Hey...real quickly...

If I were looking for a black leather two/three pen case...what would you recommend? What are you using? Pictures? Reviews? Reasons?

I'm looking for something for Christmas for my wife so that she can carry them in her purse safely.

Pens she'll be carrying include a Sheaffer No-Nonsense, and a Lamy Baby Blue Safari. Not terribly expensive, but still, more spendy than any other pens she might carry...

Lamy? Libelle? Others?

And no, don't suggest the Venlo case...

I purchased this 4-pen case from Levenger recently: Pen Parapet

Price isn't too bad... $34. (And it comes already gift-boxed wrapped in a nice cloth/box with rubber closure.) I believe it can also be monogrammed for a bit more.

My thoughts- 1) it holds my pens fairly decently. I recently picked up a Visconti Travelling ink-pot (hopefully won't regret the purchase)- and the Visconti is a bit large in diamater for the Parapet- so if you have one of those, you'll know the max size of one of the pens. 2) It does not *completely* protect the pens. Since the top is a fold-over flap, the pens will stay put (unless flung), but keys etc., *could* scratch the pens which are on each end-position. 3) It won't prevent against crushing forces. 4) it's possible the clips *might* touch- causing some scratches. BUT- I have never experienced this. So far I'm really loving being able to carry around a number of my pens. I have my 51 with me, a Koh-i-noor clutch pencil with highlighter-lead, my m150 for a broader point, and my Visconti travelling pot. So, I have most of my bases covered. [I even snuck in a graphite lead for my Koh-i-noor in a corner... so I can change out to sketch if I want, or write in pencil.]

All in all, I'm happy with the purchase, but there is likely a better solution for a similar amount of money. The leather is quite nice, however.

Again- in a purse- I'm not sure... perhaps if she had a pocket which she could place it in.... but with loose stuff around, at least 2 of those pens are gonna get scratched.

Hope this helps!
-Allen

I've just bought the 12-pen leather case from Cathedral Pens here in the UK. Excellent value at £25.

For carrying my pens outside my office (I work from home) I use a pelikan 3-pen case -- beautiful but expensive at £30.

I see on the Cathedral Pens site they now have a 2-pen zippered case for £11.55. That may well be my next purchase!!

No connection -- just a satisfied customer.

http://www.cathedralpens.co.uk/index.php?

I use a Lamy two-pen case. It's great for my needs, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it for the combination of pens that your wife is carrying.

I've tried to put my Lamy Al-Star in there, and it's a very tight fit. More often than not, I pull the cap off the pen rather than pulling the pen out of the case.

It works like a champ with anything smaller, though.

Don M.

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hi,

i use a libelle 5 pen leather wrap which has a cloth lining so that metal furniture does not tarnish. they hold my big visconti. my big sheaffer balance too. the wrap is sold by swisher, bertram's inkwell, fph in nyc, all at below list price which is $40.00. check it out!!

i also use elizabeth wilde's pen wraps which are gorgeous. she's a member of this board so you can get her e mail. she makes the wraps out of the most gorgeous fabrics. she makes 6 and 9 pen wraps and big pens fit into them



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I have a nice Namiki three pen case that I really like. Though, I must admit to generally carrying 4 pens in it......like the picture below. <G>

You can see in the picture that it has a place for business cards and a flap pocket that I haven't figured out. Also it has slots behind the visible leather for thin items as well. Currently, I have a blotter and a travelers thing of amodex in it.

I think I paid about $65 for the case. It is leather, but has not damaged my pens in any way. It wouldn't hold really large pens very well, but does hold most of what I use.

kathy wc

edited to add pic....somehow it didn't show up the first time.

um.....if someone knows how to edit that pic so that it shows up smaller, I'd appreciate it........

Thanks.

kathy wc

Here is a smaller version for you

I have a nice red leather Parker 2-pen case with flap cover that I got on Ebay a few months ago. It has "Parker" tastefully embossed on it and looks like an official Parker product. I tried my Lamy Safari and No Nonsense fountain pens in it and they fit well (the Safari clip has to be on the outside of the little "pouch" for the pen to fit). It's my only red case, so I love it

P.S. If you want to spend some more $$, I've heard good things about Piquadro pen cases (they look nice too)

I'm tempted to say that that little flap is for coins? I have no idea if this is true, but you could certainly use it to carry a few bills and a few coins...

Just a guess!
-Allen

[I like that Namiki! Very nice. Now, if it held 3x5's instead of businesscards.... mind reels at the possibilities!! ]

Very happy to have a pen case these days. I just really really really hope I don't lose it....

could be. I've been using it to carry all those random receipts I always seem to need to keep. As for the 3x5's, I know what you mean. I was really hoping that they would fit where the blotter and such are in my case, but it is just a little too narrow for them.

kathy wc

I got mine from Maryanne and Steve Zucker at the NE Pen Show. Here's a pic from their website. This one in the picture is brown, but mine is black, made in Brazil:



It's a beautiful case, and it holds all three of my pens! The link to the page on their site that has the cases is at: Penstop Online

Thanks for the responses, fellow inkers. I'm still somewhat undecided on these.

In a perfect world, I could buy a 2-pen version of the Libelle wrap. They make it, and Joon is currently giving them away with the purchase of a Spanish Eyes pen. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find them individually anywhere.

Anyone ever see one of these pop up anywhere?

BTW, wifey-dearest bought a Libelle wrap for me over the Thanksgiving weekend. Aside from smelling awful from the chemicals, I absolutely LOVE it!

Recently, I organised my daily user pens into 3 groups (I like being systematic)

1. Smiggle Pen case. This is the main army. For heavy duty study/writing
2. My little orange pencil case for moderate/light pen adventures
3. A denim Parker pen holster that can be attached to a belt. Great for when on the go

kathywc,

Great case. Do you know of a place to get these?

Well, after a little sleuthing...I found that I could purchase one through the American distributor. The Libelle 2-Pen wrap is on its way! Should have it this weekend! Hopefully I can take pictures of it, although this might be somewhat difficult as I'll have to work around my wife...

Thanks for your suggestions, but based on the cost basis, this Libelle turned out to be the right one for me.

I got mine from WorldLux after I got tired of looking for them on the bay. I haven't regretted paying full price for it.....which, I might add I rarely do for anything.


kathy wc

Kathy WC,
Hi, Russ from Delaware here.
Do you remember where you got your pen case? I really like the looks of it and would like to try and find one.
Thanks
Russ

Hey Russ-

yep, I do remember. And, as I stated in the post above yours, it was from World Lux.

kathy wc

Hi Kathy,
Thanks for the reply, I did not notice the previous one before I e-mailed you. Unfortunatly, I do not think World Lux has that case any longer as I can not find it listed on their web site. I will give them a call tomorrow.
Later
Russ

no worries, Russ. I thought it was funny, that's all.

I'm not certain who carries it at this point. I tried googling it, and even went to the Namiki page to look around, but no luck. The Namiki page doesn't even list pen cases.

Good Luck.

kathy wc

Kathy and others,
I just got off the phone with world lux, they had bought all of those cases from namiki that were left as they are now discontinued. However, they still have about a dozen left, (after I bought mine), and the good news is that they are on sale for $45 with a free shipping upgrade. If you want one I suggest that you call soon.
1-888-721-7367.
I have NO conection with Namiki or world lux, just trying to help out fellow pen nuts.
Russ

I'm using this one:

Can't find a picture. I's a leather case that I got of ebay with the name rotring cigar leather case for GBP 9 IIRC. I's really nice but doesn't fit fat pens like the Phileas. It's hard leather and fits 2 pens individually.

And this case that I got for my birthday:



From isellpens.com
Very good price too. (just satisfied customer)

Very nice case, I have been looking for one like this for months. Do you know it they still sell this type?

best whishes

isellpens ran out of those, and they are apparently discontinued I recently found a 2-pen flap closing version at Tuesday Morning, but alas, no 4 pen version. I looked on eBay, and found the following case to drown my sorrows. It is not rigid, but rather soft leather, and very nice.
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I got it from ebay seller wkiffin (not affiliate), who now has a standalone web site mentioned here in Marketplace. Heinz is pleasant to deal with, very fair with his prices, and the quality of what I purchased is excellent. he also has larger and smaller cases, but what I can speak about personally is the 4 pen case, which I use to carry my Wality which is 7 inches posted, and nearly as big around as the Goodyear Blimp

Donnie

I have a good selection of pen cases in various sizes (from 1-12 pen) but mainly used the 2-3 pen ones. Over the past few months I have started to use leather cigar cases (mostly the telescopic ones) ranging from 2-4 finger (or pen), they can accommodate most sizes of pen and can be picked up fairly cheaply on ebay.

Favourite is one I picked up last week, rigid so offers good protection leather covered and hs 4 individual fingers which can easily accommodate my biggest pens (I think my CS 100 & Duro and M800 are about the biggest/fattest I have and they fit well).

There is a guy (in Britain) who makes these two-pen 'genuine leather' pouches. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...p;rd=1&rd=1
I think he does them in black too. He looks a sound seller, over 1,000 positive feedback thingies, I might purchase one - they are only £2.90 and postage 90p or £3 to the States, that's a great deal more reasonable than some of those pouches that cost as much as a decent pen...

No affiliation or anything, of course. Just stumbled across them this morning.

pics from the seller:

Well spotted. I bought a plastic one -oops- fuax leather one from eBay for twice this 10 days ago and I still haven't got it so I bought one of these. I have asked the seller if he will make them in 3 and 4 pen versions too. We can but hope. At £30 my Pelikan 2-pen version was costly and I should have bought the 3-pen version, but I didn't expect that I would be buying any more Pelikans

Oh! Do report back and tell if he makes them in 3 & 4 pen versions! Good luck with that other pen case - I'm sure it will arrive eventually! I think I will order one of those ones from eBay too.

I bought that pen case from Ian at the Northern pen show and I love it! It goes with me every day.

I bought one from eBay in the end, but I have mixed feelings about it.

On the plus side it is incredibly cheap. There are sellers selling plastic ones on eBay for twice the £3.80 I spent. It was certainly cheaper than the Pelikan at £32.



There is certainly plenty of leather in it, but the leather is very hard indeed and it has been treated with something that overwhelms the leather to take away the natural and wonderful smell.



Mine only takes fairly slim pens. As you can see it is a real squeeze to fit a Pelikan M200 into the case and the Pelikano Junior fits even less well.



In the above picure I have put a Pelikan M205 in one side and been unable to get a Pelikan M805 in the right hand slot. As the leather is so hard I have not really got the option of trying to stretch the leather by pushing something hard in there.

I am sure that this case will suit some of my slimmer pens such as my Sheaffers.

I have written to the seller and asked if he would consider changing the design to a box design, making the case bigger to carry 3 or 4 pens and bemoaning the hardness of the leather.

I am old fashioned, so I got a 3 pen leather pouch from Montblanc.. my 147 Fountain pen already comes with a case, so I use the pouch to carry my Starwalker Fineliner, MB rollerball and my OMAS Paragon Fountain pen. The pouch is quite sturdy and stiff so its actually quite good I should say. However, its kinda expensive, I got it for 75Euros.

I think you will find that cartridges will fit quite nicely into it.

BarryL


I'm tempted to say that that little flap is for coins? I have no idea if this is true, but you could certainly use it to carry a few bills and a few coins...

Just a guess!
-Allen

My mother buys those spectacles that enlarge stuff - three to a pack - from Costco. I asked for one of the glasses cases, which is perfect for two pens.

It was free to me, but the Costo three-pack is something like $20. A single from the drug store is anywhere from $8 up to something like $30. Toss the glasses and voila.

Alas, they are plastic and not leather. But they're pretty. And if I crack one, I don't cry. The interior is plastic lined, so the pens are protected; so is my purse, from leakage.

I'm using a black leather cigar case my father-in-law gave me. The pens I'm carrying are Parker 51, Lamy 2000 and Lamy Studio (I must be in a bauhaus mood).

Juan in Andalucía

Check out this seller on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FOUNTAIN-PEN-3-LEATH...1QQcmdZViewItem

It's brown, not black but is really great. I bought the 3 pen case. It's available in other sizes. Beautiful soft leather, nice price.

Cheers


Anthony

Thanks Anthony - just bought one.

I recently purchased a pen from Xezo via their eBay store, and it came with a nice leather two-pen flap case. It's large enough to hold my two biggest pens . . . a Taccia Doric and a Taccia Staccato (the Staccato is quite long, and the Doric is a regular club). Instead of having two 'fingers', it has a single large pouch with a small leather divider down the center to hold the pens apart. The leather seems thick enough to do the trick without being stiff. Here's a pic:



Looks like they have this for sale with a BIN price of $22.95 on eBay right now . . .

(no affiliation beyond satisfied customer)

Piquardro.
Pricey, but it IS nice..
worried about the fabric liner scratching pens, though

I thought that the purpose of the fabric liner was to PROTECT the pens (from the leather tanning chemicals), not to SCRATCH them.

Here are my cases:



and



It is a 2 pen lamy case with I use when traveling a lot. Just throw it into my backpack and don't think about it.

For my MB 145 I have bought a (to expensive) MB case. It feals really stiff and is a bit to fancy. Also the inside is like the outside, just leather. Besides that the case is good quallity.

The nicest one is the pelikan nappaleather black/ green one for 3 pens. It's filled with soft material with makes it a bit thick, feals really nice. Inside they have put soft material so the pens won't scratch or toutch eachother.

Robert, I like the looks of that Pelikan case. Where did you buy it?

Has anyone used either the Visconti or Conway Stewart leather cases?

I have a Visconti three pen case and I really like it. Protects pens very well, but I don't think it would fit something as large as a 149, a 146 would probably be the limit. Just using Montblanc because I tested it with them.

I bought it in a pen-shop in Amsterdam. It is a standard pelikan product so should be available at every pen-shop with sells pelikan.

http://www.pelikan.com/pulse/Pulsar/de_DE....-schreibgeraete


good luck

I have two I've been carrying around:

1) Levenger two-pen job in blue that's ancient, but had been unused in a box until a few months ago.
2) Montblanc two-pen in black that's almost new.

Plus I have a pink Levenger 2-pen case that's in hiding (with my Omas 360), and a few four-pen ones from Levenger (with a place for cards) that are also in hiding.

Today, I'm not using a case, I'm clipping one pen to my blouse and hope (especially given that it's filled with Legal Lapis) that there will be no incident.

I have a Visconti 24-pen case, but it's not something I carry around, typically.

I like the green-and-black Pelikan cases and will probably get one eventually.