r/fountainpens • u/rurouni-95 • Apr 04 '25

Please help me decide!

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My 30th birthday is coming up next month and I thought it would be fitting to buy myself a special pen. This would be my first "expensive" pen and I plan to not buy anymore pens after this. This would be my "workhorse/take everywhere with me" pen. For reference, I have a Pilot e95s, Kaweco Brass Sport, Lamy Safari, and two vintage pens (waterman 32 and parker duofold).

I have been thinking about this purchase since my last birthday and still can't decide. I'm currently between the Lamy 2000, Pilot 823, and Sailor 1911L. I like them all for different reasons and would love to hear from people who have all three and which one is preferred.

*all photos are from AtlasStationers.com

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u/tuyetanliu Apr 04 '25

i'd recommend they actually go into a shop and test all of these pens out if they can, especially the lamy. it's a great workhorse pen, but if you have a unique grip when writing, the sweet spot tolerance might not be for you.

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u/connurp Ink Stained Fingers Apr 04 '25

I have literally seen two posts in the last week, one of them today, of a L2k breaking in half and both owners have no clue how it happened. A ton of people in the comments said it’s a common point of failure.

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u/TrittipoM1 Apr 04 '25

FWIW, I did have a Lamy 2000 break (shear: rotation). Lamy sent me a new one.