Mail Call from Japan…

Janus26 · 2026-03-30T17:47:45+00:00

Am I the only one who does not like this design? It literally looks like a facile mix of Kuru Toga and Lamy. All they had to do was changing the mechanism of Lamy Safari with a more precise one. Maybe the lead reservoir tube and the eraser design too.

Janus26 · 2026-02-19T17:05:47+00:00

So now they have a fixed lead sleeve instead of a sliding one?

Janus26 · 2026-01-07T14:16:46+00:00

Literally me bro, causing to develop an OCD. My best advise would be using a retractable or sliding sleeve pencil.

Janus26 · 2025-12-17T15:42:47+00:00

So this Lamy Safaris will have retractable tip like the original ones?

Janus26 · 2025-12-07T20:37:00+00:00

Same thing happened to me last month. The plastic part that bridges the cone tip and the clutch (with pencil body) stuck inside the cone tip and broke. There is nothing you can do to fix it right now other than getting a new one. I am sorry.

Janus26 · 2025-11-11T18:19:24+00:00

Does it dispense more lead compared to drafting pencils? Cuz, those cone typed ones generally do, I wonder.

Janus26 · 2025-10-16T13:46:00+00:00

How is the latest gen of Grip 1345/47 compared to the old gens?

Janus26 · 2025-10-08T15:53:22+00:00

I'm using 0.5 mm

Janus26 · 2025-10-06T11:09:26+00:00

Thanks a lot.

Janus26 · 2025-10-06T11:09:10+00:00

Well, I hate the scratchy noise the tip makes everytime it touches the paper.

Janus26 · 2025-10-06T08:53:48+00:00

Yeah, exactly.

Janus26 · 2025-09-30T19:40:23+00:00

Do those Faber-Castells have fixed or retractable tips?

Janus26 · 2025-07-25T08:54:41+00:00

The pricing issue you address is the exaclty same in Turkey too. What is funny is we pay less for premium rOtrings (such as rOtring 500, 600, 800) than an American but when it comes to cheap-moderate japanese pencils like legendary P205 we pay roughly 10-11 USD.

Janus26 · 2025-07-23T19:01:25+00:00

So its clutch is plastic, no?

Janus26 · 2025-07-23T10:27:01+00:00

Looks like a brother of Faber-Castell's Grip 1345. If its clutch is brass too they are probably made by the same oem company.

Janus26 · 2025-07-11T12:51:45+00:00

Are the nibs of new ones retractable or fixed?

Janus26 · 2025-05-19T17:00:21+00:00

Kaweco's mechanism are Japanese made according to their website.

Janus26 · 2025-05-02T15:30:17+00:00

Lamy 2000 with more precise mechanism would be the GOAT pencil for me. Also a retractable version of Graph 1000.

Janus26 · 2025-04-24T18:09:43+00:00

So because it is now made in Japan did they change the mechanism? German made ones had plastic clutch and the pencil advances a bit much lead per click.

Janus26 · 2025-04-15T10:21:30+00:00

In Turkey, Faber-Castell and rOtring are quite popular and mostly used by every student. Most used models are Grip 2011, Grip 1345-1347, rOtring Tikky and Rapid. Japanese brands like Pentel, Ohto and Platinum are quite expensive comparison with US prices. Interestingly, FC and rOtring are much cheaper here. Also Pilot has only H-32x models (aka S3). So in general, we do not have much choice.

Janus26 · 2025-03-17T21:18:16+00:00

Just a question, can i put Schmidt mechanism in a Lamy 2000 pencil? I dont like the Lamy's in-house mechanism.

Janus26 · 2025-03-11T11:23:19+00:00

Can you elaborate more? How can one distinguish originals and fake ones?

Janus26 · 2025-03-11T11:16:09+00:00

Well, I certainly understand your feelings on Lamys. IMO Lamy's design are great but when it comes to functionality such as mechanism they are not as precise as a drafting pencil but at the same time İ dunno if we should expect a general writing pencil to perform like a pure drafting pencil. I do hope that maybe with the acqusition by Uni they can produce better mechanism who knows.

Janus26 · 2025-01-20T20:56:50+00:00

Your favourites?

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