What pen is your Holy Grail?

[Silvermink]

Visconti Divina Proporzione, probably, though the red mosaic Sailor 1911 is also a serious contender.

[Kamiyashi]

I walked away from the Visconti Opera Master Demonstrators and am still regretting it a little. I can't complain too much since I got the Black Ripple and a whole slew of others, though! Still wish I had the Blue Ripple, though...

 

Waterman Serenite and Montblanc Jules Verne is the other one that I hate walking away from...

[King of the Road]

The Krone TRex.

Realistically though, a Pelikan M900. Can't decide if it's the classic black, or the silver on red.

Getting even more real, the Nakaya urushi long cigar.

 

[chainwhip]

My Grail list is in my Signature's WTB tag line:

 

Pelikan M800 Tortoise, Tibaldi Modello 60 (Avana-Blu), Danitrio Raw Ebonite Flat Top Mikado, Pilot MYU (Black or Clear/White Stripe)

 

I hope Pelikan re-releases the M800 in Brown/Tortoise one day.

[Dylan]

I would have to ask what is the definition of Holy Grail....I guess its the next pen target.

 

For me the list is endless and as I get one from the list I seem to add others.

 

Some of the list at present:

 

Mont Blanc 149 FP

Mont Blan Le Grand FP Sterling Silver (getting it 28 Feb....yeah)

Pelikan M805

Parker 51 (any colour)

Parker DuoFold Blue pin stripe...looks very nice

............

 

[Anam Cara]

I'm so new at this.

I'm still learning the brands and models of new and vintage pens.

 

I still don't know what my Holy Grail pen is, but I know what it's like.

 

It will be a silver overlay, maybe a vintage Waterman?

(The newer MBs are gorgeous but, unless I find one at

a thrift store or win the lottery, one will likely never be in my price range.

Then again, if I skipped a house payment, a Marcel Proust could be mine! )

 

I want it to look classy-victorian (not too frou-frou!)

it will fit my hand perfectly,

and most importantly,

it will write like a dream.

 

I'll cherish it forever, then leave it for my kids to fight over!

 

Some day!

~Cara

Edited February 4, 2009 by Anam Cara

[tt32003]

Right now it either a Pelikan M625 or a Pelikan Toledo M700

[Beechwood]

Whatever it is, I dont want it.

 

When I have the "Holy Grail" I will stop looking and buying

[Robert Hughes]

I recently got a 1950's Conway Stewart 58, and since then have lost all interest in finding newer, better, grail-ier pens. I've gotta admit, this is one sweet pen! I'm a happy camper.

 

It's so old-school! With a feed that looks like it was designed in 1900. I wouldn't want to take this pen on an airplane - I'd have a pocketful of ink by the end. But the weight, the size, the line on the page... it's a perfect combination of beauty and function. Those CS guys really knew their stuff.

Edited February 4, 2009 by Robert Hughes

[Silvermink]

Whatever it is, I dont want it.

 

When I have the "Holy Grail" I will stop looking and buying

 

No, no, then you just pick a new holy grail.

[matje]

it's the Pilot Toki 90th Anniversary LE.

first time i have seen and liked a raden (or maki-e) pen and LE.

i will never be able to buy it with any kind of reasonable justification.

so it is truly a "grail pen".

holy i can do without thank you. :roflmho:

Edited February 4, 2009 by matje

[QM2]

The Visconti Alhambra

lucite & solid white gold filigree

88 pieces LE c.1998

 

http://www.visconti.it/archivioImg/alhambra-l.jpg

[image from http://www.visconti.it/museum]

 

 

Edited February 4, 2009 by QM2

[adyf]

Probably a PFM demonstrator.

[threejean]

The Waterman's Hundred-Years Pens are my grails of the moment. Rare as hens teeth, but I may get lucky some day.

[sexauerw]

The one I'd most like to add to my collection (and probably never will) is a Sheaffer Targa Masterpiece. Way beyond my budget.

[voukephalas]

My grail is the Montblanc Charlie Chaplin, and now it is mine as of yesterday.

Edited February 7, 2009 by voukephalas

[BerneseMtDogEatsArco]

I think that I may be on the verge of "a" Grail Pen. I've had many Grail pens in the past, and expect many in the future. The current grail pen is a Mikado in taminuri...

 

I have come to peace with the fact that in anything that I collect, I'll never obtain a true, fabric-of-the-universe-shaking grail item. One pen is perfect for one moment, another for the next.

[PigRatAndGoat]

Mine in the Montblanc Magical Black Widow 88. It might take a few years till I have enough money, but I will get it!

[Zeroblade]

Mine's just a simple one - a Pelikan Blue-striped M805 with a Binder 0.7mm cursive italic.

[Shamouti]

I think if Parker made a Mark III "51" converter/cartridge filler fountain pen with an 14K gold stub nib; that would be amazing!

 

Shamouti