolitan and Lamy with irushizuku ink. Prefer the heaviness of metropolitan. Lamy has slight plasticy feel. Nevertheless a great starter fountain pen.
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liedel
07-16-2021 at 07:54 AM.
07-16-2021 at 07:54 AM.
Nice find, repped OP!

Personally I'm a TWSBI guy but can't pass this up at this price... also love the Bold nibs!
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07-16-2021 at 08:07 AM.
07-16-2021 at 08:07 AM.
Quote from firemanke :
Benefits of a fountain pen other than refilling?
it's not really a "benefits" question as much as a preference.

Writing with a fountain pen is just a different experience. I have this exact fountain pen (I love the broad tips, as a lot of ink flows, which I like). The pen is light and feels plastic, but it's a good one to throw around the desk and not worry about too much due to the low cost. I currently write with this one, the Pilot Metropolitan, medium point nib, a Waterman medium point nib (not an expensive Waterman, a fairly low-cost one), and a Namiki vanishing point broad tip. All of them are different experiences. I have a nice Waterman fountain pen, broad tip, that I rarely use. It was expensive and I'm not going to make that mistake again, because *I* won't use it for fear of having it walk away (or me just lose it.)

If you ever get a fountain pen for the "benefit" of it, I'm not sure that you will be happy. I'd spend $15-20 on a Lamy like this one, or a metal Pilot Metropolitan pen, and see if you like it. The Lamy comes with one cartridge (you have to buy a converter if you want to refill it with fountain pen ink), and you can purchase additional cartridges if you like, but that's not any fun and more expensive in the long run anyway.

Before I post this, I did think of one "benefit." You can purchase any number of different fountain pen ink colors, types, etc. If you want to write with brown ink, you can do it. If purple is your mojo, go for it. Some people like a light color blue, others like dark color blues. Get red ink if you want to use it to mark something up. For my everyday writing, I like a blue-black ink.
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07-16-2021 at 08:08 AM.
07-16-2021 at 08:08 AM.
I just use the pens the bank has for grabs …. Nobody younger than 30 can read cursive.
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07-16-2021 at 08:46 PM.
07-16-2021 at 08:46 PM.
Wow what a throwback for me. Growing up in Germany all the kids have these to learn cursive.
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LavenderRiver5516
07-16-2021 at 10:37 PM.
07-16-2021 at 10:37 PM.
grew up in China and the kids over there use Lamy to learn cursive too
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91LT250R
07-17-2021 at 11:48 AM.
07-17-2021 at 11:48 AM.
There are a lot of Lamy Safari clones and this is coming from Amazon so buyer beware.

And Amazon is doing its best to hide its lies from consumers.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/16/22580611/fakespot-ios-app-apple-amazon-fake-reviews
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07-17-2021 at 02:28 PM.
07-17-2021 at 02:28 PM.
Ships from: Amazon
Sold by: A Bargain Now

Amazon reviews don't show who it was purchased from.
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07-17-2021 at 02:30 PM.
07-17-2021 at 02:30 PM.
Quote from 91LT250R :
There are a lot of Lamy Safari clones and this is coming from Amazon so buyer beware.

And Amazon is doing its best to hide its lies from consumers.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/1...ke-reviews
Not from Amazon, from A Bargain Now​
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07-17-2021 at 02:35 PM.
07-17-2021 at 02:35 PM.
Quote from unguessable :
Not from Amazon, from A Bargain Now​
Ships from AMAZON. Amazon does nothing to stop fake products from being sold their website. Also, Amazon has been caught shipping clones. The facts are out there.
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07-17-2021 at 02:39 PM.
07-17-2021 at 02:39 PM.
Quote from 91LT250R :
Ships from AMAZON. Amazon does nothing to stop fake products from being sold their website. Also, Amazon has been caught shipping clones. The facts are out there.
Not disputing what you said. Just saying a lot of products are sold by 3rd party but amazon programmed their buyers to not worry about it. Amazon is too big to fail, unfortunately.
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rustlessrocker
07-17-2021 at 02:43 PM.
07-17-2021 at 02:43 PM.
The one I purchased arrived today. It looks ok to my untrained eye. The ink indicator cutout lines up at the appropriate place. Maybe the box shows a smaller hole in the A than it should, but I don't know. Am I happy with it? It's too early to tell, but I didn't really know what to expect. I suppose time will tell.
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07-17-2021 at 03:01 PM.
07-17-2021 at 03:01 PM.
Quote from unguessable :
Not disputing what you said. Just saying a lot of products are sold by 3rd party but amazon programmed their buyers to not worry about it. Amazon is too big to fail, unfortunately.
I agree with you 100%. The Amazon sheep are trained well.
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07-17-2021 at 03:02 PM.
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