Tony Blair's Pen

[Wolfgang8810]

Im not so sure it is a FP It looks like a uniball, however, if i had to guess i would guess Lamy.

 

[burmeseboyz]

(I don't know if you have these one in the US...)

 

The us version is the varsity and it looks slightly different but pretty much along the same style. The nib really looks like the pilot though. Big Tony probably has much more expensive pens in his office but the one he's carrying in that picture looks like a disposable, not a conway stewart.

[wednesday_mac]

He's in a plane, maybe he/his staff don't want to worry about ink explosions and it's not a FP.

[bluestocking]

Come to think of it, the vpens have changed barrel painting...so yeah...I recant, it does look like an old vpen to me.

 

[Caziopia]

hi

I think this is it. Pilot varsity disposible, blue rather than black. See attached pic. what do you think? k if the scan granddaughter came out first, isn't she sweet. don't ya just love finding files. lol Caz

Edited June 13, 2008 by Caziopia

[watermangirl]

I got a cheap Bic fountain pen at WH Smith once - so awful I threw it away so I can't produce a picture for you all... but it looks like that to me. Though I agree - why? Why not just a rollerball on a plane if you are going to go for cheap and scratchy?

[dsatco]

Varsity....Why? Because he knows a good fp from a bad fp.

 

[Goshzilla]

Pilot Varsity in my opinoin, Rotring Core has a clunky ink window, and always had a red ring around the barrel that meets up to the section. That would have been something if it was filled with Gordon Brown's blood heh

[Lozzic]

I find it hard to believe he himself has a good taste in pens... :hmm1:

 

As much as he annoys me I searched on google and found another pen:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-50...treet-bank.html

[cjabbott]

I dunno, you guys. I'd say you're on the right track. Just one question...

 

Does anyone else see a sloped section similar to that on a Duofold flat-top? (Certainly not saying that is what that is...no way! Just look for that slope in the section

 

Other than that, I would say vpen.

[ANM]

I have to change my opinion and say that I don't think it is a Core pen after all.

[barny]

I find it hard to believe he himself has a good taste in pens... :hmm1:

 

As much as he annoys me I searched on google and found another pen:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-50...treet-bank.html

 

 

It's not a fountain pen or is it? I think the cap is a Parker brand.

[JulioPB]

Hi,

 

If any member have seen the TIME magazine issue dated 9th June 2008, the front cover is former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair on a private plane holding a fountain pen as if writing.

 

Does anyone know what brand or type of pen his holding?

 

 

Pilot Varsity or a VPen,

 

Julio

 

 

[garydiamond]

Tony Blair's pen among world leaders' items in charity auction

Fancy writing with the same pen British Prime Minister Tony Blair has used to sign official documents? Or savouring a bottle of red wine from Australian Prime Minister John Howard?

 

Now you can.

 

Each item will go for a minimum of $US99 with bidding closing July 24, organisers of the first World Leaders Charity Auction said.

 

A total of 11 items from world leaders past and present would be offered at the auction launched in Singapore by charity group Youth Challenge.

 

They include a signed photograph of Israel's former prime minister Ariel Sharon and an autographed copy of Ethics for the New Millennium by the Dalai Lama.

 

Also up for grabs is a framed portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a silver-pewter vase donated by Cambodia's former king Norodom Sihanouk and a religious artefact from Mexican President Vicente Fox.

 

Former Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien sent in a signed photograph, while Blair gave up a silver and black Parker pen with his signature on it.

 

A set of three gold-plated medallions commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Greek Revolution, the 80th anniversary of the Balkan Wars and the 50th anniversary of World War II were also on offer, donated by former Greek president Konstantinos Stephanopoulos.

 

This was the first time world leaders had parted with personal belongings to be auctioned for charity, Vincent Lam said, founder and executive president of Youth Challenge Singapore.

 

Proceeds from the auction would go to the newly launched World Humanitarian Fund to support development projects in Mongolia, China and Zimbabwe, he said.

 

"We realised that there have been so many auctions of celebrity items but none of the world leaders," Mr Lam said.

 

Next year, Youth Challenge planned to hold an auction of Asian leaders' personal items

[garydiamond]

Tony only had 3 sets of pens with his name on it.They were parker jotters and after some time he gave one set to Katheryn blair when she was at st joan of ark school in highbury and the other to one of his son,s and he kept one for a long time before giving it to charity

The one you see in the photo was given to me by my child in the 90s and will go up for-sale soon. so if any one wants it contact me

regards gary shannon

Edited October 4, 2010 by garydiamond

[flodoc]

And where does he carry this "no-name" pen when he is not wearing a jacket? His shirts have no pockets.

[garydiamond]

I will ask him the next time i talk with him.But this will take some time as he is now living in the US .And i dont here from him much anymore