Lamy Alstar Graphit Fountain Pen

When I asked my pupils if they could lend me a writing tool because I had forgotten my pencil case (again!), they nearly always handed me a LAMY fountain pen. This is not surprising, firstly, because we encourage them to use fountain pens instead of biros or felt-pens for better handwriting and general tidiness and, secondly, because LAMY is the market leader in Germany. But not only here, LAMY exports writing utensils to 39 countries. What does LAMY mean? Nothing, it's the (rare) surname of the founder, a good one, suitable as the brand name of an international firm. The LAMY brand was founded in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1952, in 1966 the famous LAMY design ...  Read the complete review

I got this pen a couple of years ago, and I've used quite a lot of pens for all of my college work, and I must say that this pen has been my all time favourite. I have used many parker pens, and I have to say, that compared to this pen, they don't write smoothly at all! This fountain pen writes extremely smoothly on all surfaces, and makes your writing look professional and neat all the time, which for me is a very good bonus! It's very comfortable to hold, as it's got a good size hand grip, and a good width to the pen itself. The grip depends on what type of Lamy pen you buy, mine (Alstar) has a plastic grip that's smooth to hold onto, however some ...  Read the complete review