Any good wooden pens?

January 20, 2021

6 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

Are you sure that's £253 and not £283? If I recall correctly, Platinum products were offered at 10% off during Cult Pens's Around The World sale. To arrive at £253 after the double-whammy of stacking the “US customer discount” on top of the brand discount, the list price would had to have been £375 (inc VAT) for the Izumo Tagayasan.

Today the Izumo Tagayasan is listed at £420 (inc VAT). It's doing the double-whammy thing again, but once you take off the tax component, then apply a 10% discount twice over, the effective price becomes £283.50, which is US$388 or thereabouts at today's exchange rate.

Too lazy to post the screen cap, but it was £253.12. There was no VAT (a la US customer discount).

Edit: the number 375 seems familiar

January 21, 2021

1 hour ago, JosephKing said:

Too lazy to post the screen cap, but it was £253.12.

Thank you for confirming the figure. It means that boat has well and truly sailed, and my mind can rest easy now, no longer struggling with should-I-shouldn't-I on the Izumo Tagayasan.

January 24, 2021

On 1/11/2021 at 5:11 AM, LoginlawHK said:

Hello there, this is my first post here.

Currently I'm using the decimo and pro gear slim the most and I enjoyed both metal and resin pens. But I wonder are there any good wooden pens? I would like to have one as I like the touch of wood. I have seen pilot custom maple and sailor precious wood, but are there any more choices? I know wooden pens are not a common choice, but there should be some more.

I don't have much budget, so 300usd is maximum and I would like a gold nib.

Thank you so much!

As the King of the Desiderata Pen Company, I can tell you that I make wooden pens. They're not too bad. $300 and no gold nib, though? You're in mass market territory. A well designed wooden pen that doesn't look like cookie cutter trash is extremely time intensive with the all the steps required, and wanting a gold nib that eats at least $100 into the base price means there's not much left for the maker to have at the end of the day. Steel? No problem, but at that price, for a small manufacturer like me, you're asking him/her to ask for the least at which he can afford to sell the pen. Though it happens occasionally, that's not the prevailing direction of the currents of economics.

Ryan Krusac makes a very very good pen.

January 24, 2021

On 1/12/2021 at 9:37 PM, SoulSamurai said:

Some Desiderata pens are made of wood, such as the Soubriquet (which coincidentally is exactly $300):

https://www.desideratapens.com/pens/soubriquet-cocobolo-one-piece-barrel

Desiderata makes pens that take both dip nibs or regular fountain pen nibs, making them arguably more interesting and versatile than most options. They are made in limited quantities though, so you need to sign up for their mailing list and jump on the pen you want when it's available.

🙂