MB's Bach pen is fine, but i didn't like it enough to buy it
and I'm hoping another company would do that one.
I'd love to see MB or someone do a G.F. Handel or Antonio Vivaldi.

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George Washington Carver, the founding father of modern agriculture

H.H. Richardson, my favorite architect

Toni Morrison, my favorite author

Joni Mitchell, with a pattern of her own artwork along the barrel

edited for some additions

Robert E Lee
Some argue the greatest american general, certianly the most loved

Paul L. Anderson, one of the best pictorial photographers of the first half of the 20th century. Here's a photo he made in 1916, titled "New York in the Rain: the Flatiron Building":



He did this with a view camera and sensitized his printing paper himself instead of using commercial photo paper. This image is a scan of a print that hangs in my pen studio.

Anderson was a contemporary and "competitor" of Stieglitz and Weston. The University of Arizona holds the archive of his photos.

He was also a pretty good writer; he wrote three books on pictorial photography, one of which was republished in 1998; five novels about life in the ancient Roman world (of which four are still in print more than 70 years after their original publication), two novels about life in a Berkshires prep school in the late 1920s (sadly, out of print), and dozens of short stories for Boy's Life, Outdoor Adventurer, Argosy, and other magazines.

He was also my mother's father.

Beautiful photograph!
Love the subject of famous cities in the rain.

Hey Conway Stewart,

How about a series for British painters from the British golden age?
Gainsborough, Constable, Turner and their contemporaries?

Richard that's quite a coincidence, as I have been reading about Louis Daguerre lately, and was just on the Daguerrian Society website daguerre.org - I read this article not knowing who this chap was at the time. Turns out he is your grandfather!

That is a beautiful print, and would look lovely on the wall. Are his prints generally available to purchase? I tried to find a link to his work at the University of Arizona via Google.. all I got were some pdfs. Do you know of a link? I am interested to see more!

Thanks,
Marina, who was thinking of answering Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre until she was distracted by that striking photo..

There's a man dedicated to his art!


I'd like to see a pen with "Edgar Allan Poe" commemorated. Victorian styling: Raven Black/Blue celluloid, or maybe dark black ebonite with a faint filigree of spider webbing, not overdone .
Scratch that. I see Montblanc makes one and it looks very nice!

Hmmmm.... I'll think of another.


Ok, I'd like to see a pen commemorating glass artist and designer "Emile Gallé". I love how he did his gothic and Art Nouveau "Bat Vase", but I lke about anything he made.

Emile Galle Bat Vase

A very affordable pen dedicated to teachers would be nice.

There is one by Classic pens! I think it's the CP4.


Kurt H

I would like to see an Edison pen with a clear plastic bulb in the style of a Mont Blank with a carbon lightbulb filament inside and maybe some phonograph grooves up the size.

Richard, beautiful photograph and thank you for sharing. If you get a sudden impulse to post some more photos I certainly wouldn't complain. I think I might have to have a nosy round for more information on your grandfather tonight, you've certainly got my interest with what you've posted.

I think a Hieronymus Bosch might be nice. Also a Darth Vader.

Ray

Claude Shannon, without whom we would not live in this world. I think Shannon's contributions are up there with Einstein's.

Darth Vader Ray?

Seem to remember that there were Green Cross Pens around

Jim

Gagarin - yesterday was the 45th Anniversary of his flight.

[QUOTE=JimStrutton,Apr 13 2006, 10:12 AM] [/QUOTE]
Darth Vader Ray?

Seem to remember that there were Green Cross Pens around

Jim [/QUOTE]
Yes, I think the cap could be moulded at the top into the shape of his mask, and maybe the clip could be a light sabre. I'd buy one.

I always thought the Green Cross Man campaign would have been more effective if they'd used James Earl Jones's voice for that too.

Bill Bailey does a nice piece on why they should have let Dave Prowse use his own voice. Can you imagine? "The force is strong in this 'un." "There must be no misakes this toime!"

Ray

Ronald Reagan

A prolific letter writer although I don't know what type of pen(s) he used

Regards

Michael

A pen dedicated to trial lawyers. It could have a razor blade built into the cap, so when the stress gets too high, a quick touch to the wrist and court is adjourned. Blood red ink of course.

I'd get that Darth Vader LE too. My mind is weak and can easily be turned to the dark side.

Personally, though, I'd like a Bruce Lee LE pen. A very peaceful and philosophical man.

It doesn't have to be the obvious dragon maki-e, something more interesting and unique would be best. Can't think of what though right now...


raf.

Ray,

This is dead easy, we contact Parker and get them to make a matt black "51" with a hooded nib, it would look menacing. In fact my friend Ralph could probably make one, with a matt cap with an LED for the jewel so it lights up like a light sabre!

Hey Grasshopper are you up for this?

Sounds like a plan to me and I have an excuse to get another "51".

Jim

PS have you seen Ralph Prathers limited edition Stealth "51" made out of titanium? I want one, it is just the $750 that is causing me a problem

I know I said my mind is weak, Jim, but even if it was strong, it would be hard for me to resist your brilliant idea!!

I'm in!! (Unless of course, someone does make that Bruce Lee LE, then I would have to reconsider... :doh: )

(Any chance of it being lower than Ralph Prather's $750 though? )


raf.

Thanks a #%$£ for ssetting me off !
WHERE do I get to see a pic of the titanium stealth 51 ??????
I've now got an unscratchable itch right in the middle of my brain.

Ruaidhri

Look, you are in Dublin I believe, so go here - Mulligans of Poolbeg Street - and order the black stuff with a side order of Cheese and Onion crisps and repeat until the itch subsides :doh:

In the meantime I will attempt at great risk to life and limb to get you a piccy.

Jim

I just asked my 7 yr old daughter this question as she is becoming very aware of fountain pens and collectables...
She came up with the ultimate answer in my opinion...
They should make a pen dedicated to Mommys and Daddys...
Her reasoning was because they are the ones who teach us the most.

Out of the mouth's of babes, as they say...

Now Grasshopper, this idea is not as daft as it may seem,

The LED instead of the jewel might be a bit hard to engineer, but a matt black "51" would be feasible. Black anodised aluminium should do the trick and with an atomic number of 13 should be the right material for Darth :ph34r:

The jewel could then be something reflective or maybe just a polished lustraloy cap like a special.

I might just talk to Ralph about this.

Jim

PS If anybody is serious then PM me. Also the $750 for titanium is because it is so hard a material to work, aluminium should be better.

A PM is on its way, Jim!

How about PG Wodehouse?

One of the finest writers of the 20th century and at his peak during the golden age of the celluloid fountain pen- plenty of scope for period styling.

There certainly have been many worthy people mentioned. But we seem to be short on musical commemoratives. So how about:

Clapton (a pen with bits of blue);

Robert Johnson (pure blue);

Hendrix (a hazy purple color);

Generic solid colors, including some "metal" pens: Black Sabbath, Whitesnake, Green Day, Pink Floyd.

But it will take Bexley to make the Beatles tribute -- a yellow Submariner in a plain white box.

And for you literary types, how about a Terry Pratchett commemorative...in tortoise shell, of course.

Bill (only slightly apologetic because I know what hit the cutting room floor -- and I really want a 'Stones commemorative but I'm afraid it won't get me no satisfaction)

While on musical LEs, say it with me. Mont Blanc Justin Hayward. C'mon, I know you're out there somewhere

The leisure of a Tuesday afternoon combined with the luxurious elegance of a night in white satin. But that begs the question, why not a whole series of Moody Blues commemoratives, each recalling the legend of a mind or, depending on your perspective, just a singer in a rock and roll band

Second in the series would be the John Lodge, enhancing the words you say even when you are talking out of turn -- though with the hand, not the voice. A set with a fountain pen and mechanical pencil would be quite the gemini dream. Lodge already has a vintage wine, so writing instruments wouldn't be that far off.

If sales rose higher and higher, they could do Graeme Edge next; Ray Thomas, if represented, would have to have a flute-shaped pen.

Ah well, in your wildest dreams...and mine. Isn't life strange?


Jeff

p.s. There's no fun like a good pun.

Few names I would like to see commemorated with a nice pen:

Rosa Parks
Miles Davis
Gabriel García Márquez
Jorge Luis Borges

and I support the idea about the teachers (my mother was one...)
Cheers.

Great idea for a thread!

There are a couple physicians who I'd like to see honored in this way. First on my list would be Harvey Cushing, regarded by many as the greatest neurosurgeon ever. As an endocrinology fellow with a particular interest in the pituitary, a Cushing pen would definitely interest me. Cushing also wrote a biography of Sir William Osler, who has been called "the most influential physician in history." An Osler pen would also be a worthwhile endeavor.

Professor James Murray, the original editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
I'd buy that one.

My ideas.

John Muir (maybe something with redwood, or granite)

I like the previous ideas of Robert Johnson (all blue); Miles Davis, John Coltrane.


Writers:

Jorge Luis Borges

Rainier Maria Rilke

Fernando Pessoa

Ane, I most definately agree with the idea of an affordable pen dedicated to teachers. It would have to be a practical, reliable workhorse (like a Lamy or Sheaffer).

Matt C.

If the Omas Doctor's pen concealed a thermometer, what would the teacher's pen conceal? A lump of chalk? (or am I showing my age?).

A series of pens dedicated to professions would be a great idea. How about the "IT consultant pen" (if it stops working you just put the cap on and take it off again).

I would like to see St. Thomas Aquinas pen in white marble with gold.