McLaren Carbon Fiber Roller Ball

[Carbon]

I have a novelty pen made for McLaren Racing. It is an M900 carbon fiber fountain pen. I want to get the matching roller ball to go with it just to have a matched set. If anyone has one in new condition please let me know.

[Tom L]

Sorry I can't help you with the carbon fiber rollerball. Interestingly, I did just receive a McLaren pen yesterday, but no carbon fiber except for the tube in which it came.

 

Let me know if you want to sell me the carbon fiber though!

 

Regards,

Tom

[Carbon]

Thanks for the response. I am not interested in selling at the moment. It is actually the coolest looking pen I have ever seen with O-rings for grips and real carbon for the barrel and cap. The carbon tube it came in is cool as well. It has a unique plunger system as well. I am not sure who actually manufactured it.

 

 

 

Sorry I can't help you with the carbon fiber rollerball. Interestingly, I did just receive a McLaren pen yesterday, but no carbon fiber except for the tube in which it came.

 

Let me know if you want to sell me the carbon fiber though!

 

Regards,

Tom

 

 

[rroossinck]

Where's the pics? We need pictures!

[pen tom]

Where's the pics? We need pictures!

 

 

Yes, as a F1 fan, I would like to see pictures.

 

Tom

[rroossinck]

http://www.airlineintl.com/mclaren/img/mclaren_900.jpg

 

Is this the pen you have? Oooh, you're a lucky one.

[Carbon]

http://www.airlineintl.com/mclaren/img/mclaren_900.jpg

 

Is this the pen you have? Oooh, you're a lucky one.

 

Yes. That's the one. I don't actually have any pictures of it myself. Thanks for posting.

[Tom L]

I have a 600, and just yesterday got an 850 which is way cool and is in my pocket now. Would love to get a 900, and perhaps an 800.

 

The pump fillers are cool but with both of mine they stuck a little, so I use Noodler's "Eel" ink in them which helps.

 

Here's a picture of the filler, which I would be remiss if I did not credit as from the Airline International website:

http://www.airlineintl.com/mclaren/img/mclaren_pump.jpg

 

Here's a picture of an 850, which, again, is from the Airline International website:

http://www.airlineintl.com/mclaren/img/mclaren_850.jpg

[rroossinck]

in the nature of credit where it's due, the pic that i linked out to was from airline as well.

 

interesting...i happened to be reading a stylophiles online article about titanium pens that Bill wrote a couple of years ago, and that McLaren was mentioned (no photo, though).

 

is this pen one of those "if you have to ask, you probably can't afford it" types?

[Carbon]

in the nature of credit where it's due, the pic that i linked out to was from airline as well.

 

interesting...i happened to be reading a stylophiles online article about titanium pens that Bill wrote a couple of years ago, and that McLaren was mentioned (no photo, though).

 

is this pen one of those "if you have to ask, you probably can't afford it" types?

 

I can't remember what I paid for it but I think it was in the $400 - $500 range. It seemed like a lot at the time but years later I have spent a lot more on other pens.

[RsqVet]

The McLaren pens were made under license by a british company that made among other items orthopedic implants hence they had much skill at the manufacture of titanium items.

 

I had a few e-mail exchanges with the managing director of the firm that made them back in 1999 or 2000.

 

MSRP back then if I recall was 600 or so for the plain titanium pens up to 1100 or so for the carbon fiber ones if memory serves.

 

I have two, though one has a wrecked nib. Nibs appear to me to be from Bock.

 

To my info they are now out of production.

 

Their converter is the best I have ever encountered. Because it is very open at the bottom if it sticks one can easily lubricate it with a small applicator and some silicone lube.

 

My only complaints about the pens are:

 

1. The clips are on the weak side --- esp. early ones, they went to a heavier gauge latter in production though still weak for a heavy pen

 

2. the cap threads are a bonded plastic insert, nice in that it allows posting but kind of cheap for a rather expensive and "advanced" all metal pen.

[mrbear]

I have an 850 rollerball that I got back in '99, from Airline International. It's still my favorite pen. I really regret not buying the fountain pen when I saw it at the LA show about five years ago. They don't make 'em anymore, and they're very hard to find.

[devo]

I have a novelty pen made for McLaren Racing. It is an M900 carbon fiber fountain pen. I want to get the matching roller ball to go with it just to have a matched set. If anyone has one in new condition please let me know.

 

hello i just came across this web site and noticed your ad from ages ago. i might be able to help you as i had so=me of these in storage which i kept after selling out of the jewellery business.

if your interseted please feel free to let me know. cheers

emmanuel

 

emmanuel.devo@bigpond.com