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EdwardMarlowe Near Mint

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Mmmnn.... For me, it would be one of two or three things:

 

- a reissued Parker 51 - a complete reproduction of the Mk1 Aerometric. Parker did do a LE anniversary model, I know, but it really wasn't the same (iirc, it was designed to be used with either cartridges or a squeeze-bulb converter...)

 

- a high end, piston filler like a Pelikan

 

- A 'pimped out' spec Waterman Phileas, with the following:

 

- ebonite body

- lever-operated filling mechanism.

 

Maybe I just have simple tastes, but a lot of the high end pens are just too 'blingy' for me. not that I don't like a certain level of flamboyance - I love my marble-finished Phileases and the likes - but there's only so much gold and ornamentation I can go for before it all just looks cheap and nasty to me - no matter how much it costs or may be worth. But wouldn't it be a dull world if we all liked the same pens? ;-)

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Miss Behaviour NOS (New Old Stock)

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This probably doesn't quite qualify as luxury in the pen world, but I have wanted a Lamy 2000 for ages now. Also, the Montblanc Edgar Allen Poe. Sigh. :notworthy1:

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M.C. Near Mint

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This probably doesn't quite qualify as luxury in the pen world, but I have wanted a Lamy 2000 for ages now. Also, the Montblanc Edgar Allen Poe. Sigh. :notworthy1:

 

 

I just got a Lamy 2000. Its pretty nice especially for the price.

 

I have not decided what limited edition or high end pens I want yet. Mainly because I need to decide what nibs I like. I am getting pens in different nibs so I can see what I like the best. The next will probably be an Oblique and an Italic.

 

I like the sailor Arita pens and other asian pens that have painted art on them. I don't like the pens that have a lot of metal work on them as most are overdone for my taste.

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Anne-Sophie Antique

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A pen made with my choice of colorful acrylic body and beautiful clip.

 

It has been planned for a long time, however, other regular production pens are in the lineup before it.

Is it fair for an intelligent and family oriented mammal to be separated from his/her family and spend his/her life starved in a concrete jail?

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One of them titanium skeleton demos.

Visconti Homo Sapiens; Lamy 2000; Unicomp Endurapro keyboard.

 

Free your mind -- go write

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Trying to decide which is the best and most favorite pen and pen maker on this site is like trying to ask a bunch of car fans who makes the best cars in the world IMPOSIBLE!!!

 

(Even though everybody know Montblanc makes the best high end pens :ltcapd: )

 

Nothing better than a good sense of humor :thumbup:

 

I'm not much into the "bling" of a precious metal pen as for the art work of let's say Japanese pens.

 

For me, ALL of these would do:

 

http://www.nakaya.org/special/chinkoku/chinkoku11.jpg http://www.nakaya.org/special/raden/aogai1.jpg

 

http://www.nakaya.org/special/chinkoku/chinkokuiro.jpg http://www.nakaya.org/special/chinkoku/chinkoku21.jpg

 

Not all Maki-e will do me but Kevin's is gorgeous.

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sonia alvarez

 

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For me, ALL of these would do:

 

http://www.nakaya.org/special/chinkoku/chinkoku11.jpg http://www.nakaya.org/special/raden/aogai1.jpg

 

http://www.nakaya.org/special/chinkoku/chinkokuiro.jpg http://www.nakaya.org/special/chinkoku/chinkoku21.jpg

 

Not all Maki-e will do me but Kevin's is gorgeous.

Those are gorgeous :puddle:

Respect to all

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M.C. Near Mint

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Trying to decide which is the best and most favorite pen and pen maker on this site is like trying to ask a bunch of car fans who makes the best cars in the world IMPOSIBLE!!!

 

(Even though everybody know Montblanc makes the best high end pens :ltcapd: )

 

Nothing better than a good sense of humor :thumbup:

 

I'm not much into the "bling" of a precious metal pen as for the art work of let's say Japanese pens.

 

For me, ALL of these would do:

 

http://www.nakaya.org/special/chinkoku/chinkoku11.jpg http://www.nakaya.org/special/raden/aogai1.jpg

 

http://www.nakaya.org/special/chinkoku/chinkokuiro.jpg http://www.nakaya.org/special/chinkoku/chinkoku21.jpg

 

Not all Maki-e will do me but Kevin's is gorgeous.

 

 

These are the style I like. They are very pretty.

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Deirdre Museum Piece

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The Stipula that's made out of Rhodochrosite: Bianca Cappello.

 

http://www.penemporium.com/_upload/prodotti/6071633_1.jpg

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"Heck we fed a thousand dollar pen to a chicken because we could." -- FarmBoy, about Pen Posse

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The Aurora Clear Demonstrator with red trim. The lowest I've seen is $500. Way too much for my budget.

Why doesn't somebody make an synthetic diamond barreled demonstrator already? Maybe even with a clear feed and nib.

 

That is going to be ABSOLUTELY EPIC.

Visconti Homo Sapiens; Lamy 2000; Unicomp Endurapro keyboard.

 

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Juventino Near Mint

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I will look for an high-end Pelikan with Maki-e artwork. :notworthy1:

Currently inked: M800 (Pelikan Blue-Black), M400 (Qink Blue-Black), 400NN (Pelikan Black), 120 (Pelikan Turquoise) and 100N (Pelikan Royal Blue)

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Edison Urushi Project. Finest tsugaru nuri work I've seen.

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I've been very fortunate to own just about every pen I've ever wanted. That said, and presuming the price to be irrelevant ... probably the Montblanc Poe, Twain, Lennon, Legrand platinum; ST Dupont Orpheo all black w/rhodium; and Duofold Rockwell, all come to mind first. But ... even with all of those, I would still come back to my 51 aero.

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I will look for an high-end Pelikan with Maki-e artwork. :notworthy1:

 

I might accept a Pelikan Kyokko/Gekko set. You know, if it was forced on me at gunpoint or something. ;)

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I will look for an high-end Pelikan with Maki-e artwork. :notworthy1:

 

I might accept a Pelikan Kyokko/Gekko set. You know, if it was forced on me at gunpoint or something. ;)

 

Beautiful pen....check this page for some more.

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Martius Vintage

Martius

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The Nakaya Tametomo. I pitched the idea for this pen, which shows the samurai warlord Minamoto Tametomo, a famous archer, sinking an enemy warship with a single arrow. (He also was the first to commit ritual suicide, but that's another story.) $2,200, which I couldn't afford. The first one was sold at a pen show - I don't know who owns it.

 

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn64/Martius_photos/tametomo2.jpg

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn64/Martius_photos/tame4.jpg

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn64/Martius_photos/tame3.jpg

 

Best,

Summer

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