If you had $1000 to spend on one pen right now...

[thisteensy]

...which would be your top two choices?

[inkstainedruth]

Top choice would be a Yard-o-Led Viceroy Victorian Standard.  Runner up?  Probably a Pelikan M620 Piccadilly Circus.  Not sure what nib width I would pick for either.  

Mind you, I could NOT afford both of them -- it would be an either/or situation (because with a gold nib, the Viceroy Victorian would blow that 1K mad money purchase all on its own... ).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[two2tone]

1. Platinum 3776 for about $150

2. A nice holiday for $850

 

 

[Penguincollector]

I would go a little bit over and get the MB Glacier Doué. 

[Chouffleur]

 

Wahl Eversharp Coronet Fountain Pen - Gold Filled Cap & Barrel, Black Inserts, Broad (Excellent, Restored)

https://www.peytonstreetpens.com/wahl-eversharp-coronet-fountain-pen-gold-filled-cap-barrel-black-inserts-broad-excellent-restored.html

 

... and I'd blow the other $310 on ink.

 

In the immortal words of George Best, “I spent a lot of money on booze, birds, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.”

 

[AmandaW]

I would choose a very pretty Sailor pen - one of the tea time ones perhaps, or the four seasons, they're all lovely - with a medium or broad nib customised to be a nice fine italic for everyday writing.

[A Smug Dill]

1. A Pilot Ishime urushi pen (in any of the four colours, although Green would rank first and Black would rank last as my choice) with F nib — that's “the pen that got away” from my viewpoint.
2. A Platinum Izumo that isn't one of the single-coloured Tamenuri. The matt Tagayasan is fine, but I wouldn't say no to one of the fancier ones.

[PAKMAN]

Perfect color Black and Pearl flattop Parker Sr Duofold

[Checklist]

Parker 51 Vac first year in cedar blue with end jewel and "wedding band" cap.  Maybe spend the other half on something that strikes my fancy later.

[metalhead]

2. Otto Hutt Design 08 Ruthenium

1. M1005 Black or Stresseman

[DilettanteG]

I've been eyeing that Pelikan M800 Brown Tortoise 2013 Special Edition at Rick Propas' site for a while now. Poof, grand spent.

 

Really wish I bought one a few years ago when they were half that price. 

 

For two pens I'd complete my Pelikan M101N set with the last two Special Editions I don't have yet. I found a vendor with the matching IB factory fresh nibs, so I already know where I'd send the cash. 

 

I think it may be time for me to stop my recreational shopping.

[Bo Bo Olson]

A late '30s- early 40's Pelikan full tortoise 100N-101N.

They won't cost that much but wishing for $500 is the same in my boat as wishing for $1,000...the extra would be for a 400 sea green tortoise.

[tde44x]

Visconti Homo Sapiens Magma with a stub nib and tuned by a nib-meister.

[thisteensy]

On 1/16/2024 at 5:48 PM, two2tone said:

1. Platinum 3776 for about $150

2. A nice holiday for $850

 

 

I love this answer.

[Misfit]

I don’t have one pen I want that would cost the whole $1000.  I’d spend it on several custom Edison pens like the Comet.  I’d have to research what other version I’d like. The Glenmont comes to mind.  I have a Menlo and Beaumont.  The Beaumont is in my top 5 pens. 

[como]

MB 149 in B or Sailor KOP black ebonite in B

[nanahcub]

I'd probably go for Sailor Pro Gear Slim, and pocket the rest of the money.

I don't think there is any need to spend a  thousand dollars (or Pounds or Euros) on a pen

 

Or to look at things a different way, I would maybe be happy to spend that to get back my 1970s Parker New Slimfold. My first fountain pen, which I got when I was probably 14 or 15. I don't  know what happened to it - I think it was probably thrown out in one of my Mum's clear-outs, sometime after I'd left home. I lost a lot of stuff that way. She never thought to ask whether I wanted things, before chucking them. But if I could get that pen back (That Pen - not another of the same type) maybe I'd pay the $1000.

I don't think anyone would ever consider a New Slimfold to be worth $1000, but sentiment has a value of its own.

[thisteensy]

10 hours ago, Misfit said:

I don’t have one pen I want that would cost the whole $1000.  I’d spend it on several custom Edison pens like the Comet.  I’d have to research what other version I’d like. The Glenmont comes to mind.  I have a Menlo and Beaumont.  The Beaumont is in my top 5 pens. 

Those are pretty.

[thisteensy]

On 1/17/2024 at 11:23 AM, Bo Bo Olson said:

A late '30s- early 40's Pelikan full tortoise 100N-101N.

They won't cost that much but wishing for $500 is the same in my boat as wishing for $1,000...the extra would be for a 400 sea green tortoise.

This idea has me on the hunt. So far nothing has come close to my Pelikan 400NN.

[thisteensy]

28 minutes ago, nanahcub said:

I'd probably go for Sailor Pro Gear Slim, and pocket the rest of the money.

I don't think there is any need to spend a  thousand dollars (or Pounds or Euros) on a pen

Sensible advice. You're probably right. It makes me think about how even the act of fantasizing about things we would like to own creates tension and craving, and these things are just distractions. A more expensive pen is not going to solve the problem of the blank page. 😇