Is There A Readily Available Modern Safety Pen?

[eharriett]

All this talk recently about Noodler's new prototype safety pens have got me wondering: are there any new safety pens being made today?

[EMQG]

Not mass produced, no. Some custom makers make them, but they're far from cheap. Expect to pay $500 or more for one until the Noodler's pen comes out.

[jekostas]

All this talk recently about Noodler's new prototype safety pens have got me wondering: are there any new safety pens being made today?

 

Montblanc Heritage 1912 and the Hero H718, though the latter is not technically a safety pen as it has a captive converter and not a true piston.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Montblanc Heritage 1912....I tested one years ago at the duty free shop in Frankfurt. The nib was more flexible than I thought it would be.

I do have a '30's Fendograph, made in Milan. In Penboard makes a better picture I asked Tom to use his and was told yes. Mine is very similar. The cap 'jewel' is a very nice feature. Mine is also 18k rolled gold.

https://imgur.com/UPQpECd

 

It too was a type of pen I'd never expected to own. I was a tad ignorant, when I first saw it at a different live auction. I unscrewed the cap and thought someone had stolen the nib and feed.........until I was shown one screwed the nib up to show it.

Live auctions are nice for pens, in once you beat the dealers, you still have a pen under Ebay price. Of course if there is a collector there........ .........Often I'm lucky on the next pen then.

 

Later, I did see a Mont Blanc '20's Safety Pen in a live auction, the nib was a Weak Kneed Wet Noodle.

Out of my price range of course.

Edited October 13, 2017 by Bo Bo Olson

[EMQG]

FYI guys, the H718 and 1912 aren't classic safety pens. They're piston fillers. "Real" safeties have the nib and feed always bathed in the ink, and eyedropper filled.

[eharriett]

Oh. I didn't know that was a thing. In my OP, I meant "original" style, like what Noodlers is doing.

[Bo Bo Olson]

I should have remembered the nib was out...on that Heritage but got confused....especially in I'd seen a MB Safety Pen that 'resembled' it a little bit.....and have one.

[dogpoet]

What does "safety pen" mean in a Noodler's context?

That you're safe from being ripped off by wasting the same money you'd spend on a Safari or or something on a pen that barely works?

[eharriett]

I was referring to what he put out at the Commonwealth Pen Show. Kinda interested in that. Looks fine to me.

 

And I have an Ahab and a Creaper that are working quite well and in my regular rotation, along with a Neponset that sees regular use when I have specific needs for it, thannnnnk you very much!

[ASCIIaardvark]

Here's Nathan's YouTube announcement of the Noodler's Safety pen. It's 70 minutes long, the part where he shows his pen is 12 minutes in (after discussing why you'd want a safety pen, which was interesting as I never understood the point of them before)

[Freddy]

All this talk recently about Noodler's new prototype safety pens have got me wondering: are there any new safety pens being made today?

 

Stypen Up ............retractable nib cartridge filler only inexpensive in a variety of finishes......

 

Gave many to folks years ago Sweet writin' nibs work as designed.....................

 

Fred