Your Top 5 Pens?

[Michael Francis]

I'm pretty curious to hear and would like to get an idea of what everybody's top 5 list consists of. Being that I'm a newbie and only have three pens, I'd like to know everyone's top 5. If this or something similar has been covered before then I apologize. So, what are your top 5 pens?

[akustyk]

My top 5 pens (in no particular order):

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2. Montblanc 146 F
   
3. Montblanc 344 M
   
4. Montblanc 14 F
   
5. Pelikan M800 EF
   
6. TWSBI Mini EF
   

Edited March 29, 2013 by akustyk

[lovementos]

My top 5 would be:

Pilot VP

ST Dupont Olympio (CI by Pendleton Brown)

Waterman Carene (CI by Mike Masuyama)

Visconti Joon Anniversary LE

Visconti HS Bronze

[Andrea_R]

-Homo Sapiens Bronze

-Wall Street Platinum

-Opera Typhoon

-Opera Elements Black

-Desert Springs

Ehm no affiliation

Vintage:

-Eversharp Doric

-Parker Vacumatic

-Parker 51

-Waterman 52

-Peliksn 100

 

Here you are my wishlist

Edited March 29, 2013 by Andrea_R

[ImQuagmire]

My favourites:

 

1. Montblanc 146 B

2. TWSBI Diamond 540 1.1 mm stub

3. Montblanc 320 F

4. Esterbrook J 9314M

5. Oak Ridge EF

[Glen1981]

Parker 45

 

Pelikan M800

 

Lamy 2000

 

Parker 51

 

50's Parker Duofold

 

These are the 5 I'd have if I could afford them.

[jar]

I don't have five pens I could identify as being "The Top Five" rather I have quite a few pens that would be considered as being in the top tier. Out of my fairly small collection I'd say that about 80% of my pens would fall in that classification and the other 20% would be really close.

[kywildcats]

I'm new to the FP world but my top 5 (so far) are:

 

TWSBI 540 F

TWSBI 700 F

Nemosine Singularity

Xezo All Sea Shell FS

Lamy Safari Apple Green EF

[mhosea]

These are the top 5 that I own:

 

1. Bexley Poseidon Magnum, black with gold-plated trim, 18K Bexley F nib (Binderized)

2. Gate City Belmont, gray, 18K Cartier nib.

3. Sailor 1911 Large, black with rhodium-plated trim, 21K Sailor H-B nib (nib tipping rounded and smoothed)

4. Parker Premier, black with gold-plated trim, 18K medium nib (Binderized)

5. Sheaffer "fat" Touchdown desk pen, medium 14k nib

 

If wanting a 5th that is not a desk pen, substitute

 

5. Sheaffer Snorkel Valiant, pastel blue, Fine.

 

I guess I'm still planning on getting a 1949 fat Touchdown that is not a desk pen at some point, and it should take a position in the top 5, but it may have to wait until I attend my first pen show. I'd rather restore it myself than pay for a restored one, but I might change my mind the next time one shows up in Richard Binder's monthly tray. The last one I passed on in part because I had just come off a buying spree.

[stevlight]

1. Mont Blanc 149 with "Vintage Flex" nib by Richard Binder

2. Mont Blanc 149 B nib that flips to a fine--ground by Richard binder

3. Waterman 56 woodgrain ebonite flex nib

4. Gate City Pens New Dunn Filler

5. Pelikan m800

[Jflorek]

Top 5 I own

 

Vanishing Point

TWSBI 580

Lamy Safari

Waterman Phileas

Kaweco Classic Sport

 

Top 5 I'd like

 

Namiki Falcon

Parker 51 Aeromatic

Waterman Edson

Lamy 2000

Pelikan M800

[pajaro]

Montblanc 146

Montblanc 144 (5)

Parker 51 (27)

Pelikan M640

Esterbrook Phaeton

[steb]

top 5 I own (in no order)

Schaeffer targa. lovely fine nib, with me from the 80 s so an old friend

 

eversharp symphony also a nice fine nib with spring

 

Schaeffer flat top fine nib beautifully smooth

 

Waterman 515 also about the nib!

 

mabie Todd swan flex nib

 

 

five iconic pens

 

parker 51 ( one in the mail--not sure whether it will suit but I feel obligated to try :-) )

 

no personal Jones for one but montblanc 149 ( some day will force myself in the same way as 51 )

 

pelikan 400 ( also makes a good platform for getting into customized nibs)

 

Schaeffer flat top.

 

eversharp skyline

 

you will have more choices than you can shake a stick at once this thread expands

[Bo Bo Olson]

1. MB 234 1/2 Deluxe ('52-55 only) 14 C KOB (Kugle Oblique Broad) with Meisterstuck clip, a different cap ring than the regular 234 1/2. It is a standard sized pen; the girth is slightly wider than 'normal',and due to the brass piston parts has back weighting.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/IMAG0115-1-1-1-1.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/SAM_0410.jpg

One of my "three" perfectly balanced pens, each are different. Geha 725 and P-75 are the other two.

 

#2 a 400NN Pelikan flexi 14 C OF. Medium Large, holds more ink 1.97ml than a Over Sized MB 149..1.60ml, yet is a regular girth width. (there are enough pictures of it floating around)

 

Both my #1 & 2 pen were bought in the same lot in a live auction. I did not want that 'ugly' MB...being real noobie didn't know about the 139 and other pre'war pens that this resembles. All I wanted that 400NN made in 1956 for was it's nib to put on my '90-96 M400 tortoise. It is a rare friction feed. :roflmho:

Sort of odd both ended up my best pens.

 

#3 Geha 725 Goldschwing/ Gold Wing 14 K semi-flex, rolled gold trim including a gold disk as cap and barrle jewel, thin sleek medium large, classic. Made by Geha to catch MB and did. Picture with permission of Penboard.de.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/Goldschwingnib-2.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/SAM_0043.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/geha1.jpg

This was always over budget, until I found it for 'half price' €50 in England during the World cup when no one was there or they had lost all their money betting on England. A week later two went for half of that.

 

#4.one of my 5-6 Osmia pens. This inherited pen started my addiction.

@'52 Osmia-Faber-Castell (took over Osmia in 1951.) Mdl 540 black, gray and pearl.

This has a Supra steel M nib which is 'flexi" I have 5 other Osmia's with gold or steel Supra nibs and I can not say one is better than the other.http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/faber_osmia_62_f_marbled_3.jpg

 

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/faber_osmia_62_f_marbled_7.jpg

 

5. This is the Super Constellation early '40's - mid '50's plane....as the first AWAC's, the EC-121. I happened to work on it. The prettier version was the first Air Force 1. The reason why it has three tails is the Howard Hughes airplane was too big for any hanger in the world with a regular tail, so to get that rudder and stability, they had to make three tails to get it into the hangers...which were only big enough for the DC-3/C-47 another plane I worked on. A very stable plane, perhaps the most stable ever made.

 

Some one in the Mid fifties made a couple 'no name' nice piston pens, with little three tailed 'Connies' on the 14 K nib. The nib is semi-flex and both are good writers. They are not Wearevers that was the box in the Ebay picture that the pens came in...If I buy the pen, I get the picture for free. Bo Bo's Rules.

 

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/AP40G6.jpg

One of the prettiest planes that flew...if one can think the upper and lower radomes away.

 

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/cliro3.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/cliro1.jpg

 

 

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/cb3.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/cb6.jpg

 

 

And my Pelikan 120 school pen regular flex F 'a joy to write with', is almost always in rotation. A pen need not be expensive nor pretty to be a good writing pen.

[mbankirer]

1. Pelikan

2. Waterman

3. Pilot VP

4. Parker

5. DaniTrio

[orfew]

MB 149 M

MB 146 M

MB 3-42 g OB

MB 24 OBB

MB 145 OM

[Leftytoo]

I've owned more than 50 pens, but these stand out:

1) 1950s Japanese Urushi - irreplaceable, an artistic subtle honesty missing in my $$$$ modern Urushi pen. Can't put it down.

2) A modern Parker Duofold, tweaked nib - a silky nib that brings a smile; I forgive design flaws which I fixed. Always inked.

3) Eversharp Skyline - An extra-fine nib smoother than the most touted modern pens. Makes it look easy.

4) 1950s Aurora 88, hooded nib - hard to explain: pared down Italian minimalist design, an extension of my hand, and feedback like a Ducati motorcycle I once owned.

5) Lots of great pens, but none make the short list.

Bob

[tomgartin]

• Lamy 2000
• TWSBI Mini
• Ranga #3
• Pilot VP
• Sailor 1911m

See also: "What Are Your 5 Must Own Pens?" https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/221434-what-are-your-5-must-own-pens/page__view__findpost__p__2346291__fromsearch__1

[Xeros]

In no particular order

 

1. Lamy 2000

2. Parker 51

3. Sheaffer PFM

4. Pelikan M800

5. Pilot VP Matte Black

Edited March 30, 2013 by Xeros

[Michael Francis]

Great looking lists, everyone! Nice to see the variety of pens liked around here. Gives me an idea of some of the pens I should get for future purchases.

 

Keep them coming!