What is the best scratch free material a pen is made of ?

[goodguy]

What is the best scratch free material a fountain pen is made of ?

Is there such a material ?

Can a fountain stay scratch free under normal resonable home/office use ?

[Catsmelt]

Of course, YMMV, but...

 

My Lamy Safari has been thrown around quite a bit and doesn't look very bad at all. Looks quite nice, actually.

 

ABS Plastic.

 

 

[Sno]

Very interesting question. How about the more expensive materials? Silver scratches very easily, but it can be buffed out.

[tnt]

Maybe some kind of ceramic, but I can't help but think the higher the scratch resistence the more brittle it's likely to be.

[tfwall]

Any of those LE crystal pens that crop up occasionally. Though they are very shatter prone if mis-handled or dropped.

 

There is a post on here about how MB's goal is a high gloss finish, with the result that their "precious resin" is somewhat fragile.

[daveg]

I've had some matt black uniball pens for more than 8 years that are in remarkably good condition though they have been treated with no respect. They seem to be in the polyethylene family of plastics. It isn't a hard material but I think what makes them tough is the flexibility. On the other hand acrylic scratches up, but it's easy to re-polish.

 

Tungsten carbide would be good for avoiding scratches. Rado makes watches of this that look very nice and stay that way for a long time. (Rado calls them scratchproof but I don't think anything is truly "proof".)

 

White plastics show scratches much less than dark plastics. Black is the worst. Marbled and swirled colors make scratches harder to see.

 

[Lloyd]

What about the diamond coated MB limited edition that sells for $$$$$?

[tfwall]

What about the diamond coated MB limited edition that sells for $$$$$?

Well obviously, if you've got a spare 100,000 USD. I think we can discount those as out of most FPNer's range.

[jmkeuning]

Precious Resin.

 

That is the point of that stuff, right? Shiny but also scratch resistant? The downside is the fracture.

[FrankB]

I have yet to see a material that is entirely scratch resistant. If there were such a thing, I am not entirely sure I would want one. I like my pens to have character, and use marks help character to evolve.

[goodyear]

What about the makrolon of the Lamy 2000?

 

I've found it to be very durable so far...

[ANM]

I have to agree with ceramic as a good candidate for surface hardness. Firability and brittleness are not so much of a problem with some modern ceramics.

[Thor]

If there were such a thing, I am not entirely sure I would want one. I like my pens to have character, and use marks help character to evolve.

 

Agreed. I think that the more beat up and used-looking a pen is indicative of the fact that it's a superb writer - my Pelikan 215 is rather scratched, has been dropped once (and it BOUNCED at least four times on concrete, twice on each end, before clattering to a stop..only problem was a bit of ink in the cap and the ends show evidence of having been dropped) from about 5 feet, and dropped from a lower height several other times, but the reason that's happened is because I only have one pen to use and it goes everywhere with me. If it sticks around until I can pass it on to a younger person, I want them to say "Wow, this guy used the (Potty Mouth) out of that pen - there must be a reason why it's still around."

 

And because the way I grew up, I had to learn to cherish the broken, beaten-up stuff because that's all that was available (mainly with music instruments in school)....we always said "yeah but THIS has more character."

[rhk]

I would think an pen coated with urushi lacquer would be reasonably scratch free. One see finger prints on the pen, but these can be removed easily. Ruud

[Ernst Bitterman]

Brushed stainless steel seems fairly resistant to average pocket-wear-- as seen in diverse Parker flighters and the Waterman Hemisphere I was using yesterday.

[FredRydr]

What is the best scratch free material a fountain pen is made of ?

Reinforced concrete.

 

Fred

 

[Escribiente]

I have a Nakaya coated with urushi and in about three years of use, I cannot find any scratch at all. Then again, I'm equally careful with it as with my other pens, but within reason.

[tfwall]

What is the best scratch free material a fountain pen is made of ?

Reinforced concrete.

 

Fred

Who makes a pen from concrete?

[FredRydr]

What is the best scratch free material a fountain pen is made of ?

Reinforced concrete.

 

Fred

Who makes a pen from concrete?

 

Uniroyal. It worked so well for tires. Made them last a lot longer.

 

Fred

 

[FredRydr]

My black precious resin seems to resist scratching very very well, and as mentioned in another thread, I don't baby the pen.

 

Fred