Those are great, but the Lamy Safari was ubiquitous throughout grades 5 to 13 when I was in school. I am not sure I could handle the flashbacks now.
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looked it up, watched some videos, learned something new. thanks.
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I like the Lamy Safari in that price range. Graphite color.
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https://www.lamy.com/eng/b2c/safari/018
Comes in other colors.
General advice:
Generally speaking, go for a stiffer nib as you are going to be pushing rather than pulling. Stiff nibs suffer less ink starvation when pushing. Also use a quick drying ink to avoid smudges like Noodler’s Bernanke.
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When i write lefty i use a very low elevation and have no problems. I have a friend who’s lefty but writes like he’s ripping open a box with an X-Acto knife. He has broken one of my pens with the way he writes.
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Take a look at the Pilot Kakuno I recommend in another comment. It’s actually designed for Japanese children to introduce them to fountain pens (hence the variety of colors).
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I suspect you are German; no one used a fountain pen at all in my US schools.
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I’d much rather have that Rotring in the background. Now that’s a nice pen.
I’ve had a Yellow Lamy Safari on me for 9 years, carried with me every day!
Its the best $35 fountain pen ever!! I swear!
I even mixed my own ink color by mixing Some Lamy Green with Lamy Black.
Its also one of the only fountain pens with two line-weights When you write on the regular side it’s thick, when you write on the top-side its half width which comes in hand when sketching or writing small notes. ****
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Amazon tells me a a set of 7 multicolored Pilot Varsities should be at my home tomorrow. It’s less than $2/pen.
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I just tried out the Pilot Parallel Pens in Milan and they’re really cool. A set for @ $24 or $8 per.
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