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Faber-Castell Pen of the Year 2007

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Last year's pen of the year from Graf von Faber-Castell used mammoth ivory, this year's rare material is petrified wood. The fossilized wood is so hard that it is cut by gem cutters. Eight stone pieces are set into a fountain pen of platinized metal. The pen also has an 18-carat bicolored gold nib available in three different widths. It has a solid metal spring-loaded clip and the platinum-plated end cap operates the plunger mechanism for filling. The cap also features petrified wood including a small plate in the end cap. Each pen is individually numbered and comes in a wooden case with a limited edition certificate. It can be found at Pens From Heaven for £1840 (around $3,650).

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The Custer Pen

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The Custer pen is the latest in Krone's line of fountain pens that contain unique historical features. This pen dedicated to General George Armstrong Custer has a cap created of genuine horn topped with sterling silver that includes two Custer-related historical artifacts, a fragment of General George Armstrong Custer¹s personal powder horn and a fragment of a bead from one of Sitting Bull¹s camps. The artifacts represents both sides of the Battle of Little Big Horn. The fountain pen's barrel is decorated with a hand-painted scene of Custer¹s Last Stand. The pen is done in an edition of 388 fountain pens and 38 rollerballs with solid .925 sterling accents. It sells online for $3839.

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Shakespeare Limited Edition Pen

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The Shakespeare pen is the latest limited edition from Conway Stewart. The pen combines airbrushing and hand painting to show a scene from Romeo and Juliet on the barrel and the cap features the likeness of Shakespeare as shown in the engraving of him in the First Folio of Shakespeare works. The pen has a solid 18-carat gold nib available in a choice of eight grades, from Extra Fine to Extra Broad, Italic Fine, Italic Medium and Italic Broad and it uses a cartridge converter filling mechanism. There are 25 numbered pieces available in fountain pen or roller ball which sell for $2,450 each. Pretty, but the Romeo and Juliet look a bit old for teenage lovers in this version.

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Tibaldi For Bentley Pens

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Bentley has joined the ranks of Ferrari and other luxury car makers with their own branded pens. The pens are from italian company Tibaldi and celebrate 60 years of production at their Crewe factory. The pens get their looks from the two limited edition cars produced for the Diamond Jubilee of the Crewe factory, the Arnage and the Continental GT Diamond Series and have the Bentley B on the top of the cap. The limited edition includes 400 silver fountain pens. 200 silver roller balls, 40 solid white gold fountain pens and 20 solid white gold roller balls.

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Temple of Artemis Pen

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Ancient architecture fans, this one is for you. This pen from Pelikan is based on the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus which was completed around 440 B.C. The temple was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The column-shaped pen comes in a stone cast presentation case and is palladium plated with ornament rings and a column crown which are fortified with 18K gold. The edition number is in the filling handle and the likeness of Artemis is engraved in the forepart. The pen is a limited edition of 400 and can be found online for $3,360.

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Virginia Woolf Montblanc Pen

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The 2006 Montblanc Writers Edition pen celebrates Virginia Woolf. The pen, released 75 years after the publication of the novel "The Waves", features wave-like guilloche work on the pen's back resin body. The pen has an 18K gold nib with two engraved elm trees and a curved gold clip set with a ruby. Each pen comes in a book-shaped presentation box. There are 16,000 fountain pens, 18,000 ballpoint pens and 4,000 sets which include a fountain pen, ballpoint pen and a mechanical pencil.

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Vermeil Fountain Pen

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Once in a while, we come across a writing instrument that is slightly more covet-worthy than others and this seems like one of them. The Vermeil Fountain Pen is made of solid silver and is covered in 18K gold. It has a vintage guilloche design, an 18K gold nib and a worldwide standard converter/cartridge refilling system that makes it convenient to use anywhere, not just at your desk. I'm not sold on the idea that it will make you "feel capable of drafting a treaty," but you just might enjoy writing checks a little bit more. Price: $350.

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Conway Stewart Pilgrim Pen

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Just in time for Thanksgiving, Conway Stewart has created a pen honoring the Plymouth Pilgrims who migrated to America on the Mayflower. The Conway Stewart Pilgrim Limited Edition pen uses airbrush and hand painting to evoke scenes from the history of the First Pilgrim settlers. The pen shows the coastlines of both Plymouth, where the settlers first set sail, and the Massachusetts Bay, with an ocean scene of the Mayflower at sail on the cap and scenes of the colony painted on the barrel. The pen has an 18K gold nib in a choice of eight grades and sells for $2,450.

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Marlen Astrologie Pen

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We've been covering a lot of cool astrology-related stuff lately. The simple, stylized glyphs work so well as design elements. Marlen's Astrologie fountain pen does more than display the zodicac signs; it also celebrates the history of astrology with a function that shows the planetary hours. A quick turn of the titanium sleeve shows off the planet glyphs associated with the day and hour. I'm not sure how useful this is in our modern age but it is certainly cool. The pen also has a blue titanium barrel and a sterling cap and 18K gold Astrologie fountain pen nib engraved with an strolabe design. The pen is limited to 488 pieces worldwide and has a list price of $3,000.

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Krone Sigmund Freud Pen

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The latest pen from Krone to celebrate a great figure is the Krone Sigmund Freud. The gorgeous pen has an abalone cap with a sterling silver overlay, which reflects the dendrite tree of a neuron. At the top of the cap is a coin with an image of the union of man and woman. On the abalone barrel there is a hand-painted montage that shows images from Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams. Freud's signature is engraved into the sterling silver blind cap. The pen comes in a limited edition of 388 fountain pens and 38 rollerballs worldwide. There will also be a gold pen in and edition of 18. The fountain pen is $4950 and the rollerball is $4850.

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Namiki Pheasant and Sakura Pen

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This exquisite pen, the Limited Edition Pheasant & Sakura from Namiki is new for 2006. The pen uses the Chinkin technique in which patterns are carved into the lacquer surface with chisels. Next more lacquer is poured into the carved grooves and gold foil or gold powder is inlayed. Then pens are detailed with platinum powder sprinkled on the petals of the flowers and nacreous shell embedded in the center of the flower. There are 99 of these pens created and they each come in a box made using the Kaba-zaiku technique which involves using a thin layer of mountain cherry tree bark and creating a cherry blossom design. The pen sells for $10,000.

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The DaVinci Code Pen

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Personally, when watching "The DaVinci Code" movie I thought the cryptex box was nothing special. But maybe you crave your own cryptex box to toss around when eluding mad Europeans in hot pursuit. And, since you'd never use the actual cryptex itself (how impractical is that thing?) let's put something useful in there. How about a pen. Check out the DaVinci Code pen from Tibaldi. It's officially commissioned from Sony. They have made the pen in roller ball editions in silver or solid gold in prices ranging from $3,075 $19,125. Each one is a limited edition. Philippe over at Just Writing reveals the secrets of the pen, showing off his new silver DaVinci Code pen in a comprehensive photo gallery.

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Grayson Tighe Fifth Anniversary Pen

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To celebrate five years in the business, Grayson Tighe has created five special anniversary pens. The anniversary design on titanium is a collaboration with knife maker Jose de Braga collaboration. The pen features a Roman numeral V on the cap with a lapis lazuli composite inset. The pen has stainless steel accents and a titanium trim with blued millgrain accents. The body of the pen has another Roman numeral V set with 5 VS grade white diamonds. The limited edition number is displayed at the top of the pen. This pen sells for $5,500.

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Delta Indios Pens

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This is the latest in the series of indigenous people pens from Delta. This year's line is Indios, which celebrates the indigenous people of the Amazon. The many ethnic groups in the region were called the Indios by the Portuguese explorers and that term is still used today in Brazil. The pens are made of brown and black resin except for the celebration version of the pen (shown above) which is made of Amazon green and brown resin. It has an 18K hand-carved gold ring separating the resin colors and there is a gold disk at the top of the cap which portrays a parrot. The celebration pen is a limited edition of 40 pieces and sells for $2,400. Other versions sell for for $325 to $695.

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Michel Perchin Metropolitan Pens

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The latest pen from Michel Perchin is the elegant Metropolitan. This pen is inspired by the Metropolitan Architecture of the late 1800s and early 1900s. The pens are created from a solid rod of sterling silver with a guilloche design created of layers of enamel. The pen has an 18K gold nib and the Metropolitan is available as a fountain pen or as a roller ball. It comes in four colors: blue, red, green and yellow with black. There are 88 of the red and blue and 15 of the other two colors. The new pen will be available for order in 4-6 weeks.

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