LAMY swift – the reliable ink writer

When you click on the LAMY swift to bring out the tip of the refill, the clip simultaneously retracts into the pen's body. What at first glance appears to be a clever technological trick turns out to be an innovative improvement for the user with regard to safety. This is a logical response on the part of the designers and engineers to a new type of writing system, which by combining a ball and ink writes with a previously unheard of fluidity and precision.

The fact that the LAMY swift does not need a cap, as is usual in the case of fountain pens, is due to the interdependence of the refill and the clip holder which combine to act as a safety function. If the clip is retracted, the user knows that the LAMY swift cannot be clipped to pocket or a piece of clothing and that they should first retract the tip of the refill, simultaneously revealing the clip.

Those people who like technically clever gadgets will be fascinated by this new refill/clip mechanism, for which Lamy has taken out a world-wide patent. Those people who examine shapes to find their functional logic will find the classical saying about good design "form follows function" confirmed here.

Its cylindrical form, the solid, spring operated stainless steel clip and finish variants show the LAMY swift's ability to fit in with other Lamy writing instrument ranges.

Design: Wolfgang Fabian