Write Here Pens

Back in the 60's  the year 2000 seemed a long way away, and was full of future promise.  By the time we got there, space  travel would be an everyday commercial activity (not quite yet, eh Mr Branson?) and, although we didn't know it, contact with alien civilisations was only a year away.  Anyway, that was Stanley Kubrick's view of 2001. 

Back at the Lamy factory in Heidelberg, Dr Manfred Lamy was taking charge, and changing the design philosophy in line with the Bauhaus movements principle that "form follows function".  Gerd Muller, a leading light of Bauhaus design, was commissioned to design a new pen that would make a clear statement of their intentions for the future.  He created the classic Lamy 2000 - a pen that still looks modern 35 years after it was created.

The Lamy 2000 fountain pen is Lamy's only piston filling fountain pen, using bottled ink only.The body of the pen is made of makrolon, a glass fibre based plastic - it has a pleasant wood like grained look.  The front section is made of brushed steel, the nib is platinum plated 14 carat gold.  The cap has a sprung steel clip - look underneath and you'll see that it is imprinted "Germany".  The body of the pen has a transparent section, so the ink level can be checked.  There are also a couple of "ears" just in front of this - I don't have a problem with these, but it has been commented that, if you hold the pen high on the barrel, they can be intrusive.

Which leads me on to the writing experience.  Wonderful!  It gives a fairly wet line for a Lamy, but not excessively so, and it may, in part, due to my slowish writing.  But it is smooth, and gives lots of feedback - a real pleasure to use.

I'll be posting more reviews of the Lamy 2000 series - there is a ballpoint, rollerball and pencil, and some very special ballpoint versions.  If you can't wait, have a look at
the Write Here Website's Lamy 2000 section.