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In 1974, Lamy introduced a pen for the times, slender and elegant, with a nicely streamlined nib. A big nib. There were four catalogued versions during this pen’s production life, and my Lamy Profil 81 is arguably the most luxurious of the four. Fitted with the same ultra-reliable piston filler and spring-loaded clip that that 2000 premiered along wtih a rather nicely springy 14K medium nib, my pen is 53/8" capped and 531/32" posted. Lamy added a feature to the Profil to guarantee an airtight inner-cap seal: the inner cap is spring-loaded against the section. That’s a cool piece of engineering, but perhaps the best feature of this delightful pen is that it can be disassembled completely for cleaning without the use of tools!