Nice pen for about £100

[skoff]

Hi All,

There was a thread a while back that was a discussion on nice pens, I can't find it, does anybody have a link?

Failing that I feel like treating myself to a nice pen, budget around £100. I'd like a fountain pen, nice to look at that doesn't leak. Modern or old fashioned, I don't mind, though I'd like it to be a bit 'different' if that's possible for such an everyday object.

I was going to get myself a nice wallet, but they are all too boring, or don't have enough / the right compartments so I have given up on that idea.

[craigb84]

That would be my thread.

http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1055452

I ended up going for a Pelikan fountain pen and really couldn't be happier. It doesn't come out every day though.

[skoff]

Thank you kindly! I will have a good read.

I doubt my new pen will get used that often, but it's a nice thing to have when needed.

[Digger]

Love my M nibbed Pilot MYU701 off of Ebay. Might be a bit over budget thats if you can find one though.

[Ikemi]

I have a Porsche Design P'3140 in carbon fibre, which has a pretty cool hidden feature ... You have to shake it to extend/retract the ballpoint



Available online for the £65-70 mark

[chrisispringles]

Cross Townsend. I swear by them, they are fantastic writers.

[craigb84]

chrisispringles said:

Cross Townsend. I swear by them, they are fantastic writers.

Would agree. 10 years on and my ballpoint still writes as good as it did the first day and I'm still on the original cartridge.

A bit of brasso every now and again gets the gold trims back to original too.

The only point I would make against it is that it can sometimes be tricky to grip as it's so shiny.

[Rufus]

Nothing wrong with a decent Waterman in terms of pen.

Wallet wise, I find the Mulberry are doing some nice pieces at the moment.

[DiseasalDriver]

Always wanted a nice pen but I go through them too quickly - I tend to chew them, snap off the arm bit without thinking about it.

[curley]

http://www.cultpens.com/acatalog/Porsche-Design-P3...

I have had two of these ( first got nicked , very good quality , look great and you can pick them up for about £100 on Ebay

[troc]

Rufus said:

Nothing wrong with a decent Waterman in terms of pen.

+1

My fountain pen of preference. They just seem to suit my writing style.

[onlynik]

Rufus said:

Wallet wise, I find the Mulberry are doing some nice pieces at the moment.

Yep, Mulberry for wallets, last a long time too.

[skoff]

I am liking the Pelikan M600 (white with tortoise shell - bit over budget, but what the hell), though will be looking at the other great suggestions here with interest. The other thread had a discussion on ink too, and I am leaning towards a nice brown or a bright blue / turquoise - probably need both if I am honest...

As regards Mulberry wallets, I've looked at them and whilst the quality is undeniable they are a little, well, erm, boring... no offence to owners. I was looking for something a bit different. The closest I came was an Aspinals of London wallet that has purple snakeskin in the interior. Not to everybody's tastes, but I wanted something unusual that would make me smile. However this wallet failed by not having a place to put pictures of my wife and daughter. I have since come to the conclusion that the perfect wallet for me does not exist.

[anonymous-user]

Ikemi said:

I have a Porsche Design P'3140 in carbon fibre, which has a pretty cool hidden feature ... You have to shake it to extend/retract the ballpoint



Available online for the £65-70 mark

The biggest tt I know in the world uses one of them, so I automatically translate "porsche design pen user" into "cu nt".

[Ikemi]

bulldong said:

Ikemi said:

I have a Porsche Design P'3140 in carbon fibre, which has a pretty cool hidden feature ... You have to shake it to extend/retract the ballpoint



Available online for the £65-70 mark

The biggest tt I know in the world uses one of them, so I automatically translate "porsche design pen user" into "cu nt".

Cheers! I'd consider myself as 'young', so I prefer interesting materials and features over the usual gold accents etc ... I do have a Cross pen, which was given to me as a present, but the PD is my favourite

[mcpiston]

As regards Mulberry wallets, I've looked at them and whilst the quality is undeniable they are a little, well, erm, boring... no offence to owners. I was looking for something a bit different. The closest I came was an Aspinals of London wallet that has purple snakeskin in the interior. Not to everybody's tastes, but I wanted something unusual that would make me smile. However this wallet failed by not having a place to put pictures of my wife and daughter. I have since come to the conclusion that the perfect wallet for me does not exist.
[/quote]

My wife bought me a nice Montblanc wallet a couple of Christmas' ago. She had the same requirement of having a picture of the family inside it.
The wallet she got me has a mini card wallet which slots inside the main wallet (I think its for holding a credit card and for travelling light etc). The mini wallet also has a picture slot. So I have the best of both worlds now.

[bigrich4]

Ikemi said:

I have a Porsche Design P'3140 in carbon fibre, which has a pretty cool hidden feature ... You have to shake it to extend/retract the ballpoint



Available online for the £65-70 mark

Ikemi, I like the look of that but aren't they quite stubby? I have big hands, would I look a bit of a numpty (well more than usual ) using one?

[anonymous-user]

^ That's the other thing about them... you end up writing like a retard because it's 2 inches long.

[bigrich4]

bulldong said:

^ That's the other thing about them... you end up writing like a retard because it's 2 inches long.

[Stu R]

I like Cross pens, suit how I write and they're one of the few where a medium nib works for me without being too 'wet'.

I use a Townsend which I paid 80 something for, and an ATX which I actually prefer and cost around half as much.