All the praise is deserved. I have been using a L2000 for 40 years now. I have all three models shown at 0:53 and they are wonderful. And for just 200 to 300 euro's, much better value than Mont Blanc.
Lamy 2000 is my most favourite fountain pen ever. No pen could ever take its place for me. I think it is simple yet the most beautiful pen ever made. How it is here for decades and still competing with some of the latest fountain pens in the market. How it is an old design that still look so modern. ❤❤ thanks for an awesome review.. 🤗🙏
Yes. End of discussion ;) I've used one off and on since 1979 and I'd just graduated from high school. I took notes with it all the way through grad school and used it for years at work. I did have a little trouble with it. When I first got it the pen was always dry, it just couldn't be adjusted to feed ink properly. It was finally sent back to Lamy and they fixed it and sent it back at no charge. It's worked perfectly ever since. I don't do much writing anymore and keeping a fountain pen inked and ready is more work than it's worth. So for years now it's mainly sat in its box in my desk.
idk anything about pens but i had a parker fountain in school in the 1990's i think for $70 and you kind of grow attached to it, its still in my pencil case in the attic lol. it was a rich deep navy blue gloss finish, with matte grip, steel pointed arrow clip, and i had loads of mini cartridges that popped into it from my real leather brown rugged pencil case that smelt of pencil shavings and bluetack. i wrote insane amount of stuff with it over 6 years and some bullys tried to take it from me but i managed to get it back. oh the joys of having a stationary department in ones rucksack ready to tackle the hustle and bustle of educational system
I briefly tried the Lamy 2000 in fine, but ultimately decided not to keep it, because I felt like for the purposes I envisioned, it was competing a bit too much with my Pilot Capless, Elite 95S and Custom Heritage 92 FM. If I decide to reorganize my fleet of pens, I would absolutely consider getting a 2000 again, but in medium. The 2000's ergonomics are just about perfect to me. It's a piston filler, but it's as seamless as a cartridge filler. It's perfectly balanced and comfortable unposted, but still remains perfectly balanced when posted. I do think the impetus in making the feed area steel was to front weight the pen when unposted, so when it's posted, the weight of the cap would shift the balance toward the middle. It's easy to get a comfortable grip with, due to no step-ups on the body, and the macrolon barrel remains clean and scratch resistant. Plus, once you know how to do it, it's very easy to disassemble the front section to get a simple cleaning with. Overall, the 2000 is a fantastic pen, and one whose ergonomics and overall packaging were absolutely nailed. I'm glad Lamy still makes it. There really aren't any other gold nib piston filler European fountain pens that you can buy at a comparable price to the Lamy 2000.
I think the Lamy 2k steel is perhaps the best evolution of this pen that almost addresses all the weaknesses you've mentioned, but unfortunately creates more: heavier weight, no ink window... My dream Lamy 2k version would be one made out of aluminum or titanium with an ink window, but unfortunately I don't think Lamy-Mitsubishi is interested 😅. Thanks for the video review.
@@houghwhite411 I’m hoping we see a little more adventurous products from Lamy as a result (like a 2000 MK2 or more fun Logo colors) but time will tell.
I have 2 black Lamy 2000 pens. One has an F nib and the other has an OM nib. Both write very nicely, OM very buttery and with variable thickness of the curved lines, while the F nib gives a firmer response to contact with the paper and leaves a thinner patina of ink. Because they are of the same color, I don't know which one I take out of the case first, but I write with great pleasure, then I take out the other one and continue my work. I like the writing differences between the two pens so much that I take a white sheet of paper and write all kinds of nonsense just for the pleasure of seeing the two differences. If you ask me, I can't choose between the two... I also have a Lamy rollbar that competes with them, but this is usually for everyday use where I can afford to be more careless with things.
@@user-cm3fl2ep4u glad you like them! I have tried several different Lamy 2000 Nibs ranging from EF to B, including the OM. Each do have a unique character, though finding the ideal writing angle can take some time.
Will eventually have one, hopefully with a Fine nib. I am a flea market person so I am open to surprises. Thanks for your recommendation of Parker 45! Have two 45 flighters with gold nibs now: a Medium so wet I couldn't keep on rotation (could live with the feathering, with the bleedthrough... not so much) and a Fine that had to repair a bent nib (rather unsuccessfully I am afraid). Wonderful pens, really easy to maintain but unsuitable to the very low quality paper I use (school notebooks) due to their wettness. Found the pieces in a flea market for quite an affordable price and Frankenpen-ned my way through 😅 Anyway I love them and will keep them
@@FGBFGB-vt7tc I haven’t tried flea market hunting, what parts of the country do you recommend? Also I love the Parker 45, easily one of my favorite vintage models to collect. And historically speaking I think it is pretty relevant to the Lamy 2000 story. I wish Parker still made them.
@@ForTheLoveOfPens Dear Sir, I am afraid I am a Venezuelan from Caracas. My flea market experience most probably does not translate to yours in anything except in the human aspect... which is almost everything 😉 Personally my local flea market specializes on Antiques. About a month ago a person whose stand I often visit brought out a suitcase filled with excellent if damaged writing instruments (some only cosmetically!) and some pen parts. My pieces are intended to be enjoyed by me so the cosmetical aspect does not bother me. If you don't mind less than perfect looking writing instruments and/or having to sweat a little for lots of satisfaction then you will have a blast. It always pays off to have a relationship with vendors and bargaining is not a sin. The vendor gave me outrageous discounts over the already bargain prices as I naturally assembled all the pieces I could, even if I would not buy them. That was my reward for being useful to them. Next time I will ask him if he can find me a piece I am looking for. Please note: people that arrived earlier than me got even better pieces. Your Milleage May Vary a lot, also it can be lots of fun!!! EDIT: Grammar. English still baffles me.
@@ForTheLoveOfPens I am grateful to that particular vendor as he did let me get, among other things, a couple Aurora Hastils in Vermeil (with peeled gold plating but otherwise perfect) for 15 USD
This pen writes so well and smooth that I’m thinking of getting another one in the stainless steel trim. The only true downside I think this pen has is that it looks so plain to the point where someone could easily take it off your desk thinking it’s a 10¢ pen and not return it.
At some point they're gonna take the cap off. If I wasn't a fountain pen person and I see a nib, I would definitely realize it's not an ordinary writing instrument and return it.
Such an excellently detailed review. I've an EF, ground to Pendleton Brown's 'butter-smooth' italic for a dozen years. Regardless of that tweak, this pen is sui generis.
I felt like I was supposed to love it…so I bought one from Amazon. I tried but I just couldn’t get excited about it. I returned it without even inking it.
I've seen but never used one - I've had about a dozen Lamys over the years (my favourite is the Pico, people love that thing). That said - the posted cap gripping the piston mechanism leading to expelling of ink is an unforgivable design flaw, I'm very grateful for this video as that would have been a *serious* deal breaker for me that I may not have found until it was too late. To my mind that's as flawed a design as the internal clasp mechanism on my Edson (the clasp inside the cap chews into the grip's gold segments and damages it, I've seen new/display stock that have serious marks on the grip section).
@@davocc2405 thank you! I’m surprised few people mention that it posts on the knob. But in fairness you have to rotate the cap 2 or 3 times before ink starts to come out, so in practice it’s not much of an issue.
@@ForTheLoveOfPens I just have nightmares of blue fingers that my Pirat pen can't help deal with... This effect genuinely surprised me given the sheer depth of effort put into its industrial design. I am a bit of a fanboi of good industrial design, in 1000 years we will be forgotten but these are what archaeologists will be remembering us with. The 2000 may be mistaken for a medical device perhaps?
@@davocc2405 I consider that a major flaw on the TWSBI 580 and Asvine P20 because it’s so obvious and just a half turn will move the piston rod….i don’t know about mistaking this for a medical device but I would be surprised if archaeologists are able to recover anything from the internet in 1000+ years
@@ForTheLoveOfPens sorry I ment the pen itself... It'd be interesting if today's internet would survive to that epoch, they will definitely think we were a slave race that was bred to serve our overlords and masters - cats.
@@ForTheLoveOfPens thanks. I used a regular silicon gel from hardware store and I'm worried. So far it's okay. But I know shouldn't have used it since that tube itself clogs at the top from the silicon gel.. I'm thinking it's gonna do the same to the pen. 😭😭
@@richardsimms251 I’m sorry to hear that, did they still have the round spring that sits between the grip and the barrel? This secures the cap in place. If they did, maybe that spring wore out? I’ve had this model in my collection for about 5 years and never had that issue.
It’s the utilitarian look of this pen that hasn’t made me purchase this pen. The only Lamy I’d like to get someday is Dailog CC when it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg anymore! When do we get to see the review of Taylor Swift fountain pen ? 😉
@@sathishrao7926 lol, I missed the Taylor Swift pen unfortunately. I’ve debated trying the Dialog CC, but was not very impressed by the Dialog 3. May consider it someday for the right price.
I bought it and adjusted it to my preferences. I've been using it for probably five months. However, it is too heavy for my hand. It's a shame to sell this treasure. I left it for my descendants. I agree that durability, ease and comfort of use can be held up as an example to students of industrial design.
@@kjp76 I’m sorry you found it too heavy, I actual find it’s weight about middle of the road as far as fountain pens go. Glad you can appreciate the design and engineering that went into it nonetheless.
I thoroughly enjoy the 2000 ballpoint. I am still on the fence about the fountain pen. It is perhaps I would need to be patient to use it with a quality paper and accept an EF nib is more like an Architect.
@@ForTheLoveOfPensI just got a Jinhao 80. I will see if the design will be comfortable to me before dining in for the 2000. If I like it, maybe the next step will be to add a Lamy nib. I have been staring at the Calligraphy nib. It may have a similar grind to the EF nib on the 2000.
@@ForTheLoveOfPens It's all made of metal/aluminium; it's well balanced, posted or not. It have a spring loaded clip, you can swap nibs, like the (Lamy) Safari (but it's different nibs), it can be used with converter or cartridge. I like the design. Two bad things: it don't have an ink window or can be used as an eyedropper pen. Otherwise, it's great!! I have a blue and a red pen; and a olivesilver ballpoint pen. Yes, I'm a pen (among others) collector.
I know a lot of people really like this pen. It is not a design I personally enjoy and Lamy is not my GOAT nib. Easy for me to pass. We aren't all the same, which is good, or there would be fewer fountain pens out in the wild.
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All the praise is deserved. I have been using a L2000 for 40 years now. I have all three models shown at 0:53 and they are wonderful. And for just 200 to 300 euro's, much better value than Mont Blanc.
@@hermanblinkhoven1856 sounds like a great collection! I’ve only tried a few montblancs. Very nicely built but not super impressive value.
Lamy 2000 is my most favourite fountain pen ever. No pen could ever take its place for me. I think it is simple yet the most beautiful pen ever made. How it is here for decades and still competing with some of the latest fountain pens in the market. How it is an old design that still look so modern. ❤❤ thanks for an awesome review.. 🤗🙏
@@syedafahd thank you, I agree!
It is spectacular.....my fav pen by a mile.....does exactly what it says on the tin and has done for 50 years which says all you need to know 👍👍👌
my 10 pack of bics for a few bucks can also in fact write words
Yes. End of discussion ;) I've used one off and on since 1979 and I'd just graduated from high school. I took notes with it all the way through grad school and used it for years at work. I did have a little trouble with it. When I first got it the pen was always dry, it just couldn't be adjusted to feed ink properly. It was finally sent back to Lamy and they fixed it and sent it back at no charge. It's worked perfectly ever since.
I don't do much writing anymore and keeping a fountain pen inked and ready is more work than it's worth. So for years now it's mainly sat in its box in my desk.
Yeah I’m sold, I used to think they looked boring… but the details are amazing. Gotta get one this year.
@@davidparrishproductions5082 I thought the same, but now I think it’s more understated than boring
I just got one today in a EF nib. Very excited. Thanks for the video.🎉
@@cashingoutcasinos congrats, hope you like it!
idk anything about pens but i had a parker fountain in school in the 1990's i think for $70 and you kind of grow attached to it, its still in my pencil case in the attic lol. it was a rich deep navy blue gloss finish, with matte grip, steel pointed arrow clip, and i had loads of mini cartridges that popped into it from my real leather brown rugged pencil case that smelt of pencil shavings and bluetack. i wrote insane amount of stuff with it over 6 years and some bullys tried to take it from me but i managed to get it back. oh the joys of having a stationary department in ones rucksack ready to tackle the hustle and bustle of educational system
@@SharpElbows123 what a great story! I’m glad you were able to hold onto it all these years ❤️
This pen is fantastic. 10/10
I LOVE my Lamy CP1 and one day hope to get the 2000 to have alongside it.
@@amanda907 that’s a great pen too, they are quite different in the hand but the styling is similar.
My first was a CP1 and love it and just ordered the 2000! Very excited to have the gold nib and the larger pen & shape!
@@dailycharmaddict I hope you love it! The nib and grip do take a minute to get used to.
Great presentation. Very informative. Thank you.
@@tomsheehan4091 thank you!
I briefly tried the Lamy 2000 in fine, but ultimately decided not to keep it, because I felt like for the purposes I envisioned, it was competing a bit too much with my Pilot Capless, Elite 95S and Custom Heritage 92 FM. If I decide to reorganize my fleet of pens, I would absolutely consider getting a 2000 again, but in medium. The 2000's ergonomics are just about perfect to me. It's a piston filler, but it's as seamless as a cartridge filler. It's perfectly balanced and comfortable unposted, but still remains perfectly balanced when posted. I do think the impetus in making the feed area steel was to front weight the pen when unposted, so when it's posted, the weight of the cap would shift the balance toward the middle. It's easy to get a comfortable grip with, due to no step-ups on the body, and the macrolon barrel remains clean and scratch resistant. Plus, once you know how to do it, it's very easy to disassemble the front section to get a simple cleaning with. Overall, the 2000 is a fantastic pen, and one whose ergonomics and overall packaging were absolutely nailed. I'm glad Lamy still makes it. There really aren't any other gold nib piston filler European fountain pens that you can buy at a comparable price to the Lamy 2000.
I agree! And the Pilot elites are incredible as well!
I love mine, also a fine. It never fails me, ever.
I think the Lamy 2k steel is perhaps the best evolution of this pen that almost addresses all the weaknesses you've mentioned, but unfortunately creates more: heavier weight, no ink window... My dream Lamy 2k version would be one made out of aluminum or titanium with an ink window, but unfortunately I don't think Lamy-Mitsubishi is interested 😅.
Thanks for the video review.
Thank you! I think a Lamy 2000 MK2 would be a great idea
Yooo, that lamy-mitsubishi thing took me off guard. Hope they make more cheap kokuyo paper for these
@@houghwhite411 I’m hoping we see a little more adventurous products from Lamy as a result (like a 2000 MK2 or more fun Logo colors) but time will tell.
I have 2 black Lamy 2000 pens. One has an F nib and the other has an OM nib. Both write very nicely, OM very buttery and with variable thickness of the curved lines, while the F nib gives a firmer response to contact with the paper and leaves a thinner patina of ink. Because they are of the same color, I don't know which one I take out of the case first, but I write with great pleasure, then I take out the other one and continue my work. I like the writing differences between the two pens so much that I take a white sheet of paper and write all kinds of nonsense just for the pleasure of seeing the two differences. If you ask me, I can't choose between the two... I also have a Lamy rollbar that competes with them, but this is usually for everyday use where I can afford to be more careless with things.
@@user-cm3fl2ep4u glad you like them! I have tried several different Lamy 2000 Nibs ranging from EF to B, including the OM. Each do have a unique character, though finding the ideal writing angle can take some time.
Will eventually have one, hopefully with a Fine nib. I am a flea market person so I am open to surprises.
Thanks for your recommendation of Parker 45!
Have two 45 flighters with gold nibs now: a Medium so wet I couldn't keep on rotation (could live with the feathering, with the bleedthrough... not so much) and a Fine that had to repair a bent nib (rather unsuccessfully I am afraid). Wonderful pens, really easy to maintain but unsuitable to the very low quality paper I use (school notebooks) due to their wettness. Found the pieces in a flea market for quite an affordable price and Frankenpen-ned my way through 😅
Anyway I love them and will keep them
@@FGBFGB-vt7tc I haven’t tried flea market hunting, what parts of the country do you recommend? Also I love the Parker 45, easily one of my favorite vintage models to collect. And historically speaking I think it is pretty relevant to the Lamy 2000 story. I wish Parker still made them.
@@ForTheLoveOfPens Dear Sir, I am afraid I am a Venezuelan from Caracas. My flea market experience most probably does not translate to yours in anything except in the human aspect... which is almost everything 😉
Personally my local flea market specializes on Antiques. About a month ago a person whose stand I often visit brought out a suitcase filled with excellent if damaged writing instruments (some only cosmetically!) and some pen parts. My pieces are intended to be enjoyed by me so the cosmetical aspect does not bother me.
If you don't mind less than perfect looking writing instruments and/or having to sweat a little for lots of satisfaction then you will have a blast.
It always pays off to have a relationship with vendors and bargaining is not a sin. The vendor gave me outrageous discounts over the already bargain prices as I naturally assembled all the pieces I could, even if I would not buy them. That was my reward for being useful to them.
Next time I will ask him if he can find me a piece I am looking for.
Please note: people that arrived earlier than me got even better pieces.
Your Milleage May Vary a lot, also it can be lots of fun!!!
EDIT: Grammar. English still baffles me.
@@FGBFGB-vt7tc very cool! I bought my very first fountain pen at an antique store, so I can appreciate the hunt you describe ❤️
@@ForTheLoveOfPens I am grateful to that particular vendor as he did let me get, among other things, a couple Aurora Hastils in Vermeil (with peeled gold plating but otherwise perfect) for 15 USD
This pen writes so well and smooth that I’m thinking of getting another one in the stainless steel trim. The only true downside I think this pen has is that it looks so plain to the point where someone could easily take it off your desk thinking it’s a 10¢ pen and not return it.
@@shukeihakuteiken8207 to me the stainless steel looks and feels more premium, but it does have its trade offs. In the end I prefer the makrolon.
At some point they're gonna take the cap off. If I wasn't a fountain pen person and I see a nib, I would definitely realize it's not an ordinary writing instrument and return it.
Great video. Great pen but the top often becomes loose. I have many of these Lamy 2000s
@@richardsimms251 thank you! Do you mean the cap gets loose?
Such an excellently detailed review. I've an EF, ground to Pendleton Brown's 'butter-smooth' italic for a dozen years. Regardless of that tweak, this pen is sui generis.
@@kayak63red34 thank you!
I never hold one of those, but I would like to give it a try.
I felt like I was supposed to love it…so I bought one from Amazon. I tried but I just couldn’t get excited about it. I returned it without even inking it.
@@jamessims9475 Thats my fear of a Pilot 823, so far thats my grail pen.
I've seen but never used one - I've had about a dozen Lamys over the years (my favourite is the Pico, people love that thing). That said - the posted cap gripping the piston mechanism leading to expelling of ink is an unforgivable design flaw, I'm very grateful for this video as that would have been a *serious* deal breaker for me that I may not have found until it was too late.
To my mind that's as flawed a design as the internal clasp mechanism on my Edson (the clasp inside the cap chews into the grip's gold segments and damages it, I've seen new/display stock that have serious marks on the grip section).
@@davocc2405 thank you! I’m surprised few people mention that it posts on the knob. But in fairness you have to rotate the cap 2 or 3 times before ink starts to come out, so in practice it’s not much of an issue.
@@ForTheLoveOfPens I just have nightmares of blue fingers that my Pirat pen can't help deal with... This effect genuinely surprised me given the sheer depth of effort put into its industrial design. I am a bit of a fanboi of good industrial design, in 1000 years we will be forgotten but these are what archaeologists will be remembering us with. The 2000 may be mistaken for a medical device perhaps?
@@davocc2405 I consider that a major flaw on the TWSBI 580 and Asvine P20 because it’s so obvious and just a half turn will move the piston rod….i don’t know about mistaking this for a medical device but I would be surprised if archaeologists are able to recover anything from the internet in 1000+ years
@@ForTheLoveOfPens sorry I ment the pen itself... It'd be interesting if today's internet would survive to that epoch, they will definitely think we were a slave race that was bred to serve our overlords and masters - cats.
What do you do to lubricate the piston section. After some use, it becomes stiff.
@@TrehanMD I apply silicone grease. Im in the process of making a separate video series showing how to clean and maintain pens
@@ForTheLoveOfPens thanks. I used a regular silicon gel from hardware store and I'm worried. So far it's okay. But I know shouldn't have used it since that tube itself clogs at the top from the silicon gel.. I'm thinking it's gonna do the same to the pen. 😭😭
@@TrehanMD I haven’t used a gel before….I would look for something advertised as a grease. Some people also use silicone oil, but I haven’t tried it
Are you a Faber Castell fan?
They make awesome stainless steel nibs
@@user-gl5ld9vm7i I haven’t tried one of theirs yet, is there a model and nib size you recommend?
The best writing experience I have ever had was with the nib on a Loom.
@@CozyEccentric thanks for the recommendation! I was considering the neo slim and the emotion models. I’ll look more into the loom too
I have had 2 Lamy 2000’s and both eventually developed caps ( tops ) that became loose and would spill ink on my clothes.
@@richardsimms251 I’m sorry to hear that, did they still have the round spring that sits between the grip and the barrel? This secures the cap in place. If they did, maybe that spring wore out? I’ve had this model in my collection for about 5 years and never had that issue.
It’s the utilitarian look of this pen that hasn’t made me purchase this pen. The only Lamy I’d like to get someday is Dailog CC when it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg anymore!
When do we get to see the review of Taylor Swift fountain pen ? 😉
@@sathishrao7926 lol, I missed the Taylor Swift pen unfortunately. I’ve debated trying the Dialog CC, but was not very impressed by the Dialog 3. May consider it someday for the right price.
I bought it and adjusted it to my preferences. I've been using it for probably five months. However, it is too heavy for my hand. It's a shame to sell this treasure. I left it for my descendants.
I agree that durability, ease and comfort of use can be held up as an example to students of industrial design.
@@kjp76 I’m sorry you found it too heavy, I actual find it’s weight about middle of the road as far as fountain pens go. Glad you can appreciate the design and engineering that went into it nonetheless.
I thoroughly enjoy the 2000 ballpoint. I am still on the fence about the fountain pen. It is perhaps I would need to be patient to use it with a quality paper and accept an EF nib is more like an Architect.
The EF or F is a good transition from ballpoint, but you need to be careful not to rotate the pen as your write
@@ForTheLoveOfPensI just got a Jinhao 80. I will see if the design will be comfortable to me before dining in for the 2000. If I like it, maybe the next step will be to add a Lamy nib. I have been staring at the Calligraphy nib. It may have a similar grind to the EF nib on the 2000.
@@paulmchugh1430 it is a similar form factor but the writing experience (even with a standard Lamy nib) weight, balance and grip are quite different
Lamy 2000 vs Pilot 823?
@@ghatzidakis maybe in the future! Though I think Lamy 2000 vs E95S would be a more interesting match
Not if you ask me. I prefer the Lamy Ideos and Aion.
Or the Platinum 3776.
@@liselottefrejdig1112 I haven’t tried the Aion, but am curious. What do you like about that over this?
@@ForTheLoveOfPens It's all made of metal/aluminium; it's well balanced, posted or not. It have a spring loaded clip, you can swap nibs, like the (Lamy) Safari (but it's different nibs), it can be used with converter or cartridge. I like the design. Two bad things: it don't have an ink window or can be used as an eyedropper pen. Otherwise, it's great!! I have a blue and a red pen; and a olivesilver ballpoint pen. Yes, I'm a pen (among others) collector.
@@liselottefrejdig1112 think you convinced me to put it on my short list 😂
It’s a great pen for sure but I didn’t like the hooded nib after all so I gifted it to a friend.
@@donhall-aquitania1025 it isn’t for everyone, something that was much more common in the 1960s then today.
Very much one of those pens you have to have if you consider yourself a pen addict.
@@breadyegg it is a staple!
I know a lot of people really like this pen. It is not a design I personally enjoy and Lamy is not my GOAT nib.
Easy for me to pass.
We aren't all the same, which is good, or there would be fewer fountain pens out in the wild.
@@CozyEccentric 100% agree!
IMO aesthetically is perfect but ergonomically is not. So the L200 is a mixed bag for me.
@@adrianmuino3412 I could see that, the tapering grip section is a bit wide and the overall length is on the short side