Porsche Introduces New Titanium Fountain Pen

[Chrontius]

http://www.porsche-design.com/en/News-Fountain-Pen/

 

Frankly, it reminds me of the second coming of the Parker T1, though it seems to be capless (sort of…) and has a fairly cylindrical cross section - though it's hard to tell from the few pictures available.

 

So much for being able to say I have cheap tastes!

[BrassRatt]

Alas, no return of the T1:

"the integral 18-carat gold nib..."

 

Well ... "integral" is some kind of stretch, since being a different material precludes the clear simple meaning.

If "integral" means the gold is welded to the titanium, that's a whole new and fascinating ball game.

If it's just an assembly, ho hum.

 

In either case, I'm disappointed that the years since the Parker T1 haven't revealed a way to attach hard tipping to titanium reliably.

I have a tiny sliver of hope now that using solid gold as an intermediate may be that way.

 

Steve

[jkbd52]

It is an interesting pen. I think it would be a show piece. I wonder if the nib can be changed out.

[JPS_Rotring]

http://www.zc77.de/cgi-bin/scgi?sid=1&se=1&kd=0&sp=deu&nm=ebene2.html&rid=7144&ebene=3&menu=ebene3.html

 

A few more pictures, but I dont understand why they call the nib "integral", it doesn't look like its directly flowing into the outer shell

[nicholasyeo]

Looks too similar to a M90. IF only there was a titanium M90!