2015-01-29

Lamy al-star collection

al-star is an upgrade to the safari, with aluminum body and semi-transparent triangular section.
it started production from 1997, and in recent year, some special edition are made for each year.

special edition color should be only in production for that particular year.
however, some colors become regular model after a few years.

here are some of the models, (from the right of the photo)


modelnameremarkspecial editionyear introduced
(regular)
discontinued
25al-star-19972015
26graphitblack nib,
changed to chrome nib since 2008
?
27silverblue?2010
24silvergreenblack clip and black nib?2008
24silvergreenchrome clip and chrome nib20082010
28ocean blue20072009
23raspberry2008--
29black purple20092011
22coffee2010--
21ruby2011--
20pearlaka champagne2013--
71black20132015
32bluegreen201420162020
42copper orange2015-
52charged green2016-
84pacific2017-
99vibrant pink2018-
27bronze2019-
23turnaline2020
gold black2020-


[ upto 2016 ] the horizontal one is a special editon for 50years of Design in 2016,
and the rightmost one is a special editon with signature of Bastian Schweinsteiger









there were some changes on the barrel logo in around 2010,
check the barrel "LAMY" logo where the letter "A" and "M" joins and also the middle triangle of the letter "A",
here is a comparison of the black purple al-star (2009) and coffee al-star (2010)



two silvergreen ?
the silvergreen was switched to a chrome chip in 2008, and it was discontinued in 2010.