We had our first snow yesterday, which, boo. But walking through the room, even with the lights out my eye was drawn to my pen cup. That Lamy Lx in Rose Gold certainly stands out.
It’s the cap medallion. Bling city.
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A Review of the Lamy Lx in Rose Gold
Lamy Lx Rose Gold with medium nib. Clearly under the influence of too much Thanksgiving pie, as well as the word “sale.” I succumbed to Black Friday frenzy and ended up with a Lamy Lx in Rose Gold with a medium nib. And now it’s here.
I think the Lx is a very nice-looking pen in rose gold. The Lx nib writes noticeably more smoothly than the normal Safari nib. But I don’t like the Lx so-called case. And I think the Lx price is easier to justify if you’re buying it as a gift, or you are a new user, or you have a serious yen for one of the colors.
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Lamy Lx: You’ve Got My Attention
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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