Lamy 2000 black - elegant rollerball pen in robust fibreglass barrel - perfectly balanced & in line width M M 63 rollerball refill in black

Excellent pen, a pleasure to write with! I’ve had the fountain pen version for years and never really liked it, but the rollerball is everything I wanted the fountain pen to be. You can get adapters to use other refills in the pen, but the Lamy ones are great on their own.

When I first unboxed my LAMY 2000 I was slightly underwhelmed. For a pen this expensive, it really is understated. I have (and adore) a Delta Vintage Rollerball and a Recife Press Slim that I was comparing it to. Both are pictured next to the Lamy. The Delta is pure Italian luxury. The Recife's sharp lines are classy. The 2000 is the very embodiment of German engineering. It is an old design but it still looks slightly futuristic. The mechanism by which it closes is unique and efficient. And the clip is precisely cut and spring-loaded. After months of use, I have come to love the simplicity of the LAMY. It feels really nice in my hand and I enjoy writing every time I pick it up. I'm actually *excited* now when my kids have long field trip forms I need to fill out. That's how good this pen is. Much has been said about the refill cartridges; a lot of it bad. For me, the cartridge it comes with as well as the refills are just about perfect. I recently tried the MonteVerde refills and I found them to be so smooth I can't write with them. The LAMY cartridges have about the right level of ink flow and scratchiness for me. I'm left handed if it matters, which means I might write slower than the average righty so that might have something to do with it. If you're a pen enthusiast, you should give the LAMY 2000 a try. It is a timeless classic for a reason.

There's a reason the Lamy 2000 is on permanent display at the Museum of Modern Art. It's a beautiful pen. The design is over 40 years old and will likely remain a timeless design for decades to come. From the moment you un-box the pen and hold it in your hand, you can tell that it is a fine writing instrument. It fills the hand perfectly, has great balance wit the cap posted, and is just the perfect weight. The real reason I bought this pen, despite wanting the fountain pen was convenience. If you want the Lamy 2000, but don't have a collection of bottled inks (as the FP does not take cartridge refills), the rollerball is the way to go. You get the same great bauhaus lines as the fountain pen, but with all the convenience of regular rollerball and gel refills. It takes the Lamy M63 refill by default, but can also take many similar-sized refills if you use a spacer. My preference for a good balance price and function is the Pilot G2 Blue 0.7. But you've got a lot of options. This is certainly one of my favorite rollerball pens--and is probably the best option in a +/- $25 price range.

BLUF: A nice to have pen if you want a matching rollerball for your Lamy 2000 fountain pen. To me, the Lamy 2000 fountain pen was the pinnacle of German fountain pen engineering. Unique in design from one tip to the other, it took a giant leap ahead of the competition that was (and still is) stuck in trying to produce retro writing instruments without all of the drawbacks of those ancient designs. That fountain pen became an instant hit back in 1966, and is still sold, largely unmolested by "updates and improvements" since then. A testament to near perfect design, it showcases how far the German manufacturing industry had leapt in the 20 years since the end of WWII. And then came the straphanger products...yes, this rollerball is nice, but the line on your paper is indistinguishable from that of the $1 rollerball from the supermarket. Visually nearly identical to its fountain pen cousin (there is a dimple in the cap's finial; the fountain pen's finial is smooth), this pen's uniqueness comes from unscrewing what would be the piston filler knob at the back of the fountain pen to change out the refill, which, besides being unremarkable, is also proprietary, hard to find, and not cheap. Limited to basic business-appropriate colors, there's not nearly enough color variety for today's rollerball users, and the ink is not archival or waterproof. But not all is lost...the Lamy refill is LONGER that those cheap Japanese refills, you know, the ones you've probably been writing with today already, and by putting something into that end cap of the pen (tissue paper will work in a pinch), that cheap slightly shorter refill (with all of the properties and colors you want) will fit and work almost perfectly; there may be some tip wobble, depending on the brand of refill you use. All you have to do is put something in the back cap of the pen (wadded tissue paper, a pencil eraser, a spring from another pen, etc.) to make up for shortness of Brand X's refills compared to the Lamy M16 refill. And voilà, you'll have a very classy looking pen, that writes with the ink of your choice.

This pen has simply become my favorite writing tool. I'm even starting to take it with me when I go out, just to enjoy signing/writing with it. The look is understated and far from being a fashion statement, but it does look extremely good in its own way. I own other, more classic high-quality fountain pens (most notably a Waterman and a S.T. Dupont) and this Lamy can be proudly displayed next to them. The construction is extremely nice: the body is very lightweight, with some welcome additional mass coming from the metallic tip, which helps balance the weight. The pen seems very sturdy, with an almost industrial feel to it. No bending or flexing whatsoever. I didn't experience the cap issue mentioned by an other review: my cap stays firmly on once put on the bottom of the pen. And despite having a smooth finish, the whole thing is easy to grip and stays in place once in your hand. The roller cartridge itself is nice enough. It rolls smoothly, without leaving blotch, which is really all I'm asking for. As for the ink, I'm happy to notice that it dries extremely fast once on paper. Switching to a new cartridge is also a real piece of cake: simply unscrew the bottom part of the pen, et voilà! All in all, although I was a bit worried to put 70$ in a "simple" rollerball pen, I couldn't be happier with my purchase.

This is a pricier pen, not expensive but definitely more than I tend to spend on writing products. Nonetheless, this is a beautiful instrument despite its utilitarian design. And I love the pen for both qualities. It writes very well and sits comfortably for longer note taking. Because of the price point, this is a pen you can easily use as a jotter. Very happy with the pen. I was extremely tempted to buy the 2000 Fountain Pen; I love the Rollerball so much, I may just double-dip.

It was sold as “like new” condition, but it wasn’t like new at all. The pen that the seller sent me was in BLUE ink! This pen was advertised as black and the brand new ones are always black ink. The quality of the blue ink is horrible. Very rough writing experience nothing like a Lamy.

I love this pen. It's my favorite pen out of all the ones I have ever had in my life. It feels great in the hand, it looks great, and it writes great. Classic, stylish, yet understated. Unfortunately, my previous one snapped and became unusable. Lamy quoted me more than it costs to order a new pen for a replacement, so not much use there. I just ordered another one because I love it so much. If you want a fantastic rollerball that will put a smile on your face every time you write with it, you are in the right place.