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And I may keep an eye out for the Pilot 78G but since it's an out-of-production pen (am I wrong in this) I opted for what was readily available without going the auction route. I simply haven't looked at it yet despite the advice of another poster above. I'm not necessarily worried about what I can get more-for-less just yet. I'm dancing a line between appeal and expediency at the moment.
Um, inks?
I went with the Lamy Blue-Black cartridges. In my initial post I indicated a desire for initial expediency to get going. I'm aware that some inks aren't compatible with some pens and figured that a Lamy cartridge for a Lamy pen shouldn't pose any problems initially. As for the Mini. I don't have any inks on the way yet, mostly because of compatibility concerns and my own ignorance on this matter. I need to do a little more research here. I began using the Uniball Signo (207?) a year ago because my business keeps them in stock for our use. I discovered that I like the blue-black and red-black inks that some of these come with, they're just appealing to me. Having said this, I'm color-challenged so a lot of the shade variations are lost on me. I'm mostly in a utility mode with inks and paper so they aren't figuring heavily in my decisions just yet. My modus operandi at the moment is to get the pens, discover what I like, and then work on an ink/paper combination that will work with that (those?) pens. If my path on this is askew please let me know.
I think you're correct in the similar handle design, having gone back and looked at the pics this afternoon, so it seems that I'm to decide on whether or not I'm really sold, on the triangular grip design, in the near future. I think I simply overlooked the grip design because of the clear plastic. I know that with my use of various writing implements with triangular grips in the past I hadn't been sold on that as a particular reason for purchasing or staying with a specific implement. Those other implements, had rounded tips so holding it in a certain aspect to the paper didn't matter as much. I believe that in one post I read it was mentioned that the nib-to-paper aspect relationship mattered more with the FP and that the grip on the Safari helped with learning this relationship. I guess the bottom line is that I'll find out for myself sooner rather than later. Thanks for the heads up, at least I won't be surprised (disappointed?) when I open the package.
Um, paper?
I'm open to your enabling. 
I did pick up a B&B A6 Notebook from West Coast Shaving, it arrived today. Beyond that I'm simply using your run-of-the-mill legal pad. If there's an ink that pairs well with the B&B Notebook I'm open to suggestions, the same goes with the legal pad. It may be that I setup the Lamy for the legal pad and the Mini for the B&B Notebook. Again, I'm open to suggestions. For good or ill, the pen selections I've made will eliminate a lot of options and give me something concrete to work with in the near term.
I appreciate your comments, Slivovitz, thank you.
