Your 10 Best Pens

[GallBladder]

There are some exquisite pens on display!

[gregamckinney]

Playing the definition of "best" pretty loosely, here are 10 of my very favorite pens (I picked 5 vintage and 5 modern):

 

black and white LeBoeuf 75 with stub nib; Waterman turquoise Patrician; very early Waterman eyedropper in uncommon chasing pattern; Esterbrook dollar-fifty pen in blue cracked ice; Sheaffer "first year" Crest with sterling silver cap; Omas Arco; Omas Galileo; Pelikan White Tiger; Omas Arlecchino; Delta/Chatterly Oro-based orange/black marbled #2 of 2.

 

http://www.gergyor.com/fpn/fpn-top10-pens-jan2012.jpg

 

Regards, greg

 

Not many changes to my pen collection in the last 11 months, much less the "10 Best." However, there is one change worth noting.

A couple months ago, I made a cash+pen trade for an exotic pen I didn't think I'd ever own. Had to send some $ (not a big deal) and cut my old-style Arco loose (somewhat painful,) but was able to land a Namiki Emperor in vermillion urushi with a nibmeistered stub (semi-flex) nib.

So, in the pic above, replace the Arco with the Emperor, and that's my current "10 Best" list, keeping to 5 each, modern and vintage.

 

http://gergyor.com/images/namiki-emperor-vermillion-urushi__12222012.png

(I'll try to get a better-than-camera-phone pic taken soon.)

 

Best Regards, greg

[ele]

Thanks for keeping this thread alive, Vik!

And congrats to your new and excellent pens.

The Astoria and his filling mechanism are amazing and reminds me to a Matador that I had once...

 

The Matador Turbo was fitted also with this twist/push mechanism. For the Swiss market, the Matador was called Turbino, because the trademark Turbo has already been registered.

 

Whaat... you dont have that Matador anymore

I thought you liked it so much I deemed it inappropriate to ask if you'd let it go. Oh well.

 

The real reason why these are fast becoming my favorites

http://i.imgur.com/wAljM.jpg?1http://i.imgur.com/65d4l.jpg?1http://i.imgur.com/tBhae.jpg?1http://i.imgur.com/ejD3c.jpg?1

That Barclay is incredibly stylish!

[sarahfar]

Maybe not my best ten, but I think they should be together... oops, there're 11 in fact...

 

 

gorgeous

[sarahfar]

Hope you don't object to a "10" Montblanc themed ensemble......

 

 

 

30's

 

124PL, 128G

 

50"s

 

144, 146, & 149

 

+ miscellaneous wartime & vintage items.

 

 

gravitas, now that's impressive

[georges zaslavsky]

Hope you don't object to a "10" Montblanc themed ensemble......

 

 

 

30's

 

124PL, 128G

 

50"s

 

144, 146, & 149

 

+ miscellaneous wartime & vintage items.

superb collection

[Procyon]

Okay, I decided to update by former 10 best list. Some pens are the same but a few have changed. Of course, if you asked me again tomorrow, you would probably get a few changes also. Anyway, here is my latest shot at it.

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8077/8316504706_4cee22022b_b.jpg

 

 

Left to Right:

 

1. Waterman's 452 Sterling Silver Filigree Overlay over RHR

2. Waterman's 0552 Gold-Filled Filigree Overlay over RHR

3. Waterman's Patrician Turquoise

4. Waterman's Patrician Onyx

5. Waterman's 94 in Rose Ripple

6. Aikin-Lambert/Waterman Sleeve-Filler Gold-Filled Overlay - an Aikin-Lambert pattern w/Waterman Clip

produced after Waterman bought out Aikin-Lambert

7. Wahl-Eversharp Deco Band in Chased BHR - a rare model

8. Wahl-Eversharp Deco Band in Lazulitic Blue

9. Parker Sr. Duofold in RHR

10. Parker Sr. Duofold in Mandarin Yellow

[christof]

@Procyon:

Yours is one of the most beautiful collections of vintage U.S. pens I know. Thanks for showing us.

[christof]

Right ond time, one year after starting this thread, I am back again with an update. Man, this was a busy year - some of you followed H E R E and have seen growing the collection. But here comes the pens!

 

Pelikans first:

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8299/7829852608_a8b3f9c39e_c.jpg

Pelikan 100 with striated Jade Green binde from 1931

 

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7251/7873126778_b1e8fe9213_c.jpg

Pelikan 101N in Tortoise and RHR from 1938, boxed

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8062/8252115802_3f4270af4b_c.jpg

Pelikan 101 Lizard from 1935

 

Parkers second:

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8200/8200178340_e9e83c7e46_c.jpg

Parker "51" DJ Nassau Green from 1946

 

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7051/6964417059_f24893a0fe_c.jpg

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8044/8137936082_e8358e0a5c_c.jpg

Parker 61 Presidential solid 14ct. gold

 

Montblancs:

 

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6165/6161523247_045af3e28e_b.jpg

Montblanc Meisterstück 124S from 1936

 

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6789201839_9f30b712d0_b.jpg

 

...others:

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8472/8096129614_83784c9dd3_c.jpg

Soennecken Präsident from 1936

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8502/8332657505_955d72ce83_c.jpg

Waterman's 100 year pen OS from 1940

(David: Things are going extremely slow with the museum people, that's why this pen is still in my hands. Let me say that I am not unhappy about that. I love this pen! But you will hear when it's finally in the catalog of the museum.)

 

 

So let's see what happens this year!

 

 

Edited January 7, 2013 by christof

[Soot]

Christof, it'll be hard to beat what you accumulated in 2012, but then again, you never know. Happy hunting!

[christof]

Thanks Bob, but not all of the 10 are new and have been "accumulated" ( as you call it) in 2012.

It's just the new top10 range...

Edited January 7, 2013 by christof

[ethernautrix]

Reading your thread is dangerous, because it makes me want more pens. But it's a lovely evil. :-)

[giruffo]

Hallo everybody,

 

I am giruffo, it is a long time I follow FPN but this is my first post.

These are my fovourite pens, in order:

 

-Parker Duofold Senior

-Visconti Wall Street

-Stipula Fiesole Deluxe

-Sheaffer balance feathertouch

-Eversharp Doric

-Pelikan M800

-Pelikan 400 tortoise

-Pelikan 100N

- Pilot vanishing point

at the bottom : Esterbrook relief 2L

 

regards,

 

Gabriele

[Frank C]

Right ond time, one year after starting this thread, I am back again with an update. Man, this was a busy year - some of you followed H E R E and have seen growing the collection. But here comes the pens!

 

So let's see what happens this year!

 

 

 

Wow, what a beautiful collection. I am just going to print it out and use it for a shopping list at the LA Pen Show.

[giruffo]

wonderful collection: it is like a symphony for the eyes

[christof]

Time for an update. Decisions becomes harder and harder...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7457/12841727715_6668e9e65d_b.jpg

 

1. Montblanc Meisterstück 124S (uncommon wave pattern)

2. Montblanc Meisterstück L139

3. Parker Duofold Special, Mandarin Yellow

4. Parker "51" first year model in cedar blue and plain Sterling cap

5. Parker "51" Buckskin beige, solid Gold, two tone Empire cap

6. Pelikan 111, solid Gold binde

7. Pelikan 101, lizard pattern, short cap top

8. Pelikan, first year 1929 model

9. Pelikan 101N tortoise and RHR

10. Waterman's #58, HR woodgrain

Christof

Edited March 4, 2014 by christof

[WilsonCQB1911]

Well, I've thinned my collection down to 4 pens currently, so I can't even make a top-ten.

 

1. MB 149, fine nib

2. Conway Stewart Churchill, medium nib

3. Visconti Homo Sapiens, fine nib

4. Pilot Vanishing Point Raden Water Surface, fine, medium, and broad nibs

 

My Pilot 823 is currently having the nib worked on. I'm confident it'll be a great pen when it returns. I'll probably add a Pelikan M1000 to my collection in the next few months.

[Xof72000]

Time for an update. Decisions becomes harder and harder...

 

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7457/12841727715_6668e9e65d_b.jpg

 

Christof

 

 

Nice display tray ...

Could you name them please ?

[Pelikan Vera]

Christoph your 4 Pelikan's and the two Montblancs are just beautiful.....Envy the red Pelikan 101n very much it is stunning.

[WaskiSquirrel]

I try to keep the population down, so as I write this, I don't know if I'll make it to 10. But, in no particular order:

 

1. Pilot Custom 823
2. Pilot Justus 95
3. Noodler's Konrad Ebonite (it's seriously amazing)
4. Noodler's Konrad regular (not as amazing as the ebonite, but decent)

 

So, as it turns out, I really did run out. I have a limited collection of brands and pens, and these four are the ones that I truly love.