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It is with great interest I read questions about what FP a person should buy and the opinions from fellow FPN'ers. There is always opinions on great FPs both owned and the dreams of owning it, as well as the reasons to buy "that one great FP".

 

With this in mind I began thinking about the other end of the scale - that one FP no one would want to buy, own or collect.

 

Does that one "UNWANTED" FP exist????

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For me it's any Lamy that has crossed my path to date. They just don't fit in my hand. I am perfectly happy to let the Lamy lovers have all the Lamys.

 

Sort of funny that one of my fave pens however is an ancient Artus-Ballit (pre trademark Lamy). It's a lovely pen and a piston filler. Can write for days on one fill and never cramps my (very very small kid sized) hands.

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I would say the worst pen I have bought that ended up in the bin was a Maped Freewriter I wouldn't dare touch one with a barge poll again. It was the driest scratchiest nib I have ever used and it makes a Jinaho look like a Mont Blanc In comparison and I'd rather use a biro from a pound shop multi pack then one.

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Easy one for me, Rotring Core.

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I'm a horribly snobby person who refuses to buy cheap Indian or Chinese pens. So, er, that.

 

But, um, let me see. I have a huge aversion to brightly colored pens. So anything in garish yellow or orange (my two most detested colors) is a no-no for me.

 

Can't really think of a specific pen that I wouldn't want to touch with a 10ft pole. Surprisingly.

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Yes, but producing an unwanted product is a sure way to go out of business, unless

you are a government. :P

 

Remember when an outdoors catalog offered "camouflage" toilet paper ?

How popular is "self-concealing" TP ? Or the fountain pen made of Plutonium ?

 

However, UNPOPULAR + 65 years = RARE = COLLECTIBLE

 

Someone, somewhere, loves even the ugliest puppy.

 

Write with joy.

 

 

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Okay. Tuckersharpe fountain pen.

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A J-P Lepine Titanic....This cost a looot, is very huge and is absolutely ugly in my point of view ;) even if i can consider this to be well done it's just...beeerk

A people can be great withouth a great pen but a people who love great pens is surely a great people too...

Pens owned actually: MB 146 EF;Pelikan M200 SE Clear Demonstrator 2012 B;Parker 17 EF;Parker 51 EF;Waterman Expert II M,Waterman Hemisphere M;Waterman Carene F and Stub;Pilot Justus 95 F.

 

Nearly owned: MB 149 B(Circa 2002);Conway Stewart Belliver LE bracket Brown IB.

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I hated the pilot prera. Im not sure if it was just the one i got or all of them But no matter how much work it was like writing with an xacto knife.

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The over-the-top themed Viscontis are real works of art...and hideous, garish things as pens. I like the "lesser" Viscontis, but those special editions (like the grail pen and the carousel) are just not for me...

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Easy. The Montgrappa Chaos pen. Actually for me, it's pretty much all pens of that ilk -- the huge "art" pens that cost an arm and a leg, but aren't designed to be ergonomic to write with. Most of them are tasteless bling.

The maki-e pens, for me, also fall into the "unwanted" category. A lot of them are really beautiful, but I'm of the opinion that urushiol oil and my hand are just bad juju waiting to happen. Yes, I'm THAT allergic: I don't care how much they claim the finish has been cured.

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Most of the Montegrappa's.

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I'm a strange creature, the fact that Mbs are supposedly "the pen" that all should aspire to own, is the very reason that I don't want to own one.

 

"Whit!!! " I hear you cry "Are you mad?"

 

 

Probably.

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Back in the day when all in the Uk at my age were lusting after, and buying Ford Escort XR3i's, I got me an Opel Manta Berlinetta.

 

Probably says it all really.

 

Vive la differance.

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For me, it's the skinny pens, which includes the Lamy Safari/ Vista/ Al-Star, CP1, and Logo, though the worst offender I've encountered is my wife's Hero 9623. Also, because the cap retaining spring is not quite flush enough, and rather sharp, the Lamy 2000. And I'm with those who are anti-bling. If it's no good for writing, it's not a pen. I was first struck with this opinion when I was in a Montblanc boutique and saw a pen with what looked like a pewter dragon coiled around it, for $25,000 -- more than a new midline car at the time.

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Well, I might tell someone to watch out for counterfeit Hero pens, like the one I got where the nib was actually two separate pieces, pressed in side by side to provide a "slit".

 

But with any regular model of any halfway reputable brand (including the genuine Hero) I don't know that I'd try to warn anyone away. I might mention things that don't suit me personally, but I'd have to admit that people have very different tastes, and that some pens I don't like, e.g. the Pilot Metro, are very popular. I think that, to actually say "don't buy that", I'd have to have a poor opinion of a brand's quality control, backed by personal experience. For example, I don't doubt that many people have had cracking issues with their TWSBIs, but I can't confirm that based on the one I have. I haven't used it in a long time, but that's because it's too big. I've decided I prefer lighter, skinnier pens, but that's just a personal thing.

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*snip*

But with any regular model of any halfway reputable brand (including the genuine Hero) I don't know that I'd try to warn anyone away. I might mention things that don't suit me personally, but I'd have to admit that people have very different tastes,*snip*

but that's because it's too big. I've decided I prefer lighter, skinnier pens, but that's just a personal thing.

Absolutely correct, and I agree with you. I know for instance that Lamy is a beloved pen manufacturer, and I'm glad to see people buying and loving theirs, but I've never found one that suits me.

Incidentally, I own a MB 149 and never use it. I'll never sell it, it was a graduation gift from my late father, but every time I've tried to use it, it's ridiculously huge in my hands and I feel like I have to prop it on my shoulder to write with it.

 

How I feel carrying my MB 149 ^^ (and yes, I'm like the anti-SBRE Brown, he has 'really big hands' mine 'forgot to grow' somewhere along the line (and I'm 5'0" tall with my shoes on, I'm a mini-human)).

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Do you mean won't buy at all even before seeing, or deeply regretted buying and wished I could go back in time to stop myself? For the former, any pen with soft rubber (in the cap, section, entire barrel, wherever). The latter, Noodler's Ahab.

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