Lamy Safari

The Lamy Safari is another wonderful pen for EDC and a direct competitor to the Pilot Metropolitan. Although they are very different at some points and very similar in others. Compared to the Metropolitan, the Safari has little to no metal components what so ever except for the pocket clip. As a whole, it's main construction is that of hard plastic which makes it much lighter than the Metropolitan at 1 ounce versus the hefty 3.2 ounces that the Metropolitan weighs. However, the feel in hand, might be enough to put people off as the plastic has a much different feel. The pocket clip is also nice and provides a solid clamp on whatever it is attached too, especially that of bag sleeves and pockets.

The Lamy Safari also glides across the paper quite nicely and is also consistent. It performs especially well on notebook paper but suffers the same problems as the metropolitan in that it can get a bit scratchy on less absorbent notepad paper. The ink used in conjunction with this pen was the Noodler's Black Bullet Proof which has shown to be a fairly quick drying ink and when used with this pen takes about 4 seconds to dry before being completely incapable of smudging. Another bonus is the that the ink is waterproof. Despite being a medium nib, the writing size is not especially large and is comparable to the .7mm of the Energel Pentel disposable pen.

Because of it's relatively cheap price, light weight, and light design, it makes it a wonderful pen in an every day carry environment.