Big, Fat And Heavy

[lapis]

Sticking to Pelikan, M100 is the biggest and fattest; M900 is their heaviest.

Umm... M1000, of course.

Mike

[1point1mm]

Sticking to Pelikan, M100 is the biggest and fattest; M900 is their heaviest.

Umm... M1000, of course.

Mike

It's all right. We know what you meant!

[lapis]

Umm, again...

Okay, it's maybe not the biggest and/or the fattest, but it's the heaviest one I know of:

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/peli46/BlueNile1.jpg

Due to its massive pure gold, it weighs in at 179 g = roughly 6 1/2 oz.

 

Bet you won't buy that one!

[EMM]

Get yourself a Regal Elizabeth for around $20-30. Its all metal and quite the tanker when posted.

[kiavonne]

Still a fair price, but ask Brian Gray of Edison Pens to work with you for just the right fit for you. His pens tend to be on the larger size, though probably more a medium weight. As long as it feels good in the hand and you have let go of the bp/rb death grip, I think you'd enjoy one of Brian's pens. He'll tweak the nib flow for you, too, without added cost. A free flowing medium might be the real ticket.

 

Handmade "kit" pens and inexpensive Chinese pens share some heft due to brass and other metal fittings used. These might be alternatives to consider. Check out ISellPens for a variety of a lot of different pens of varying weights and sizes, including the Pelikans, Pilot VP, and dozens of Chinese pens.

 

My workhorse pens are the Pilot VP's, a solid weight but not overly heavy, and larger than I was used to before without being too big.

 

I found that the death grip and the pressure used to write with bp/rb was aggravating my arthritis; and when I started trying to relax, write slower, and let the pen lay in my hand that my symptoms were lessened considerably. No pressure is required when writing with a fountain pen. My favourite pens are my Danitrio pens. Although big, they are not at all hefty by my definition. The price is the only thing that would fall into that category with a nice Danitrio urushi pen. The Mikado is really big, and really nice.

 

Ceramic pens tend to be both bulky and heavy. This one maybe, for $25.

Edited September 10, 2010 by kiavonne

[fuchsiaprincess]

This is my biggest pen - very comfortable indeed!

[WendyNC]

If you try working with Bryant, you might see what he has available in the way of a Visconti Wall Street or one of the demos. Don't know if you want to spend that much, but they are my go-to pens on bad hand days.

[shane27]

The Levenger Plumpster is large and in charge!

[manojd]

You can look for Visconti Homo Sapiens. It is a big pen, has a good weight and size.

[PianoMan14]

The Waterman Exception feels like electrical conduit (in a good way).