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Just bought this to replace my missing Lamy 2000:
Lamy CP1 Black Tri-Pen 756
However I asked them to swap out the black ballpoint for a blue one - so the colour band on the middle of the grip doesn't correspond (shows black, is blue) but not the end of the world. The action takes a little getting used to. It's a twister and with three options it's easy to over-twist and go past the one you want. Particularly as blue - the most commonly used one - is in the middle. There's also an orange ballpoint which functions as a highlight (it's quite a fat nib and the colour of the ink is a beautiful vibrant orange that really stands out). The third function is a mechanical pencil. I've not used mechanical pencils in years and don't remember them very fondly but I've done some sketches this afternoon and it's a dream. I suspect that's in part down to the graphite used. There's also a replacable rubber in the top under the cap.
The weight of the pen is lovely - not sure what it's made of, but it feels solid. Think it was 44 quid or something.
The shop had the 2000 4-colour there but I thought I'd opt for something new.
I like the view-switch action on the 2000 to change between colours (i.e. it's weighted so that whichever colour/side is facing you, when you click it, that's the colour that will appear) but I rarely used green and overall it was just a litttttttle bit too fat to hold.
This is much thinner and fits more neatly in my moleskin. Giddy with excitement.
Incidentally, the shop I visited was called Pen to Paper and is on Sydney Street in Brighton - lovely collection of notebooks and pads and some quite decent (but not flash) pens.