Pens That You've Obsessed Over?

[zchen]

Well I just obtained my 2nd un-restored PFM on my price terms despite saying in the OP that they were hard to get. Now if I can just get my hand on some PFM II, IV, and V.....

Edited October 3, 2014 by zchen

[wastelanded]

 

 

Welllllll, spoke too soon on this. Got a message via paypal for refund and seller message of 'sorry pen is broken'

Translation: 'sorry, winning bid wasn't high enough.' Happens all the time.

[Cordovian]

Montegrappa Nerouno Linea. One day it shall be mine

http://www.pensandleather.com/images/products/detail/montegrappa_fountain_pen_nerouno_linea_red_rose_gold_isnrc135ac.jpg

[georges zaslavsky]

the ultra rare 2005 sailor realo, the montegrappa cigar, omas 360 vision, omas 360 erasmus, omas paragon wilde, the bryant limited versions of the etruria, the man michelin, the danitrio densho, some krone/marlen, sheaffer balance oversize vac fill in abalone celluloid, a chilton penumatic with nice celluloid colors, wahl eversharp doric oversized with adjustable nib, shut it off valve and vac filling system

Edited October 3, 2014 by georges zaslavsky

[prf5]

I obsess over pens that don't exist yet, but could. For instance: a pen that fills like a Conid but automatically fills the ink cache; has the finish of a Nayaka with small diameter round windows to indicate the amount of ink in the filler; a small cap that opens by moving up and covering the feeder; an on-the-fly mechanism to modify the feed; a clip that disappears into the barrel, and an option for personally designed gold bands around the barrel and cap that make each pen distinctive.

[Kuscer]

Obsession might be too weak a word … Possession comes to mind (maybe some dead fountain-pen-nut dude has attached him/herself to me )

 

Have recently drooled over Omas 360 & various clipless Nakaya`s, but I`m still firmly decided not to spent bigger bucks just on nice design & a coating of Urushi.

 

But I am tempted to invest in one or two pens with specialty nibs: XF-BBB wet noodle (as always) and a Sailor Specialty nib

 

 

PS: Of the pens I own I`ve been specially possessed with acquiring:

Sailor Sapporo Zoom nib, Mabie,Todd & Bard, Wahl-Eversharp Doric + Skyline, Various Stylomine 303`s & Bayard`s, Franklin-Christoph Transp. Eyedroppers

oooooooh my darling Omas 360... I've been drooling over that pen for years...

[BookCat]

For a while I've been obsessing over anything with a flexy nib and have a really nice Eversharp Skyline; but I still can't stop myself looking at the flex pens on ebay. Oh the drooling (sorry, I know that's not allowed!).

 

My absolute number one pen obsession is the Nakaya Cat pen, not the moon one, but the one with has a very faint image of a cat's face. This is more of a grail pen than an obession. I'd have to win the lottery (which I don't do) to buy that pen. It probably doesn't write well anyway! Here's a wonderful vid of it, get ready for some great pen porn :

 

Edited October 3, 2014 by BookCat

[Kuscer]

Nakaya!!! Could never afford one, but someday, someday...

[Kuscer]

Also, a funny story:

I was pen-browsing when I came upon the Stipula Speed and thought to myself: Eughh, what an ugly pen! Then, completely by coincident, I saw it again somewhere. I thought: Oh, the Stipula Ugly model. Then, I came across it the third time and realized: I can't stop thinking about this pen! Now am obsessed with it for some reason.