The Titanic Pen

[Cookies]

I don't know why, but I find this pen hilarious. Can you get more literal?

http://37.media.tumblr.com/f98dc6d9ff7a5d7b558a0f3c2f276f6d/tumblr_n35zddLbmz1sdybhdo2_1280.jpg

http://www.luxeandtime.com/fr/imgs/illustrations/titanic-collection.jpg

[Jeph]

Well, it is a sure conversation starter.

[amk]

Montblanc writer's edition - Jules Verne? or perhaps HG Wells? :-)

[tandaina]

Wow that is ugly!

[carlos.q]

I guess this is one of those times that it is proper to use the word "fugly". :puke:

[ethernautrix]

I kindv like it. I don't want one, but I kindv like that it's out there.

And, yes, I know it's out there.

[Adhizen]

It's something....

[inlovewithjournals]

My first thought was that it would appeal to steam punk fans. Very interesting.

[jackwebb]

http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m420/irontomkidd/Forum/fabulous.gif

[Paul-H]

Who makes it, or was I a one off.

Rather like it in a perverse sort of way.

Paul

[Cookies]

Who makes it, or was I a one off.

Rather like it in a perverse sort of way.

Paul

Whoops, it's a Jean Pierre Lépine (http://www.lepineatelier.com/nos-produits/séries-limitées/hommage-au-titanic/).

[Cookies]

But wait, there's more!

The Graphyscaf ('ocean pen' by the same maker) Looks like something Ms Frizzle might have.

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0232/1831/products/graphyscaph_07_1024x1024.jpg?v=1375986270

That packaging! Hmm.
https://www.papierplume.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/g/r/graphyscaph_04.jpg

[Cookies]

Montblanc writer's edition - Jules Verne? or perhaps HG Wells? :-)

I can't find the HG Wells. Anyone have a picture handy?

[orfew]

I bet it won't float.

[VertOlive]

My husband would love that--he's a Patrick O'Brian fan...he'd feel like a "Master and Commander"!

[Adhizen]

like a stone....

I bet it won't float.

[john]

If the price of this outrageous pen is same as the Chinese pen, I will take one for fun:bump2:

[ardgedee]

Whoops, it's a Jean Pierre Lépine (http://www.lepineatelier.com/nos-produits/séries-limitées/hommage-au-titanic/).

It's a limited edition and they claim it incorporates parts from the ship. The bathysphere-looking one (it's called "Graphyscaf") is a limited edition of 888.

I usually don't think much of Grande Complication-style limited edition pens but these have a cartoonish style that that it's hard not to feel a little affection for.

Lépine's catalog is good for a couple minutes of entertainment. Bright colors, extreme contrasts and shapes is their fundamental style. Their base model pens are more eye catching than most companies' statement pieces.

[pengeezer]

I'd like to see the iceberg that sunk this pen..........:)


John

[Kaputnik]

I wouldn't call it ugly exactly, but then, I use that adjective very sparingly. I didn't have the patience to go through the site looking for numbers with a euro sign in front of them, but I suspect that I'd get ugly about the price.

Anyway, thanks for the laugh.

[KrazyIvan]

I don't usually go for these types of over the top pens but the black one has me intrigued. I would call it my 10K Leagues pen. :D

[Cookies]

If the price of this outrageous pen is same as the Chinese pen, I will take one for fun:bump2:

You could buy enough Chinese pens to last you 20 lifetimes with the cost of that one. It's retailing around $6,800 USD. The Graphyscaf is about $5,900.

[thelonestranger]

I was hoping this was about the pen somebody supposedly found at the actual Titanic wreck... not this abomination

[Plume145]

My first thought was that it would appeal to steam punk fans. Very interesting.

I think it's a little too bright and polished to be totally steampunk though :)

[Brisboy]

If it were a dip pen it would be better. Then they could sell an iceberg ink well to go with it!

Too macabre?

Also, love the little prop. :thumbup: