Lamy 2000 EF
Summary: While inhibited by poor quality control, the Lamy 2000 is a superb pen offering a Bahaus appearance, a nearly indestructible construction, a smooth, springy nib, and a reliable and capacious piston filler. The good: Smooth nib, durable material, capacious piston filler, modern appearance. The bad: Sketchy quality control, ink view window ineffective, piston sometimes stiff, some visual clutter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pens are emblems of the era. One can easily imagine an elderly man sitting high above the rolling English plains in a mansion in the 1940's, at an oak desk penning a letter with a luxurious Conway Stewart with a beautiful exposed golden nib and a luscious green body to complement it. But fast forward sixty years. The surroundings are now an office space with its minimalist rectangular architecture looking high out over the downtown area of an urban metropolis. What pen fits here? That would be the Lamy 2000. Designed in the 1960's, the 2000 is a...
