Your 10 Best Pens

[The Write Pen]

Yowsers! I'm not easily impressed anymore, but some of those are spectacular.

 

Regards,

 

 

danny

[christof]

Christof,

That is a very nice specimen - is there a story to it?

I know I had to really work hard to complete my Tortoise Pel (the cap hunt) which make it all the more worthwhile.

 

Vik, there is no special story behind this pen except that it is a first year model (1937) with the old nest on cap top. I just have seen it and thought it could be a nice adition to my tortoises. The price was okay but not a gift. But what I really would love to ad to my collection is a tortoise Pelikan 100. Perhaps, one day I cand trade one of my kidneys for one...

 

PS: Do I understand right, the LeBoeuf fills like a Chilton? And why is there a blind cap?

Edited August 21, 2012 by christof

[switchitt]

Playing the definition of "best" pretty loosely, here are 10 of my very favorite pens (I picked 5 vintage and 5 modern):

 

black and white LeBoeuf 75 with stub nib; Waterman turquoise Patrician; very early Waterman eyedropper in uncommon chasing pattern; Esterbrook dollar-fifty pen in blue cracked ice; Sheaffer "first year" Crest with sterling silver cap; Omas Arco; Omas Galileo; Pelikan White Tiger; Omas Arlecchino; Delta/Chatterly Oro-based orange/black marbled #2 of 2.

 

http://www.gergyor.com/fpn/fpn-top10-pens-jan2012.jpg

 

Regards, greg

 

Greg, your Estie Cracked Ice is one sweet pen. I didn't know that they came in that color!

[christof]

Vik

 

This LeBoeuf is pure pleasure!Just great.

 

Me too have a new pen which could eventually affect my selection of top ten. But be patient and let's see what happens in the next few days, weeks... at "what's up at Christof's"

 

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30169694@N08/7677030922/" title="Pelikan_101N_Tortoise von C.M.Z. bei Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8424/7677030922_599da4d3ab_c.jpg" width="800" height="325" alt="Pelikan_101N_Tortoise"></a>

 

Okay, perhaps we also have to take account of this:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8299/7829852608_8c0dd9a38c_h.jpg

[markiv]

Trying to get this thread going again.

Here is a group picture of my recent favorites. Each one was a revelation in itself.

Left to right:

Osmia: Nice sturdy take on the button filler awaiting a retip of its fine flex nib

Astoria Dux: A superb pen with an uncommon filling mech of twist filler

Parker Vac: I got it for the transparency and fell in love with its flex nib. (Do silicon sacs for these exist?)

Matador: This one I got from my pen enabler & friend, Christof, sporting one of my best F flex nibs

Barclay: Biggest surprises of all - one of the very best quality. Mostly BHR construction and design that wants me to get more Barclays...

Cheers

http://i.imgur.com/ZHeC4.jpg?2

[christof]

Thanks for keeping this thread alive, Vik!

And congrats to your new and excellent pens.

The Astoria and his filling mechanism are amazing and reminds me to a Matador that I had once...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8182/8022491943_235ef7d85a_c.jpg

The Matador Turbo was fitted also with this twist/push mechanism. For the Swiss market, the Matador was called Turbino, because the trademark Turbo has already been registered.

[PatientType]

• 
   
  
• Delta Dolce Vita del Oro
  
• Pilot Vanishing Point Raden
  
• Nakaya Neo Aka-tamenuri
  
• Conklin Mark Twain Crescent-fill Butterscotch (celluloid, silver furniture, gold nib edition)
  
• Pelikan Souveran M1000 Black
  
• Yard-O-Led Victorian Grand Sterling Silver
  
• Waterman Exception Full-Size Black
  
• Conway Stewart Churchill in Brown Swirl
  
• Conway Stewart Winston in Bracket Brown
  
• Montegrappa Miya Midnight Blue
  

 

Had to grapple with including and then switching several pens. Honorable mention to Conway Stewart Nelson (both Classic Green & Black Swirl), Sheaffer Legacy (black/silver metal cap), & Pilot M90m (brushed stainless).

 

http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m326/PatientType/TenwWinstonClosed9-12b.jpg

http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m326/PatientType/TenwWinston.jpg

Edited September 25, 2012 by PatientType

[WhiskeyMan]

I am not sure about "best", but here are some of my more interesting pens.

 

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6745446679_45d28027b7_b.jpg

 

 

 

From Left: Waterman's 0552 Gold-Filled Filigree Overlay over RHR

Waterman's Patrician Emerald Green - nice color, most of these are pretty dark

Waterman's 452 Hand Engraved Vine Sterling Silver Overlay

Waterman's 452 Sterling Silver Filigree Overlay over RHR

Waterman's Patrician Turquoise

Waterman's 94 in Rose Ripple

Waterman's 0574 Gold-Filled Overlay Pansy Panel

Wahl-Eversharp Deco Band in Chased BHR - a fairly rare model

Wahl-Eversharp Coronet with Dubonnet Pyralin Inserts

Wahl-Eversharp Deco Band in Lazulitic Blue

 

Okay, that's ten. The one on the right is a bonus, since it isn't really a production pen. It is a Parker Duofold Flat-top with a custom cap and barrel made from antique ivory.

 

WOAH! Love the theme of the collection, but I HAVE to know what the story is behind that Parker Duofold.

[markiv]

Thanks for keeping this thread alive, Vik!

And congrats to your new and excellent pens.

The Astoria and his filling mechanism are amazing and reminds me to a Matador that I had once...

 

The Matador Turbo was fitted also with this twist/push mechanism. For the Swiss market, the Matador was called Turbino, because the trademark Turbo has already been registered.

 

Whaat... you dont have that Matador anymore

I thought you liked it so much I deemed it inappropriate to ask if you'd let it go. Oh well.

 

The real reason why these are fast becoming my favorites

http://i.imgur.com/wAljM.jpg?1http://i.imgur.com/65d4l.jpg?1http://i.imgur.com/tBhae.jpg?1http://i.imgur.com/ejD3c.jpg?1

Edited September 26, 2012 by markiv

[christof]

 

Whaat... you dont have that Matador anymore

I thought you liked it so much I deemed it inappropriate to ask if you'd let it go. Oh well.

 

 

I'm sorry Vik, I had to sell... collecting vintage Pelikans is expensive, you know...

 

(Never hesitate to ask!)

Edited September 27, 2012 by christof

[bilbobagginz]

There seems to be a problem with my flickr linked picture currently. Here it is again:

 

There's a new pen in my collection...and I probably have to switch one of my top10...hard decisions again...

<a href=" title="MB_L139_restored von C.M.Z. bei Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6789201839_9f30b712d0_b.jpg" width="1024" height="429" alt="MB_L139_restored"></a>

 

wow! this is a really beautiful pen!!!

 

[OcalaFlGuy]

Do we mean Best Writers? Best Lookers? Is most expensive = "Best"? Pens I think Others would appreciate Best? Pens I would be least likely to divest myself of for fear of never finding another like it?

 

You just have to many pens, am I right

 

Too many pens? :blink:

 

You'll have to explain that to me, I'm not familiar with that concept.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

[christof]

Do we mean Best Writers? Best Lookers? Is most expensive = "Best"? Pens I think Others would appreciate Best? Pens I would be least likely to divest myself of for fear of never finding another like it?

 

You just have to many pens, am I right

 

Too many pens? :blink:

 

You'll have to explain that to me, I'm not familiar with that concept.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

 

Bruce

First I'd like to thank you for your interest in this thread.

The concept is not complicated. Just post a pic or a list of ten pens of your collection from which you think they are best of. This is a very personally decision. Worth, beauty, writing qualities, can be criterias, but don't have to. As I wrote in the initial post: Think of the pens you would like to keep, if you hda to reduce your collection. Hope this helps.

[Harlequin]

I think that was a joke, lol. I only have one pen right now, it's a simple black Sheaffer Nononsense from the mid 90s. I just decided I'd like to maybe collect more FPs this month, so I'm barely starting on my voyage. But I liked seeing a lot of these pens, they give me ideas!

[Sasha Royale]

Parker 51

Parker 61

Pelikan M1000

LAMY 2000

Parker Duofold Senior

Parker 45

Parker Vacumatic

Parker 75

Bexley Corona

Pelikan M215

[inkwritingman]

@markiv

Which ink do you use in your Astoria Dux #4 ?

Edited December 13, 2012 by inkwritingman

[Pensively]

Hope you don't object to a "10" Montblanc themed ensemble......

 

 

 

30's

 

124PL, 128G

 

50"s

 

144, 146, & 149

 

+ miscellaneous wartime & vintage items.

Edited December 22, 2012 by Pensively

[christof]

Hope you don't object to a "10" Montblanc themed ensemble......

 

 

 

Wow! These are incredible pens!!!

Thanks for showing.

 

PS: where's the 139?

[Harlequin]

What if I only have 7?

 

Not shown: Herbin glass pen, Ahab, another 78g

Lol, Im in the same boat- I only have five so far (and two of them are Scheaffer Nononsenses). When I get ten I plan on posting a picture of all of them!

 

 

 

[Pensively]

Hope you don't object to a "10" Montblanc themed ensemble......

 

 

 

Wow! These are incredible pens!!!

Thanks for showing.

 

PS: where's the 139?

 

Hi Christof.....thanks, and I am searching for a 139!!!