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So it is Saturday afternoon and I'm a little bored. Actually, I'm distracting myself from work, but you folks probably don't care about that. The thought crossed my mind that I haven't noticed, in my time researching various fountain pens, any current production desk sets. I say current production because modern is sometimes a style.

I did a little looking this afternoon, and found Goulet sells a Platinum set, and Jetpens has the same and a Sailor (pen only, no base). I found one thread on here that mentions a Pilot, and there is something like it on eBay. All three surprisingly affordable. I also ran across a few ballpoint and roller ball sets, but I'm looking for fountain pen desk sets.

Actually, I'm not looking in the sense of wanting to buy one, just looking for curiosity's sake. I don't have a desk, so a desk set would not be of much use.

eBay has lots of vintage desk sets available, mostly made by Sheaffer, some by Parker, a few by random other brands. But very little modern, current production models.

Are there other brands out there making such a product, or did desk sets go the way of the fountain pen?

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As much as I love fountain pens I don't see the point so much of desk pens. By definition if you love fountain pens you want to carry them around with you all the time and not have them chained to your desk. Alright the odd desk pen may be cool but then on the other hand when most of the forum have 10, 20 plus pens that they rotate use of non really are a permanent fixture on there desks.

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I think Platinum makes a desk pen (and it's not that expensive if I'm remembering correctly) but I've never tried it.

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Sailor, Pilot and Platinum also make some desk pens, I think. They are cheap pens though, if I recall. You can find them on jetpens.com

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I think a "desk pen" is very useful.

 

I have several sets (which would be vintage in your terms) Esterbrook, Sheaffer, and Parker.

 

I also have a sort of "made up" desk pen. It's a short coffee cup with a wash cloth folded up and zig-zagged inside the cup.

 

When I'm using a pen for a while, and would keep putting it down and picking it up, I instead wedge the cap between in the folds of the cloth, standing upright. I then place the pen in the cap. The pen isn't attached, just laying there. I pick up the pen to write, or maybe edit, or maybe underline, and lay it back in. Easy to use, easy to park....

 

This is best done with a pen long enough so that I don't need to post it, which is how I like most of my pens anyway. I don't leave the pens for a long period like I would with a desk set, but just while I'm working on a project at my desk. When I'm done, I remove the cap from the cup and screw/snap the pen together normally.

 

Note that the cap is held by the folds of the soft cloth - it never touches the side of the cup.

 

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Very oddly you can get desk pens, but not the base.

  • I have a Pilot 200, but I do not think Pilot makes a base for it.
    I am pretty sure that I have to get someone else's base, may be the Platinum base.
    Pilot has at least 3 different models of desk pens.
  • The Lamy Joy can also be considered a desk pen, and like the Pilot, missing the base.

If you would these are desk pens for people who do not have the desktop real estate to put a base.

You cap the pen and put it into the drawer or pen cup.

 

update: I found a post that said that the Pilot desk pen will fit the Platinum desk base. This base is available in the US at Goulet and Jet Pens. So now the Pilot has a base. Only need to find a base for the Joy.

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