Revisiting The Classic Pens Lp1 Grapevine 2009

[PenHero]

Hi, Folks!

This is the prototype of the Classic Pens LP1 Grapevine Limited Edition 2009, one of the most amazing hand worked sterling silver pens I have ever seen. Andy Lambrou met Juan Carlos Pallarols, master silversmith from Buenos Aires, Argentina, at one of the Washington, DC pen shows and fell in love with his work. This pen is the result of their first collaboration. Each Grapevine design is worked by hand over 40 hours so that each LP1 art pen is unique and a little different from the rest.

http://penhero.com/Temp/CP-Grapevine-1280-03.jpg

The pen is very large and heavy, at 5 3/4 inches long capped. The edition was 25 pens at $9,000 each.

This prototype was worked from a plain silver CP8. I got the pen from Andy Lambrou so he could get photos of the prototype done before it took a trip with him to the Chicago Pen Show.

I thought a pen with a vine and grapes design chiseled on white metal would look best on a organic themed background. I used maple leaves as I did not have grape leaves and thought they evoked the right shape and color. Two lights left/right opposite, large diffusion tent.

You can read more about this pen here:

http://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/ClassicPens/ClassicPensLP1.htm

Thanks!

[Old_Inkyhand]

It's a beautiful pen! I think I'd like it even more if it had an all-silver nib with a more intricate design, preferably corresponding with the grapevine theme.

[PenHero]

It's a beautiful pen! I think I'd like it even more if it had an all-silver nib with a more intricate design, preferably corresponding with the grapevine theme.

 

Agree that a custom nib like that would be an visually impacting add. I know that very small runs of custom nibs are really expensive.

[Mulrich]

 

Agree that a custom nib like that would be an visually impacting add. I know that very small runs of custom nibs are really expensive.

 

 

Custom nibs may be expensive but so are all of Classic Pens pens–it looks like this one listed for $9000. I'm not sure how spendy a small custom nib run would cost ($500/nib?) but I'm betting someone willing to spend $9k on this pen would probably be willing to spend $9.5k. Either way the pen is very impressive.

 

Thanks for showing us so many of Lambrou's pens; I enjoy seeing the pictures and reading the stories behind the pens.

[PenHero]

It's fun to be able to see these, especially prototypes and learn about the process.

 

Thanks!