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.
The elegant pen from David Oscarson is the Henrik Wigstrom Trophy pen. This is the first in a series of limited edition writing instruments inspired by Wigstrom a master who worked for Peter Carl Fabergé. The pens are crafted from sterling silver and have a guilloché design.The pens are made in Heidelberg, Germany and bear the monogram of Henrik Wigstrom. They use an 18-karat gold nib which is rhodium plated and tipped with iridium and coupled with an ebonite feeder. The Henrik Wigstrom Trophy Pen Collection comes in four colors, powder blue with sterling silver and violet, black with rhodium vermeil and red with 18K gold vermeil. Each color is limited to 128 pieces (100 Fountain / 28 Roller Ball). The fountain pens are $4,200 and the roller balls sell for $4,000.
Oh look, another diamond and Swarovski-studded whatsit. This time the bedazzling takes the humble Sharpie, you know, that pen you use to label boxes, to a whole different level. State Street jewelers in Illinois created this one-of-a-kind Sharpie marker worth more than $10,000. The Sharpie is covered with over 1,300 Swarovski crystals and the clip features 65 perfect-cut Hearts On Fire diamonds. The pen is being shown off this week in Miami and will be auctioned for charity on Feb. 6. It is a promotion for Sharpie's "Autographs for Action" program, which plans to donate $1 million in supplies and funds to charities, community organizations and schools across the country.
Like the Great Works dishware that I mentioned earlier, the Graf-von-Faber-Castell Walden Woods roller-ball pen celebrates a literary legacy. The Walden Woods pen is created of ash wood that was salvaged from naturally fallen trees in Walden Woods and features a Thoreau quote. The cap of the pen is platinum. The pen is limited to a quantity of 2006 and retails for $600. A percentage of the sales will be donated to the Walden Woods Project and will also enable American Forests to plant a tree for each pen sold.
It's not just movies that are being shown off at Cannes. Visconti pens took the opportunity of the film festival to debut their new Divine Proportion pen. They chose the Cannes Film Festival because the opening night movie was "The Da Vinci Code" and the novel talked about the mathematical relationship popularly known as "The Divine Proportion" which is seen as the essence of aesthetic perfection.
The golden mean (1.618) or phi ratio was used to develop the pen and including the length of the celluloid cap and barrel, the five-sided star shape of the inside, and the golden spiral or Nautilus barrel. The pen is trimmed in sterling silver and has a two-tone, 18K nib and a "Push & Pull" filling system. There is a riddle inside the pen, five numbers hidden inside the cap, clip, body and barrel of the pen. If you solve the riddle you win a golden Visconti inkwell. The pen is limited to 1,618 pieces in sterling silver and sells for $1290. There are also 618 gold-trimmed pens available.
We mentioned the Montblanc
anniversary pen a couple of months ago but now WWD has more info on the distinctive diamond that is
a part of the pens and watches that are being made to celebrate the brand's 100th anniversary. The diamond cut took
eight years of research and development to design and has 43 facets. Only stones over half a carat will can be cut into
the star shape. Montblanc's Lady profile watch which has a 18K whoite gold case, mother-of-pearl dial and the Montblanc
diamond in the crown will sell for $3,050. A party in New York on March 14 to show off the diamond will be hosted by
Claire Danes and Lauryn Hill will perform. "Mindfreak" magician Criss Angel will do the honors of presenting
the diamond.
The Talentum Finesse from Aurora pens takes the
classic look of the Talentum and shrinks it down to a slimmer profile for smaller hands or for tucking in a suit pocket.
The fountain pen and roller have pull off caps and there is also a ballpoint version. The fountain pen has a 14K nib and
fills through a cartridge or converter. The fountain pen sells for $156 and all three pens are also available in black
but I prefer the pretty in pink version.
The latest pen from English company
Conway Stewart is the Windsor. The Windsor takes its inspiration from the fine detail work done by English gunsmiths.
It takes craftsmen over 60 hours to create the intricate scroll engraving on this sterling silver pen. A translucent
blue resin is applied to the pen so that the silver beneath can shine through. The nib is 18K gold with rhodium
plating. The
fountain pen sells for $1,005 and is being made in a limited edition of 100.
S.T. Dupont's Vertigo II
collection is an updated version of the first Vertigo Collection which was made back in 1996. The new collection
features a geometric pattern done in Chinese lacquer. There will be 350 fountain pens, 350 rollerball pens and
300 Line 2 lighters created. Pen
Lovers recently checked out the set and gave it rave reviews. The lighter has a list price of $990 and can be found
along with both pens at Fountain Pen Hospital.
Although I tend to use a pen
less and less these days, I like the idea of the Swiss Army pen. It has a flashlight and Victorinox tools including a
nail file, scissors and a flathead screwdriver. The pen has pressurized ink for writing upside down and a
battery-powered flashlight. Sure, it's not as pretty as most of the pens we showcase here but it would be great to
travel around with. The Swiss army pen sells for $50.
The
Delta Alfa Romeo pen is created from a block of bright Alfa red resin. The pen which is available as a fountain pen or a
rollerball is accented with sterling silver details. The pen features the Alfa logo and the central barrel ring
replicates the car's grill and the cap crown's mimic the design of the spoked wheels. The trim ring is created in the
likeness of the original tire tread and the platinum plated clip features a ruby. The fountain pen features an 18kt
gold nib and there are%uFFFD 1750 of each type available. The fountain pen costs $499 and the rollerball is
$236.
The Gotica pen from Caran d'Ache
recently made its debut in China. The pen which
celebrates Gothic art and architecture is made of rhodium-coated solid silver with six faces decorated with Gothic
windows, fleurs-de-lis and rosettes. The Gotica Jewel pen is set with 892 brilliant-cut diamonds totalling 7.10 carats
and the rosettes have 72 emeralds (3.96 carats) and 72 rubies (9.90 carats) while 210 yellow sapphires (28.35 carats)
embellish the fleurs-de-lis. The pen is selling for 3.28 million yuan ($406,453) in China and there are already
interested purchasers.
In order to celebrate Fountain Pen Hospital's 60th anniversary, Stipula Pen Company of Italy
has created the Blue Dusk Limited Edition. The pens are done in blue resin with sterling silver trim. They are selling
60 numbered fountain pens and 30 rollerballs. The fountain pens have Stipula's 14 kt gold nib, available in fine,
medium and broad. Both pens can be purchased as a set for $395.
