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Lamy Safari Vista Fountain Pen - Demonstrator Clear, Fine Nib L12F | 
 enlarge | Brand: Lamy
Category: Office Product
Buy New: $30.00
New (2) from $30.00
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1959
Color: Clear
MPN: L12F
UPC: 021274151519
EAN: 0021274151519
ASIN: B0002T405A
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
The Vista, with its transparent barrel and cap, and brilliant inner chrome workings, is clearly a great pen. Its modern, hi-tech look and light weight makes it popular with note-takers. An excellent choice for a student you know, or see for yourself.
Fountain pen does NOT come with a converter--be sure to order one if you like to bottle-fill! Material: ABS Plastic. Warranty: Lifetime. Weight: Light.
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Lamy Safari Vista with the Fine Nib, L12F May 7, 2008
Don L. Thorvund (San Jose, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I own five fountain pens. A Cross Titanium Townsend with a medium nib, Two Waterman Phileus', one with a medium nib and one with a fine nib. And I own to safari's, a Charcoal with a fine nib and the vista with a fine nib.
The Cross is a super cool and smooth pen, but the line is too thick for most of what I need to do on a daily basis. It also has my signature etched in gold in it, so it is not a pen I like to carry around and potentially lose.
The Phileus' are good pens. The Medium is slightly smaller than that of the Cross, and serves me well in my larger notebooks or on cheaper stock, such as copy paper or post it notes. The fine nib is nice for the smallest Moleskine.
My favorite value by far is my Vista with the fine nib. It is not a flashy pen, but works really well. It is super smooth in the Moleskin, no skipping at all. The clear plastic has pros and cons. The pros are that it looks really cool and makes it easy to see the ink level (I bottle fill with Noodlers bulletproof). The con is that it looks sort of like a cheap clear bic. Another con is that it feels scratchy on Post it notes or copy paper.
I am still giving this five stars, because you can't beat the value of the pen, or the value of using the same pen over and over by just refilling. It writes very smoothly over decent stock. Its a good pen that writes well, doesn't leak, has good ergonomics, doesn't take a lot of pressure to write with, and leaves a line of the width that I like.
I recommend it, or if you prefer a more expensive looking model, the charcoal model.
Not my favorite fountain pen, but the only one I always carry January 22, 2008
Scott Wylie (Cary, NC USA)
The Lamy Safari is not my favorite fountain pen. However, this is the only pen that I always have with me. Well, I actually have the black version of the Safari as well, so I always have one of those two with me. The quality of the nib is excellent and writes very well. The Safari feels OK in your hand - not as nice as some of "finer" pens, but nice. It used to be that I kept my fountain pens at my desk and carried around a ball point pen clipped to my shirt. The reason was the price - I didn't want to risk losing a pen by leaving it somewhere. That changed when I discovered this pen. I still don't want to lose it, but at this price, I am willing to risk it. The payoff is having a very good fountain pen with me for whenever I need to write.
I recommend this pen for someone first fountain pen, or for a fountain pen lover who wants an excellent "every day" pen.
There isn't a better low cost fountain-pen on the market. April 20, 2007
D. Burns (Arlington, VA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just ordered my 4th one of these, and they are awesome. I have been able to experiment over my last few pens as far as types and I would definately suggest this particular one. The clear casing not only makes it look really cool, but it is practicle because you can tell exactly how much ink is left, unlike the charcoal version with which you don't know till it coughs. A fine nib is also most desirable in my opinion, because the lines/words have enough body to clearly read, yet your ink lasts much longer than it would with a wider nib.
Lamy pens are my favorite for durability and use. Now you may be thinking "I thought you said this was your fourth!" Well... the truth is I have a tendency to loose things like this, especially taking them to school everyday, but they have each lasted me at least 6 months, far longer than any normal one-use pen, and as long as a year and a half before I have lost any of the last three. My waterman Phileas did not last as long before I lost it.. sadly, but I feel the safaris are more durable and practicle. Granted the Phileas did write smoother, I thought it was too heavy and the cap never clicked shut satisfacorily after the twentieth use, I also like the ergonomics of the lamy better with the triangular grip. Not to mention the lamy being more affordable.
On my second pen, I began to use a refillable cartridge and this I highly recommend. It isn't too hard to fill'er-up, and it is cheaper than disposable cartridges in the long run. I personally use Parker Quink, both blue and black. Blue when I have an Ink Eradicator handy (fountain-pen correction tool, not sold in the U.S. as far as I can tell) and black when I don't, or want to ink a drawing. I haven't had any experience with other types of bottled ink, so you may find a different kind to your liking.
One cool thing about these pens is that you can flip them! I'll explain. With the cap on, stand it up on a desk or table, the cap should be above the table (its really had to do it otherwise because of the cap's design). Then you line up the cap's clip with one of the flat surfaces of the pen's body. Give it a light push BEHIND the cap's clip, and it will fall, and the clip will make it flip over! you have to do it to understand...
All in all, a HIGHLY recommended product for the writer that wants a pen with which they can write for ages with no trouble, abuse with no adverse effect, play around, and just have fun with!
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