Nakaya Heki-tamenuri, decapod, piccolo (also known as top of my in my dreams list):
http://www.nakaya.org/en/review.aspx?id=01030&type=body
Nakaya Heki-tamenuri, decapod, piccolo (also known as top of my in my dreams list):
http://www.nakaya.org/en/review.aspx?id=01030&type=body
Right now, I would like a Pilot Custom 823 in smoke grey, with an F nib. (After owning the TWSBI Vac 700 I would like another vacuum-filler, this time with a 14k nib.)
For me a Namiki Nippon Art Origami Collection pen is my dream pen.
http://www.nibs.com/NamikiNipponArtOrigamiCrane.html
One I can actually get?
Monteverde Artista Crystal
At the moment waiting for a couple deliveries, and for a certain dealer to get the Namiki Falcon SF nib back in stock. My personal "grail pen" is the Visconti "Declaration of Independence 1776" I'm seriously contemplating selling one of my guitars to fund the purchase...
I actually own my dream pen (Pilot Custom 823).
I will admit to a mild curiosity about the Pelikan m800, but not enough to lay out that kind of cash.
At the top of my wish list is an Omas Paragon Arco Celluloid.
Runners-up, in no particular order:
- Montegrappa Miya
- Visconti Divina (cant decide between the standard black/silver or the desert springs version)
- Aurora Talentum
- Watermans in rose and blue ripple - 52V if I can get it
- Parker 1st gen Vac junior in crystal (clear barrel)
- Better example of one or two other vac juniors
- Nakaya Piccolo in heki-tamenuri
- Full size E.E. Ercolessi, vintage, any variety
- Various vintage omai
- An Aurora Optima, preferably but not necessarily green, for sentimental reasons
I'd best stop there...
MB 149
Man, I gotta diversify.
I got MB Meisterstuck rollerball and a MB LeGrande as well.
Several hard to find demonstrators are on my list. Not sure I'll ever find them at a price I can afford though...
Visconti Wall Street
Bogon07 (May 28th, 2013)
Thagbert, thanks for starting this thread. Funny that when I posted it, I figured I'd have acquired them in the reverse order (snooker reference), however that wasn't the case. I can't figure out how to do a strike-through so I'll just start another set. I did get the Vacumatic with a F nib.
Franklin-Christoph Model 65 (or 66, depending on which size feels better) and I haven't decided on the nib yet.
TWSBI Vac 700 Clear, F nib.
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I am but a simple caveman.
thagbert (May 1st, 2013)
Nakaya Ayakashi (Apparition)
Vintage (1950s) Montblanc 146, please.
My budget (comical) can't get near the prices these are going for now.
Do you know?, I have pens that I want but I have come to realise that my "Grail" pens don't actually write any nicer than the pens I've already got. Consequently some of the fire of acquisition has cooled a little.
Maybe one day I would like a Graf von Faber Castell Guilloche, something from ST Dupont and a nice Onoto - oh yes and a Nakaya. But to be honest, if I don't get them I won't shed tears.
Pens and paper everywhere, yet all our hearts did sink,
Pens and paper everywhere, but not a drop of ink.
"Cursive writing does not mean what I think it does"
JazzDoc (May 11th, 2013)
There are several wishlists off course. There is the unobtainables, a short list with currently only 2 pens: Omas' Arte Italiana Paragon Noir Limited Edition and Parker's Duofold Centennial Mandarin Yellow 2013 Limited Edition. On the soon to purchase list are the KaWeCo al Sport gun metal and the Lamy AL-star mate black limited edition. The waiting list for whenever there is some surplus cash lying around keeps changing but the Visconti Rembrandt black, KaWeCo dia and the Pelikan Pure in silver keep poping up. These are not very expensive pens so maybe later in the year. I'm not much for vintage but a properly working '51 would be nice.
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