Recommend A Pen To Celebrate A Work Accomplishment

[TheOtherBart]

I've posted something like this before, and I find myself once again looking for a pen to celebrate something good happening at work. I love hearing suggestions for pens I wouldn't have thought of otherwise.

 

So my budget tops out at $200. I want something "interesting", which to me means either an unusual material (not plastic or resin, no matter how precious) or an interesting mechanism. I have a Homo Sapiens (stone) and a carbon fiber pen, but I don't have anything in copper, brass, steel, titanium...the 3D printed pens I've seen someone on here selling have caught my eye as well.

 

So let me hear it, what pens should I be considering?

[max dog]

How about a Faber Castell Ambition in Pear Wood. The name of the pen is kind of fitting to your occasion.

I have the one in shiny black Rhombus, but wish I got one of the wooden ones.

Edited July 12, 2015 by max dog

[TheOtherBart]

How about a Faber Castell Ambition in Pear Wood. The name of the pen is kind of fitting to your occasion.

I have the one in shiny black Rhombus, but wish I got one of the wooden ones.

I've thought about wood, but I've started making wooden pens myself. If it were something relatively common like pear wood I'd rather make my own. Now if there were something really interesting about the wood, like some of the pens you can get made from historically significant wood, that could get my interest.

[TheOtherBart]

No more suggestions? The Kaweco Liliput in copper has caught my eye...

[fly_us]

How about custom made pen? Check Scriptoriumpens or Edison.

[benbot517]

What about a Sheaffer Snorkel? As far as filling systems go, certainly interesting, and I hear the triumph nibs are amazing.

[Lam1]

How about a Graf Von Faber Castell Intuition Terracota? It is a C/C, but the way to expose the C/C is quite unusual, as you twist the blind cap and the whole nib and C/C comes out - I find it very interesting. Besides it is a stunning pen with a butter smooth 18 k nib and I love the "handmade in Germany " in the cap band. The price usually is a lot above $200, but if you buy it in the right place you can get it within your stated budget for sure. Check it out! (If you are interested I can point you in the direction of the seller whose auctions usually sell it for about that price).

[delano]

My two favorite pens are the Franklin-Christoph 02 Snow and Ice, and the Platinum 3776 Nice. Both are demonstrators by happenstance, but I would heartily recommend either of them.

[shawndp]

Lam1 - I had to look up the Intuition - it is a stunning pen. If you don't mind, can you please PM me the info on where to get it.

[fly_us]

Lam1 - I had to look up the Intuition - it is a stunning pen. If you don't mind, can you please PM me the info on where to get it.

 

Last time i won the bid for it from martiniauctions.com

 

And the price is very good, though it doesn't come with retail box. But for the price, i'm happy and i don't care about the box much.

[Lam1]

Fly_us is correct. She has one going right now here

 

http://www.martiniauctions.com/item/id/Faber_Castell_Intuition_pen_terracotta_31124.html

 

(Sorry, don't really know how to PM). You can also get an idea of what they are going for in the last 6 months here:

 

http://www.martiniauctions.com/browse.php?search=1&search_title=Intuition&search_closed=y&search_category=&search_minprice=&search_maxprice=&search_ending=&search_seller=&search_country=&search_zip=&search_circumcircle=&ean=&action=GO+%3E%3E

 

Let us know what you decide to buy in the end. Good luck!

 

Edited to add: mine did come with the retail box. If you decide to go for it, I would recommend that you email Regina to ask (she usually answers very quickly). I emailed her to ask if I could pay a little more to get the box and she replied that it would already come with it at no cost. Maybe I got lucky.

Edited July 15, 2015 by Lam1

[TheOtherBart]

A lot of great suggestions! I doubt my budget would get me very far in the custom market, but I'll reach out. The recovering engineer in me loves that Snorkel mechanism, so that's definitely on the list. The Intuition is gorgeous, but I'm always a little hesitant when a deal seems THAT good. Delano I need to do some research on the two you suggested. I don't have any demonstrators, so that's appealing.

 

Keep 'em coming!

[PDW]

I've just sorted out an insurance issue (don't ask!) and I've ordered myself a Pilot Kakuno to celebrate - the smiley face on the pen will remind me of the victory!

[TheOtherBart]

I've just sorted out an insurance issue (don't ask!) and I've ordered myself a Pilot Kakuno to celebrate - the smiley face on the pen will remind me of the victory!

 

Not my style, but I've put it on my list to get for my daughter!

[MarcS]

how about "something interesting" about the way it writes. . .consider a platinum 3776 with a music nib.

[TheOtherBart]

how about "something interesting" about the way it writes. . .consider a platinum 3776 with a music nib.

That is interesting! Excuse my ignorance, what sort of thing is a nib like that used for? Writing music notes, I presume?

[Bklyn]

How about custom made pen? Check Scriptoriumpens or Edison.

This is a GREAT idea. I just had a wonderful pen made by Kirk at Bosi pen that is under your max price and it is stunning.

[Bookman]

Nothing says "party" like an Edison Collier Persimmon Swirl Acrylic

 

 

 

[TheOtherBart]

Nothing says "party" like an Edison Collier Persimmon Swirl Acrylic

 

 

 

 

I just can't seem to get myself excited about a plastic bodied pen, but I'll definitely be contacting some of the custom makers to see what they could do.

[Bookman]

 

I just can't seem to get myself excited about a plastic bodied pen, but I'll definitely be contacting some of the custom makers to see what they could do.

 

Yes, you have choices other than plastic. In the under-$200 price range you can find ebonite-bodied pens. But for the record, if you're assuming plastic is pretty much plastic—Lamy Safari, Pilot Prera, Edison Collier, six, half dozen, one or the other—and that there's a certain cheapness associated with the Safari-Prera-Collier compared to, say, lacquer-coated stainless steel, I would suggest a bout of actually handling and writing with an Edison Collier would disabuse you of that notion. Meanwhile, good luck and good hunting.