[Misc] Expensive ballpoint pens

ozzygull · Dec 12, 2019

Does anyone buy really expensive pens?

I looking for gift ideas and in John Lewis online a ballpoint pen by Montblanc was a £180. I really like Parker Jotter pens, you can get one from about £10 and I thought they were expensive, but they are good quality and I like they are refillable. I could never imagine spending £180 on one.

I was just curious if anyone had an expensive pen and is it really worth the price?

Is it PotG? · Dec 12, 2019

Psychobilly freakout · Dec 12, 2019

ozzygull said:
Does anyone buy really expensive pens?

I looking for gift ideas and in John Lewis online a ballpoint pen by Montblanc was a £180. I really like Parker Jotter pens, you can get one from about £10 and I thought they were expensive, but they are good quality and I like they are refillable. I could never imagine spending £180 on one.

I was just curious if anyone had an expensive pen and is it really worth the price?

Storage, always think about where your going to keep your pen safe.....

Nitram · Dec 12, 2019

Montblanc are a bit of status symbol. My brother bought me a Cross ballpoint pen years ago which I still have and was impressed enough to buy one for my better half which she used every day in her job.

Knocky's Nose · Dec 12, 2019

I've got a couple of Montblancs but they're in a drawersomewhere. Bought them 'because I could' at the time, but I now grab the nearest biro and don't give a monkeys.

Are expensive pens worth it? Are they chuff. It's all in the eye of the beholder though, and if they make you happy then good for you! :smile:

HAILSHAM SEAGULL · Dec 12, 2019

I get mine from William Hill, complimentary

Justice · Dec 12, 2019

HAILSHAM SEAGULL said:
I get mine from William Hill, complimentary

I do similar with pencils from Screwfix

maltaseagull · Dec 12, 2019

Justice said:
I do similar with pencils from Screwfix

Are they specially shaped to fit behind your ear?

HAILSHAM SEAGULL · Dec 12, 2019

Justice said:
I do similar with pencils from Screwfix

Bloody posh Screwfix, mine uses pencils oops, just re-read it

Cowfold Seagull · Dec 12, 2019

I have a Waterman's, but it's a cartridge pen, mot a biro.

Wonderfully smooth to write with though.

schmunk · Dec 12, 2019

Ballpoint pens are rubbish to write with. If you're going to spend money on a pen, at least make it a fineliner

BNthree · Dec 12, 2019

Oddly just yesterday I was reminiscing back to the days when Parker pens were considered "posh" and the sort of thing your grandparents might get you for Christmas. Was considering getting a custom engraved one for old times sake.

Few years ago someone realised a montblanc refill would fit in some disposable pen casing so you could get montblanc writing experience at the fraction of the cost. Montblanc supposedly changed the shape of the refills so that doesn't work any more.

Triggaaar · Dec 12, 2019

I like a Lamy combination pen/pencil

AmexRuislip · Dec 12, 2019

ozzygull said:
Does anyone buy really expensive pens?

I looking for gift ideas and in John Lewis online a ballpoint pen by Montblanc was a £180. I really like Parker Jotter pens, you can get one from about £10 and I thought they were expensive, but they are good quality and I like they are refillable. I could never imagine spending £180 on one.

I was just curious if anyone had an expensive pen and is it really worth the price?

Have always used Parker pens, from when I was a yoof.
My dad always used to get them from the Parker Pen factory in Newhaven, from when he used to work on the harbour.

Lyndhurst 14 · Dec 12, 2019

BNthree said:
Oddly just yesterday I was reminiscing back to the days when Parker pens were considered "posh" and the sort of thing your grandparents might get you for Christmas. Was considering getting a custom engraved one for old times sake.

Never had a Parker pen but always liked their ad with Penelope Keith

Sussexscots · Dec 12, 2019

I still use a Parker pen my parents bought me for Christmas about forty years ago. I assume they've not changed much as the refills still fit. Could never get on with a fountain pen, albeit I concede there is a certain style to them if you have good handwriting.

Mine is terrible and I can type faster than I write so rarely use a pen except for shopping lists these days.

BN9 BHA · Dec 12, 2019

I have got a Waterman pen, It was a gift from a customer so I'm not sure how much it costs.
Very nice pen but I keep it well out of the way of my family as so many pens in my house seem to disappear

ShandyH · Dec 12, 2019

Pentel Energel are the nicest pens I have written with. £21 too.

AmexRuislip · Dec 12, 2019

ShandyH said:
Pentel Energel are the nicest pens I have written with. £21 too.

Sounds like a pen that BG would use

The Clamp · Dec 12, 2019

Triggaaar said:
I like a Lamy combination pen/pencil

Another Lamy user here. I use the Safari rollerball. Very happy with it too. Pen cost about £45 and refills are a fiver for three .

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