Lamy safari special editions

Lamy Safari was designed by Wolfgang Fabian and Prof. Bernt Spiegel (design patent USD 264854, USD 265212).
it started production since 1980.

Lamy Safari special editions are produced for a certain period only,
however, they may or may not reproduce again.

Year	Name	Body	Clip	Nib	Cap Top	Remark
2004	Flame	Orange	Red	?	Red dot
2006	Blue & Red	Royal Blue	Red	Black	Red dot
2007	Black	Black	Chrome	Chrome	Black cross	as regular model 2008
	White	White	Chrome	Chrome	White cross	White o-ring, as regular model in 2010
2008	Lime	Light Green	Chrome	Chrome	Black cross	Light Green cross pen top for 2011
2009	Orange	Orange	Chrome	Chrome	Orange dot	Orange cross pen top for 2011
	Pink	Pink	Chrome	Chrome	Pink dot	Pink cross pen top for 2011 black cross pen top for 2013, as regular model in 2014
2011	Aquamarine	Aquamarine	Chrome	Chrome	Aquamarine cross
2012	Green	Bright Green	Chrome	Chrome	Bright Green Cross	aka apple green black cross cap top for 2014, as regular model in 2016
2013	Neon	Neon Yellow	Chrome	Chrome	Black Cross
2014	Neon Coral	Neon Coral	Chrome	Chrome	Black Cross	with special ink cartridge
2015	Neon Lime	Neon Lime	Chrome	Chrome	Black Cross	with special ink cartridge
2016	Dark Lilac	Dark Lilac	Black	Black	Black Cross	matt finish, with special ink cartridge
2017	Petrol		Black	Black	Black Cross	matt finish, with special ink cartridge

In 2011, the pink safari appears with a pink cross pen cap top. the lime also has a green cross. and so as the orange one...

In 2013, the pink safari re-issued with black cross cap top. and it appears as regular model in 2014.

the "Green" safari is available with a black cross cap top in 2014.

here they are,

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some of the regular production versions,
vista (transparent), hot (red), sky (blue), safari (yellow), s2 (charcoal), griso (grey), alpin (white).
the griso (grey) had matt finish and alpin (white with black clip) were available as matt and glossy finish. alpin and griso were discontinued. Lamy stopped using the term hot, sky and s2 in 2008, and replaced them with shiny red, shiny blue and matt charcol.

In 2010, the yellow, red and blue safari are replaced with the chrome clips and chrome nibs. and the yellow safari is "fresher" in color.




here are the alpin in two finishes.

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here are the discontinued savannagrün (savanna green) and terrarot(terracotta). the "terrarot" name was suggested by christof,

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other known variants,

• Safari Demonstrators
  
• Sweden NK Store (ca 2008?), "a standard blue with a bright yellow clip"
  
• matt black, yellow and red with red clip (2009) for Japan
  
• gloss black with red clip and red dot cap top (?) (2010) for Taiwan,
  
• white safari with red clip and red dot cap top (2010) for Japan, "30 Year LAMY Safari", numbered and limited to 1000 pieces with pen case.
  
• white safari with red clip and red dot cap top (2010) for Japan, non limited version, re-edition in 2013
  
• white safari with red clip and red dot cap top (2010) for Taiwan 100
  
• 日独交流150周年記念, Japan-Germany Friendship 150 Anniversary (2011), black safari with yellow clip
  
• special editions (2012) for Eslite bookstore, Taiwan, matted black, red and yellow with red clip and red cap top
  
• special edition (2012) for China, red safari with yellow clip and yellow cross cap top
  
• Line X Lamy Brown Safari (2015)
  

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more readings: haywoody's "Lamy Safari" on FPN
macthemaths' "Lamy Safari Colors" on FPN

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