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Hello Everyone,

 

I recently bought my first Onoto, and have been speaking to their chairman, James Boddy quite a bit recently. I can honestly say that I've had a better experience buying pens from him than from anybody else I've met in the business.

 

Today I was informed that Onoto will be releasing a new series of pens, named the "The Bard" pens, it seems.

 

Here is what I was told:

 

"The next new series will honour William Shakespeare with "The Bard" and 8 different character pens. There will be acrylic, sterling silver and "Portrait" sterling silver and gold pens. Now finalising characters and designs. Quite a challenge given the incredible number of famous and infamous characters in his work."

 

Sounds promising... I can't wait to see what they'll look like :thumbup:

 

Oliver

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I love Onoto pens, I have 6 of them. The Aviator, The Centenary, The Royal Ruby, The Excel in Black Acrylic, Asprey Purple Pen, and my oldest pen I have my 1930's Onoto The Pen, plunger filler.

 

Yes James Boddy is great, they have the best Customer Service. I have made certain special request that they have done at no charge and free nib exchanges and even a replacement box.

 

I too just talked with Mr. Boddy and he is again taking care of his customers.

 

Even with Montblanc you do not get this level of customer Service (they are just too big to give truly personal customer service like Onoto).

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I love Onoto pens, I have 6 of them. The Aviator, The Centenary, The Royal Ruby, The Excel in Black Acrylic, Asprey Purple Pen, and my oldest pen I have my 1930's Onoto The Pen, plunger filler.

 

Yes James Boddy is great, they have the best Customer Service. I have made certain special request that they have done at no charge and free nib exchanges and even a replacement box.

 

I too just talked with Mr. Boddy and he is again taking care of his customers.

 

Even with Montblanc you do not get this level of customer Service (they are just too big to give truly personal customer service like Onoto).

 

I really like the looks of the Avaitor but for somethings that's meant to be insprired by a Supermarine Spitfire it's a poor tie in, streamlined it's not.

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They are certainly lovely looking pens but, I'm sorry, no new pen is worth over a grand! I appreciate that makers like Onoto now have to concentrate on making short runs of limited edition collectors pens, like porcelain or jewellery but it's just another market my income excludes me from, no matter how enthusiastic a collector I might be. Still, good luck to them. I'll throw my money at something I don't have to sell my kidneys for.

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They are certainly lovely looking pens but, I'm sorry, no new pen is worth over a grand! I appreciate that makers like Onoto now have to concentrate on making short runs of limited edition collectors pens

A huge chunk of Sterling Silver that is Halmarked does not come cheaply, and unlike another Pen company, Onoto's Halmarked Sterling Silver is not paper thin prone to getting dents. We are talking 90 grams, probably the heaviest pens out their!

 

Also, Onoto has be doing just so with short run limited editions, be ause All the Onoto's I have are limited edition runs (except my Vintage Onoto).

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I really like the looks of the Avaitor but for somethings that's meant to be insprired by a Supermarine Spitfire it's a poor tie in, streamlined it's not.

Inspired does not mean it IS that item nor does inspired mean Steamline.

 

If you look at the aluminum surface of the Supermarine Spitfire then you can see how it inspired the craftsman to make it similar on the Aviator.

 

Then there is the Propeller on the end of the Cap.

 

I think it is a fine Inspired pen.

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Silver is around 30p per gram at the moment. I very much doubt the material cost reflects the retail price. But that's the same as many 'high end' collectors items and I understand why makers like Onoto concentrate on the limited edition market. I'm not saying they aren't beautifully designed and they're, doubtless, wonderful to use. I'd love to get my mits on one but unless something radical happens, I never will.

 

Of course that doesn't stop me drooling and I'll look forward to the new series - "Age cannot wither, nor custom stale her infinite variety..."

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Not to get off subject to much but material have very little to do with the cost of a product. Labor cost have more to with it more than anything. But enough about this.

 

Back to subject, yes these pens are very beautiful and I can not afford all the one I want.

 

Fortunately I have been blessed to own and use great fountains on a daily basis,

 

One you to might splurge too.

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Hello Everyone,

 

I recently bought my first Onoto, and have been speaking to their chairman, James Boddy quite a bit recently. I can honestly say that I've had a better experience buying pens from him than from anybody else I've met in the business.

 

Today I was informed that Onoto will be releasing a new series of pens, named the "The Bard" pens, it seems.

 

Here is what I was told:

 

"The next new series will honour William Shakespeare with "The Bard" and 8 different character pens. There will be acrylic, sterling silver and "Portrait" sterling silver and gold pens. Now finalising characters and designs. Quite a challenge given the incredible number of famous and infamous characters in his work."

 

Sounds promising... I can't wait to see what they'll look like :thumbup:

 

Oliver

 

Excellent - I just hope the designs won't be gaudy. Onoto pens are brilliant!

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Silver is around 30p per gram at the moment. I very much doubt the material cost reflects the retail price. But that's the same as many 'high end' collectors items and I understand why makers like Onoto concentrate on the limited edition market. I'm not saying they aren't beautifully designed and they're, doubtless, wonderful to use. I'd love to get my mits on one but unless something radical happens, I never will.

 

Of course that doesn't stop me drooling and I'll look forward to the new series - "Age cannot wither, nor custom stale her infinite variety..."

 

It's not just a question of the value of silver, you also need to add the labour costs of the silversmiths. The pens are made in the UK, not Bangladesh, and labour costs are high - no escaping it.

As for Onoto concentrating on the limited edition market, this is simply because profit margins are higher. Onoto is, was and will be a luxury brand.

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