What pen is your Holy Grail?

[mikerph]

I would really like to get a Grayson Tighe Titianium or Meteorite fountain pen. I will probably get the titianium because its a lot cheaper than the meteorite and I might just be able to afford it one day.

[jpr]

1929 Pelikan Jade NOS, but it might not even exist.

[Skyppere]

I thought I had replied here. My holy grail pen is the pen with the sayings of buddha inscribed. I think by Pilot? I've seen them with the lettering raised or engraved and in several different colors.

Oddly enough I couldn't locate one on the internet to show what I mean. I've also seen them in sets with ball point and pencil too.

 

And I actually let one of these slip through my fingers... it was on the green board on PT at what was a reasonable price, just a bit too high for me at the time... sigh...

 

skyppere

[eilu]

Pilot VP- I like the idea that it's retractable, I've read good reviews about it, but too expensive for me

Pilot MYU- I alternate between finding its integrated appearance cool and modern or "too plain." Also too expensive.

[reprieve]

An Oldwin from Mora Stylos. Next time I am in Paris...

[Easily Amused]

Hmmm, the funny thing about acquiring your Holy Grail pen is that once you have it, you immediately begin the quest for the next Holy Grail pen. That being said, my first "Holy Grail" a Montblanc Virginia Woolf. Got it in Feb. 2008 at a great discount. The second "Holy Grail" was an old-style OMAS Paragon in saffron celluloid. Got it at the DC Pen show last year. Following that, another pre-2005 OMAS Paragon in the Bronze Arco celluloid - got that one week after the saffron. Now, my "Holy Grail" is probably an OMAS Paragon in Green Arco. I wonder what will come after that. The quest never ends, but I guess a lot of the thrill is the hunt...

[Rena]

I thought I had replied here. My holy grail pen is the pen with the sayings of buddha inscribed. I think by Pilot? I've seen them with the lettering raised or engraved and in several different colors.

Oddly enough I couldn't locate one on the internet to show what I mean. I've also seen them in sets with ball point and pencil too.

 

And I actually let one of these slip through my fingers... it was on the green board on PT at what was a reasonable price, just a bit too high for me at the time... sigh...

 

skyppere

 

 

One of these pens, Skyppere? "Wow" pens, those...

[Inka]

I have no true "Grail" pen either, I like too many I cannot afford.

I'd still like to get an M800 marked Demonstrator some day, when the price is right and I have the funds.

I've wanted a Sterling Parker 75 but now thinking it wouldn't feel right to me if I did own one, too dang skinny for me, me now thinks.

 

The more I think about it, the more I'd like to own a Conid: Benjamin Graham Plunger Fill w/ Tebaldi Celluloid body.

Taking that a step higher, I'd like one like it in clear acrylic resin like the one seen in the "Making of the Pen" video on their website here.

If they could make me one that's dimensionally as large in outer diameter as the Benjamin Graham, but completely transparent, that would be awesome!

I'd take any of the Benjamin Graham plunger fillers though, then I'd have to have one with the piston fill too, and maybe the titanium model, and a.......

If I could only get them to make me one in trade for any of the rare custom knives I have [and will likely have to sell anyway, including rare Damascus blade Buck hunters]...

Ohhhhhhh, the pain.......

 

 

THIS is ugly:

 

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The cap looks like road-kill cat, something scraped off a highway or from the 1989 movie "Pet Sematary".

[stevlight]

The cap looks like road-kill cat, something scraped off a highway or from the 1989 movie "Pet Sematary".

 

Thanks for the laugh on a Sunday morning--I needed that! --I don't get pens like that.

[Inka]

Thanks for the laugh on a Sunday morning--I needed that! --I don't get pens like that.

Your laugh was my laugh too. Thanks for the feedback, I needed that myself.

:roflmho:

I'm in complete agreement, don't know where that road-kill pen pen-pic was originally found but sure is... what's the word I'm looking for...

I don't get it either. Not too sure I'd want to, honestly

[DrPJM1]

I would love to add the vintage Sheaffer OS Balance Demonstrator and the 1997 LE Demonstrator pens to my collection.

[rollerboy]

My current grail is not a rare vintage pen. I'm a simple man with simple tastes. A current model Aurora 88 with chrome cap will do me just fine thank you.

[Inka]

My current grail is not a rare vintage pen. I'm a simple man with simple tastes. A current model Aurora 88 with chrome cap will do me just fine thank you.

You have very good taste and I would not call that choice simple at all, rather a well thought out decision and to me a very beautiful pen.

I especially like the large Nikargenta 88 Chrome, since I prefer larger pens due to fairly large hands.

A good choice indeed, regardless of size.

[Wheelieman3]

Sheaffer Senior Flatop:-).

[Pepin]

my holy grail will be a resdesigned PFM snorkel pen with custom housing sections made of the material of my choice, probably solid titanium with selective platinum coating. This will be my project in the next few years. Just need to get the moonay.

[framebaer]

Sigh, I say aim high.

 

For me that would be a perfect empire cap Nassau Green 51, sigh!

[Inka]

my holy grail will be a resdesigned PFM snorkel pen with custom housing sections made of the material of my choice, probably solid titanium with selective platinum coating. This will be my project in the next few years. Just need to get the moonay.

Or buy your own shop materials. learn how to use them and make it yourself.

There's a thought, very cool indeed.

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[Pepin]

my holy grail will be a resdesigned PFM snorkel pen with custom housing sections made of the material of my choice, probably solid titanium with selective platinum coating. This will be my project in the next few years. Just need to get the moonay.

Or buy your own shop materials. learn how to use them and make it yourself.

There's a thought, very cool indeed.

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Indeed that is my plan. When I finish with school, I'd like to build my own laboratory, with equipments to make anything from small gears for a watch to high-module carbon fiber parts for racing applications.

 

I think the snorkel filing system is one great system to play around with. With the right tools, things can be easily tweaked, longer snorkel tube, larger bladder housing, etc. The cool thing about tweaking this system for personal use is that I will have a pen that is super sweet and I will be able to avoid the legal henchmen from Sheaffer since I'll have to use some original parts.

[Inka]

Sigh, I say aim high.

 

For me that would be a perfect empire cap Nassau Green 51, sigh!

I'd never heard of that until now, apparently a very sought after pen from what I'm reading.

It's been advertised as "Never leaks, never breaks, ...." all sorts of good write-ups I'm finding.

Was this 2002 version a remake of an earlier model by the same name/style, but a C/C version in 2002?

I found the 2002 model on the Bay here, but this one does not look green on my monitor.

That's a very cool looking cap, to put it mildly, as I'm at a loss for better words right now.

Excellent looking pen, though!

[Inka]

Indeed that is my plan...

A very good plan, indeed.

I hope I am around to see it completed.

As for the rights to use the parts, I've been seeing a lot of so-called "Franken-pens" lately that use old, vintage pen parts to create new pens.

I'm not so sure there would be any real infringement, as old as the pens are and patents may likely long since having expired, but definitely worth looking into.

Definitely go for it!