best pen for $400 or less

January 13, 2013

someone started a topic for best pen for the money, which to me is, what is the best value in a pen. fair topic that generates a lot of thought. but if you wanted to get a pen as a gift to yourself, say a milestone you reached, or you wanted people to notice it when you were in a business setting, what pen that is $400 or less would you get? or if someone asked you for your preference in a gift to you and it was to be the same limitation, what would you want?

it may be the look that drives you, or it may be the writer you like the best. you can include in your answer say a $300 pen that you would have the nib modified which brings it to under $400 total

sam

I couldn't do that < $400, I'm afraid. The pens that we (my wife and I) have that are in that category are all in the $500-600 range. I have a few nice pens under $400, but they are just not 'best' pens - they are just fun to have for one reason or another. So my M800, my Sailor matte black, my wife's Namiki Nippon Art - those are the pens that I think of in the class you describe.