Lamy 2000 black - elegant Fountain Pen in robust fibreglass barrel - 14 ct. gold nib, partially platinum-plated - nib size M

I’m a law student who prefers to take notes by hand and writes in cursive. I’ve used a Parker Jotter medium nib fountain pen for three years before this and while it was good for undergrad note taking, it was severely lacking in grad school due to its limited ink capacity and scratchy nib. I was going to buy the TWSBI ECO which was half the price of the LAMY 2000 but decided the LAMY was worth the investment. The price might be steep but it’s well worth it. It glides on the paper and propels your writing momentum. If I wrote in shorthand I bet I could write like a stenographer, that’s how smooth and fast this is. The nib is great. I stuck with the medium and it’s exactly what I wanted. I don’t like fine nibs and I’m sure LAMY makes a good ones but I like the balance of smoothness and thickness that comes with the medium. It won’t bleed too much on regular paper, it’s not overly thick, and it doesn’t eat through ink either. If you’re in doubt between a fine and a medium, I say go for medium. That said, if I can get another one Id get a broad or even a double broad for personal writing. But if this is your first, get a medium. The ink capacity is perfect. There are definitely pens with larger capacities but even after a week of intense note taking I refill maybe once a week. With my Jotter I refilled every other day. The weight is perfect. It’s not heavy but also not super light to where you can’t feel anything in your hand. The length when posted is perfect but even unposted works fine in a bind. The only issue is the cap is ever so slightly loose when posted to the end, so avoid aggressively waving the pen or doing anything crazy with it (which you should avoid anyway). People complain about the two little notches that snap the cap on near the grip of the pen. I’ve never had an issue with them and don’t notice them unless I am actively trying to find them. If you’re someone who’s concerned about that, don’t be, it truly isn’t a bother. Grip is great. I thought that because of the smooth material it would be slippery. It isn’t slippery at all despite how smooth it appears. All around amazing pen and well worth the price.

I began using fountain pens after my rheumatologist, chiropractor, orthopedist, and massage therapist all recommended them to ease the burden of extensive writing with arthritic hands with RSIs and carpal tunnel pain. I've been looking for the ultimate "painful hands" pen ever since, and finally found it in the Lamy 2000. There isn't much anyone can add at this point about the design of this pen. It has a permanent spot in the Museum of Modern Art and has accrued a whole collection of awards for its design and engineering. The tolerances of the Makrolon body are so tight the separation between the filler knob and pen body cannot even be felt running a fingernail down the pen feeling for the join. It is meticulously engineered and perfectly produced. This is my second Lamy 2000; I'd had my eye on the limited-edition Black Amber one at Goulet for ages, and when it dropped to nearly half-price I treated myself to one. I tend to write very small, and sometimes in Japanese, which requires an even finer line to remain legible, so I prefer Japanese EF or F nibs and rarely stray from EF nibs when I buy from non-Japanese manufacturers. The EF nib on my Black Amber is astonishingly smooth for its size and nearly comparable to a Japanese EF, unlike every other Lamy pen I have purchased. EF nibs tend to be scratchy simply because they're so very pointy, but the nibs on the Lamy 2000s are quite different from other Lamy nibs and the exceptional nib on the Black Amber put me in the uncomfortable position of wanting to carry a very expensive pen as my EDC. Not wanting to risk loss, damage, or theft of the most expensive pen I'd ever treated myself to, I decided to get a Makrolon 2000 for EDC, and uncharacteristically chose a M nib so I could use it to play with some of my showier shading/sheening inks for EDC. I thought if the EF was that remarkably smooth, the M would be even smoother. And yet still... I. Am. Stunned. The M nib on this Makrolon Lamy 2000 is beyond buttery-smooth, beyond glassy-smooth. I have several glass dip pens, and none of them FLOAT the way this pen does. I collect Parker 51s, famous for their smoothness and effortless writing experience. This pen here blows them away, as much as it grieves me to admit it. My beloved 51s have nothing on this. I honestly cannot tell when I am making contact with the paper, aside from seeing the line appear. There is no feedback whatsoever. The "Makrolon" fiberglass body is so much lighter in comparison to the stainless steel Black Amber that filling it with ink detectably changed the weight of the pen. I find the grip exceptionally comfortable; the taper means that my hand can always find the width it wants on the grip. The brushed texture of the Makrolon is repeated on the stainless grip and it gives effortless traction for the fingers; there is no need at all to squeeze the pen to maintain control. The grip warms quickly and gently in the hand. The net effect of all these qualities -- the feather-light weight, the warmth and friction of the grip, the always-perfect diameter, and the ice-skating glide of the perfectly-tuned, very wet nib -- is that the pen seems to disappear completely in the hand. I feel as though I am waving an empty hand above the paper and the ink magically appears behind it. The overall performance is some Platonic ideal of penhood, the form so in tune with the function that it vanishes completely, leaving only its finished work behind. For anyone who has been told they should switch to fountain pens for medical reasons -- carpal tunnel pain, RSI, arthritis -- this is exactly what the doctor (literally, in my case) prescribed. There is no need to squeeze, no need to apply pressure. Despite all three conditions I just listed, I can write pages at a time with this pen without tiring or feeling pain. This is the most effortless writing experience I have found in over a decade of collecting excellent fountain pens. It is not a pen for everyone. If you prefer a bit of feedback from your nib, you won't find it in the medium nib. If you prefer a bit of flex or line variation, this is not the pen for that. If you want the ease of cartridges, you should note that this pen uses bottled ink exclusively and will never accept a cartridge. If you want a glassy, near-gushing-wet nib that floats across the paper on a buffer of ink and lays down a bold, reliable line, in a pen that feels like nothing at all in the hand, skip my decade of searching and just start here.

The Lamy 2000 fountain pen is hands down the best pen I own, and it has quickly become my daily driver. It writes beautifully smooth and boasts an impressive ink capacity, meaning fewer interruptions for refills. The nib strikes the perfect balance—soft enough to provide a bit of line variation, yet firm enough to avoid the scratchiness common in more flexible nibs. Its classic design clearly explains why this pen remains popular decades after its introduction. While I typically avoid filling it with exotic inks (since it's my primary pen), its reliability and performance remain unmatched. Highly recommended for any fountain pen enthusiast.

First, I'd like to say I believe this is a genuine lamy 2000. That's coming from someone who refused to buy their lamy safari off here because they're fake. I have a pilot metropolitan M, lamy safari M, twsbi eco F, and now my lamy 2000. It blows the doors off all of those pens. The writing experience is definitely superior. I got the medium and it is definitely a little wider nib than a lamy safari M. More like a medium-broad. It also has a very good feed that can throw down ink. I cant move my hand fast enough on cheap absorbent paper to get it to go dry or skip. It definitely writes wet and bold lines but is still usable for 99% of daily tasks on most papers. I've written on receipts, various notepads, various qualities of copy paper, cardstock, and good paper (rhodia), and waterproof notepad (hillman from lowes). The only paper it feathered on and I had to write a little bit bigger was the cheapest lowest quality copy paper. But it's definitely a great choice if your like me, what I want in a fountain pen is reliability smooth writing and seeing the ink color. You get lots of ink with this pen, my inks finally show shading I'd never seen out of my other pens. As far as Smooth. It's literally the best. If I wasn't watching ink go on the paper I'd think the pen had a magnet on the tip making it float in air. It writes like a $200 pen. Perfect nib. No other issues. No hardstarts, skipping etc. I don't really have a "sweet spot" it just writes like a fountain pen. Now I will say one unexpected feature is this nib is essentially two nibs in one. If you flip the pen over you have an Extra Fine nib. Great for tiny writing when needed. It's really like carrying two pens. The filling mechanism works great. I've only used cartridges up until now so it's really convenient to just fill er up and not have to clean syringes and my hands etc. It's also the highest quality pen I've ever used for its body too. The cap is a highly engineered performance part. I'm so tired of pens coming off the cap then falling in my pocket to possibly have the nib damaged. This will not happen on the 2000. It snaps on with authority. But is still easy enough to take off to write. It posts really well. The clip works well. Some pens are hard to put in your pocket because the clip is ridiculous (tswbi eco). Very satisfied with the body of the pens quality. Overall I thought my wife done lost her mind buying me such an expensive pen. But now owning it I can see why these are so expensive and well reviewed. It's worth every penny. For what's its worth I've been using Noodlers air Corp blue black in it.

This pen has become by EDC at the office. It has a very understated and professional appearance. It also holds so much ink that I never worry about running out. I emptied the pen to clean it and could notice a weight difference for the lack of ink immediately, something I generally don't notice with fountain pens. The clip is functional and good looking as well. The pen is a good writer on various types of paper. Anywhere from high-end smooth paper to general purpose copy paper work well with it. It doesn't lay down enough ink to write very well on laid paper or low-grade yellow and white legal pads -- on these it feels scratchy, and the line is inconsistent. That said, the only things that work well on these types of paper are pencils and BIC sticks while using a ton of pressure. My only criticisms are the manufacturing residue on the pen straight out of the box and the general difficulty of cleaning the pen. There is a faint white haze on the pen body when it comes out of the box. Cleaning with a soft damp rag or by polishing the pen body with the palms of your hands quickly removes this and gives the pen body a darker appearance. There is also residue inside the pen in the ink reservoir and in the nib unit, so I recommend cleaning the pen with a pen flush or with mild detergent and water before you first ink it up. Nib creep is a significant problem with this pen as well. The best temporary solution I've found is to use a soft damp rag to wipe the nib from the base to the tip. Using a dry rag or wiping in the other direction will only make the problem worse. There is a metal plate on the inside of the cap which the nib appears to rest against or near to when the pen is capped. The snap of capping the pen and/or the possibility that the nib makes contact with this plate while the pen is capped results in ink on the inside of the cap. I've had some success using a cotton swap to clean up some of this ink on the inside of the cap, but the cap is nearly impossible to disassemble to clean any more thoroughly. I've seen some videos on the Internet that show how the cap is disassembled, but I have not been able to remove the screw on the cap top without cosmetically damaging the cap. This has been the case with both of the two Lamy 2000s I own. It may be that Lamy has started using Loctite or similar on the threads to prevent the cap from coming apart during normal use. Overall, the pen is very functional and very good-looking, but it's not my Grail pen.

After quite some time, I finally got around to using this pen. Since so much time passed, I decided to follow along with a YouTube video and clean the insides of the pen out before using it. Upon cleaning out the pen, it quickly became obvious that there was blue ink in the pen at one time. This was sold to me as a brand new pen, but in actuality, what I received was a used one. So, if you do decide to purchase this pen, I would highly suggest double-checking the inside barrel and other parts (when you wipe them down it will be obvious if there was ink in there as you can't hide this) by disassembling the pen and cleaning it out.

I have a number of different fountain pens and this is my favorite to use everyday for writing. The medium nib is so smooth and lays down a thick solid layer of ink. I used to use a Pilot gel pen (1.0) as my daily writing instrument, but after years and many dozens of them, I'm now using fountain pens exclusively for writing and sketching. While I love the weight and feel of metal Kaweco's for sketching, this pen is my favorite for writing. It is light, fast to open (no threads), super-easy to refill (piston-based), and did I mention this nib glides across paper? If you're on the fence and feel this pen is over-priced, take the plunge. It's worth the money.

I bought this pen relatively early in my fountain pen journey, so I had no idea how amazing this pen is for the price. Since purchasing, I've owned many other pens from different manufacturers, and I've been mostly met with disappointment. My Pelikan M805 had terrible baby's bottom and skipped, my Pilot Custom 74 was scratchy, my Twsbi Eco was dry, etc. The ONLY pens I have had work as well as this Lamy 2000 were my Montblanc 146s. What I'm trying to say is this: the Lamy 2000 is a fantastic workhorse pen. In my humble opinion, it's the most reliable and best pen in my collection, and I would grab this pen if the world were ending and I needed a reliable writing instrument. Out of the box, this pen wrote smooth as glass. No skipping, hard starts, etc. I can't get this pen to write poorly unless I use it upside down. Ink flow is very consistent, and the pen is built like a tank. Plus, it's extremely inconspicuous and easy to use in meetings without drawing unwanted attention (there's a time and place for fountain pen bragging, but other times it's best to look like you're using a normal pen). I have dropped this pen many times, and set it in less-than-smooth environments without a single scratch. If you even LOOK at my Montblanc in the wrong way, it gets a scratch. Not the Lamy 2000. Because of how solid it is, I'm not afraid to use it and carry it around. If you're tired of poor fountain pen experiences due to garbage nibs, then do yourself a favor and buy this pen. The Fine version is also wonderful if you want smaller writing, but the ink flow on the Medium is superb. The Lamy 2000 reminds me that you don't need to take out a second mortgage on your house in order to get a good fountain pen out of the box. This is one of the best fountain pens of all time, in my opinion, and should be in the collection and rotation of every single FP user. It's that good.