High-End ?

[Wile E.]

What's your most high-end pencil, ballpoint or rollerball?

[888007888]

I have a Montblanc Soulmakers StarWalker limited edition ceramic and platinum ballpoint with a diamond star. Quite a few other BPs and RPs, but that's my most expensive Ballpoint tipping the scale at just under $1,500. I have a large number of MB and GvFC BPs and RPs at around $1,000 each. But that diamond MB takes the cake in my collection of fountain pen alternatives.

Edited June 4, 2017 by 888007888

[netjunkie109]

I just won a bid a ebay for a Waterman Expert II Prussian Green RB for $30.00. It was a great deal considering they go for about $200 brand new. For a BP, my Waterman Hemi in marble green is my fanciest.

[Studio97]

Years ago bought a MB silver ball point genuine at a pawn shop for $100. Replacement cost today well over a thousand.

[praxim]

I have a Waterman 0521 mechanical pencil, essentially unused, from 1928 and a similarly gold-filled Wahl-Eversharp mechanical pencil from the same year, heavily used but also an heirloom. The latter was of course free to me. The former came as part of a set with an 0552 fountain pen, also unused. In the scheme of the purchase I would say I paid around $20 down to nothing for the pencil (the seller thought it broken, not knowing how to use it). I have not noticed one priced on the market. The well worn Wahl-Eversharp would be in the tens of dollars.

 

I have vintage Aurora, Parker and more recent Waterman ballpoints but am unable to consider a ballpoint valuable.

[Tojusi]

Lamy 2000 mechanical pencil

Parker Vacumatic mechanical pencil (vintage)

[Nihontochicken]

My price wise highest end non-fountain writer is probably my Yard-O-Led Diplomat Barley Ballpen:

 

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I sumgai-ed it off Fleabay for a reasonable price. I think they currently list at about $350 US, which isn't terribly reasonable IMO. Esthetics wise my highest end non-fountain writers are my Parker 51 Flighter pencil and Parker 61 and 75 Flighter ball point pens.

[Sasha Royale]

 

Parker Duofold.

[MHBru]

Pelikan R800 rollerball and matching 800 ballpoint and pencil. Forget how much I paid tho. It's been a while

[shines_lover]

MB Leonardo da Vinci

MB Mahatma Gandhi

ST Dupont Neo Classique Premium White Knight

[Algester]

Lamy Pico Laser Orange BP

Tombow 505/Pilot S20 MP

are my most expensive none FP gear...

I could say Style-fit because I invested on the refills but on it's own its not that "expensive"

[aeba]

Pelikan k600. It doesn't see as much use as I thought, but that doesn't have anything to do with the poor pen.

[celtic101]

S.T. Dupont Orient Express Neo Classic Fountain Pen.

 

It was an impulse buy. Had buyers remorse for a few days until it arrived. I knew it was a "keeper" as soon as i inked it.

[praxim]

S.T. Dupont Orient Express Neo Classic Fountain Pen.

 

It was an impulse buy. Had buyers remorse for a few days until it arrived. I knew it was a "keeper" as soon as i inked it.

 

I agree with the sentiment except it does not appear to qualify as a "pencil, ballpoint or rollerball".

[JakobS]

For wooden pencils, I would pick either the Cda Swiss Wood, or Viking Element 1.

[tonydent84]

For ballpoints, MB Classique, Le Grand and Starwalker - though I was thinking of recently finding a good condition Cross 150th anniversary gold ballpoint. I was also tempted to throw down a few hundred on the Parker Duofold ballpoint, but not sure if it'll be too top heavy.

 

For rollerballs: Waterman Expert or Cross Townsend - they cost around the same I think.

 

For pencils: Pentel Graphgear 1000 or Cross Classic Century (the Satin finish) - I really need a good high end pencil.

 

For fountain pens: MB 149, and my Pelikan Souveran series but I want to get a high end Pilot in the future (my best Pilot was a Custom 823 which I sold a while back). I used to have the Homo Sapiens by Visconti, but didn't like the balance of the pen when posting, so I sold it.

[MagicRedPencil]

My top 3 at the moment are. Rotring 600 gold .5mm , Rotring trio-pen .3mm/.5mm/.7mm , and rotring newton .5mm with a graphite finish.

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