Lamy Safari Pens are not so heavy

If you like a fairly heavy pen, this isn’t it.

The Lamy safari pens are very light, with very little resistance to moving it quickly.

For some reason, though, it doesn’t seem to be prone to the sort of shaky lines

I sometimes end up with when using very light pens.
The balance point is almost exactly in the centre. Pop the cap on the top for writing or drawing, though, and this pen becomes a bit heavier, and very top-heavy. I find it quite uncomfortable to use this way, so I never post the cap.

Oh, and that all-important question for many of you – any good on Moleskine paper? Well, that will depend on the ink, but the Lamy black ink that comes in their cartridges works really quite well. It’s a bit slow drying, so I tend to smudge it quite badly, but doesn’t feather too much, and doesn’t show through to the next page much at all.