Lamy - No Design Writes Better

Willkommen... Welcome...

What We're Doing Here...

Since there seems to be fairly detailed information available on most of Lamy's current models. At least initially, we will generally be focusing on past, previous and discontinued models first until such time that we feel we have exhausted the information that is available. There maybe a few exceptions to this. A case in point would be the Lamy 2000, since this model's momentous influences span Lamy's history from 1966 until the present time, more than 40 plus years. There are a few others, so please forgive us if an occasional current product comes up, and we address it (at least partially).

We Could Really Use Your Help...

Of Special Note: We are currently looking for single copys of (or scans), to temporarily borrow or purchase of Hans Heger's books, written in German by Hans Hegers for C. Josef Lamy GmbH and published by them. To the best of our knowledge there are four. They are Since Man Picked Up The Pen (The title in German would be something like “Da der Mensch nahm die Feder”), Lamy - Forms of Success (Formen des Erfolgs), Pens for Connoisseurs (Füllhalter für Kenner), and The Pleasure of Writing (Die Lust am Schreiben). If you currently have a copy or copies, please let us know. Ideally, we would prefer scans or borrowing them (we will pay for round-trip postage, receipts and insurance), we have only limited resources and may not be able to purchase them, at least not right away... we will also need to have the information in them translated into English so there are additional costs that we must consider. We do not believe that there are English versions produced or available for any of these. Either way, please let us know if you have one or more of them and you are willing to share or part with them. Thank You, In Advance.

One final important note that should be mentioned here, up front. It is one of those short comments concerning the use and dissemination of the information provided here on our site. This site has only been up on the net for a few weeks and already we're finding copied text from it around the web. There was and is a lot of time, energy and resources that have gone into compiling all of the information here. If you decide to mention or use this information anywhere else on the web, please be so kind as to provide a link of some sort of acknowledgement of where the information came from. If it is your intention to use any of our research commercially (and that includes on eBay), no matter how small the bit is, please contact us and ask permission... it's the right thing to do. Thank you in advance.

The following is a brief idea/outline of what you should be able to find here as time progresses, provided we can locate and/or discover the information we need to do it.

An Outline of Content:
A.) A TimeLine: Lamy's History/Background
	1.) 1930 - 1952: The Orthos / Artus Period
	2.) 1952 - 1966: Early Lamy, A Legacy
	3.) 1966 - the Present: Innovation and Design

B.) Products:
	1.) Orthos and Artus: (1930 - 1966)
		a.) Orthos - Incredible "Duofold-Like" Pens (1930 - 1952)
		b.) Ballit - 40e; 42e; 43
		c.) Rekord - 45
		d.) Perfect - 50f; 51S
		e.) Platorid -
		f.) Favorit -
		g.) Schulüller - (School Filler) Student's/School Fountain Pen
		h.) Prinz -
	2.) Out-Of-Production Lamy Products:
		a.) The Lamy “Special” 16 or 17 or Model 16 or 17 - Int’l C/C fillers
		b.) Model 25P - C/C filler
		c.) Model 26P - C/C filler
		d.) Model 27, 27n & Model 27m - plus later secondary numbering system 
			(the model 27 also includes a demonstator version) - Piston Filler
		e.) Model 40 - Persona
		f.) Model 42 - Persona
		g.) Model 46, 46n, 46P - Ratio
		h.) Model 47P - Ratio - Int’l C/C filler
		i.) Model 49f - Ratio - Int’l C/C filler
		j.) Model 50 - C/C filler
		k.) Model 55 - 
		l.) Model 56(CP?)
		m.) Model 57 - Ratio - Piston Filler
		n.) Model 66P - C/C filler (the model 66P also includes a demonstator version)
		o.) Model 67, 67P - Piston or C/C filler
		p.) Model 68 - Piston
		q.) Model 69 - Piston
		r.) Model 80 - Profil - 1974-1985 14kt nib
		s.) Model 81 - Profil - 1973-1985
		t.) Model 82 - Optima
		u.) Model 86 - Profil - 1974-1987 (braun and schwartz)
		v.) Model 87 - Profil?
		w.) Model 88 - Profil  
		x.) Model 99e & 99ce - Early model around 1962 and a later version 
			in the 70’s. The 99 was a dressed down version of the 27, 
			and came out about the same time as the Lamy 2000 at 
			a cheaper price point.
		y) Lamy 2000 - Piston Filler - 1966 until Present
	3.) Recent, and Current Models:

2000©	alu©	exact©	unic©
hot©	twin pen©	Safari©	Al Star©
Lady©	Spirit©	Accent©	Vista©
White Pen©	Black Pen©	ABC©	tri pen©
linea©	logo©	Persona©	Swift©
Scribble©	st©	Pickup©	cp1©
Pickup Pro/Manager©	Dialog 1©, 2, 3	Joy©	Joy Al©
vivo©	tipo©	pico©	Agenda©
Studio©	Smile©	Balloon©	4pen©
pur©	nexx©	noto©

	4.)  Special, and Limited Editions:

C.) Today's and Tomorrow's C. Josef Lamy, GmbH
	1.)  Contacting/Dealing with Lamy Representatives These Days:

D.) About Us / This Effort and Our Honored Contributors, and Credits.

G.) Web Policies and Practices: Disclaimers/Accuracy, Privacy, and ©Copyright Issues