Have been a fan of the Safari for a long time, and was aware of the Joy, but didn't see the point as far as the odd handle and the stub nibs. I'm not into calligraphy. But it turns out that for art this is an amazing pen, for many somewhat unexpected reasons.The nibs can be switched out in seconds, without having to remove the feed, a unique Lamy feature. This makes the Joy kit with the two extra feed sections a little puzzling. You are better of just buying different nibs and switching them out, rather than switching out the entire nib, feed, and section, and having to clean out the other parts because you have no cap to keep them from drying out.A drawback for artists is that these only come with stubs. I feel the 1.5 is the best size for handwriting. I got the 1.1 and it's not that dramatic in its difference between fine and broad strokes. The stubs are good for cursive and italic writing, but having tried the 1.1 for a while, not my preference for pen and ink drawing. I will be switching to an EF or F.Unintended benefit? The long handle with two flat facets is, along with the stub nibs, the distinguishing feature to the Joy, which seems to be intended mostly for looks to make it appear more like a calligraphy pen or something, but for drawing it's really a revelation. The extra length means you can hold it like a paintbrush which is ideal for fast hatching and shading. The facets align perfectly with the top and bottom of the nib, telling you exactly whether you have the nib facing the paper at the right angle or not. You can reverse write with the nib upside down with an EF or F nib, and get a super fine hairline, again using the long handle, great for light hatching. The stub nibs are not ideal for this, they reverse write but not with a very fine line. However, having no tip sticking up, a very low angle means you can lay down the entire top of the nib on the paper and spread a very broad field of ink for shading large areas, which is kind of unique.I even like the oblong ink window, another Safari signature, again an unintended advantage - it makes two nice depressions for your fingers to anchor to using certain drawing grips. Of course the well known triangular main grip section is a famous Safari feature is well, which I happen to love.I keep discovering little tricks like that that makes me think this is the best drawing pen ever.All Safaris have the snap cap, which I much prefer to a screw cap. I change drawing implements a lot and it's just so fast.This particular model has a satin black finish and an aluminum cap with black wire clip. The other color choices of all black, white, and red, are all gloss shiny plastic which I don't like at all. The soft black on this is really great and tactile, almost feels slightly rubbery.Also Lamy never include a converted which is pretty cheap of them, most fountain pens come with one. So I need to buy both a converter and another nib for drawing. Also the included cartridge is blue not sure why, I would never draw with blue ink. Also I was thinking you could mix and match caps with regular Safaris for different color options which useful if you have different kinds of drawing ink different pens . . . sadly my pebble black plastic Safari cap does not actually fit onto this Joy, somehow. Really Lamy?I'm not even sure Lamy realize what a good fine art pen this is, they don't market it that way. But I have about 40 or 50 fountain pens, brush pens, fude nibs, flex nibs, dip pens, technical liners, etc. This is now at the top of the heap.