This photo showed up today on the internet. I believe the original source is probably the Instagram and blog of a store in Belgium called Penworld. I don’t know if this photo will stay up much longer, but for now, here it is.
Oooh, ahhh. Or yuck, as the case may be. People definitely have varying opinions, and I’ve been enjoying hearing them. And I am sort of going back and forth, myself.
On that blog link, Penworld reports that the Lx line will be out in September. The Lx is like a nicer Al-Star, that keeps the anodized finish, the shape and the section, but upscales the pen. The Lx has an aluminum case, and its clip will be plated with palladium or ruthenium. The steel nib also has a fancier finish.
Another store, Appelboom, said on Instagram that the Lx price might be about 50 euros in Europe.
So far, everyone I know who doesn’t like the Al-Star and Safari still doesn’t like the Lx. Essentially, it seems like just a more expensive version of the pen they already dislike. So it’s not converting anyone, at least not yet.
On the other hand, I love the Safari, and at first I thought I’d end up with two of the Lx pens, the gold and the pink. Those are the the pretty colors, maybe the feminine colors. And they are the two colors that don’t look exactly like Al-Stars I already have.
But now that I look more at the pink, it’s raising some questions. I do hope it’s not the same color as the old Raspberry Al-Star. And the gold one — it does look different than the Copper Orange Al-Star from 2015; I really hope it is.
Well, we’ll have to see when they come out.
I do like the idea of the Lx. I love the Safari, but the Al-Star has never excited me. If the Lx is more attractive, and more sophisticated, I think that would be great. I’d be more likely to pick up that kind of Lx at a store, and I’d be more likely to buy it as a gift for an adult.
I will point out one excellent negative comment, from the “not-a-fan” side. My friend Dan was saying the Lx colors look like iPhone colors. Which is pretty funny. Because, now that he mentions it ….
But what if the Lx colors are older Lamy Al-Star colors? Then maybe Apple was inspired by Lamy, right? All our minds would be blown.
Anyway, no matter what the Lx turns out to be, we all know one thing it’s not. Green. So, yay.
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I understand it will just be supplied with a standard blue cartridge (rather than matched ink colours as with the recent AL special editions) so the hunt is on to find a Rose Gold and Gold ink. A little project for you over the summer, please??
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That sounds awesome! I have some gold inks I like, but rose gold ink, hmmmm. We need to crowd source this.
I think J. Herbin Rouille d’Ancre might have to be a contender, but I tried that recently and it did not captivate me, to say the least. Not for writing anyway. Diamine Carnation is very pretty, but not a rose gold.
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The “pink” as you call it, appears to be rose gold. (Rolex calls it pink gold if I recall correctly) That being said, as much as I like it, I am not sure I want to spend $70 on what is essentially an Al Star with a different name and finish. But they are nice.
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Yes, thank the heavens there’s no green in sight!
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