Fountain pen thoughts: Lamy 2000
The Lamy 2000 looks and feels like a futuristic pen, which is quite a feat considering it is a design released about 58 years ago.
I loved the material and how warm it felt in hand, the satisfying click when capping and uncapping the pen, and the smooth action of the piston when filling and cleaning the pen.
My experience was mixed, though. I purchased a medium nib, and it tended toward broad in everyday use. The nib was acceptable when writing in print, but I found it a liability for legibility when I wanted to write in cursive. While changing nibs doesn’t seem to be officially supported by Lamy, it is possible. My understanding is that Lamy’s nibs for the Lamy 2000 have the same tolerances as the Lamy Safari and AL-Star; which is to say that a fine nib can fall within the ranges of an extra-fine or a medium nib.
Cleaning can be an annoyance. While you can take the pen apart, it is incredibly easy to over tighten the pen and crack the section, something that I personally experienced. Repairing the pen wasn’t difficult, thankfully, but I put it off for some time because I was fairly disappointed that it cracked. Within two years of repairing it, I sold the pen.
I expect that I’ll own this pen again in the future, but I plan on buying it and having the nib tuned to ensure that it falls within an extra-fine (preferably a Japanese extra-fine, if possible).