A Fountain Pen Wishlist: Part One

Working at Write Here!, we get to see a lot of very beautiful pens. Sometimes the same pen, every day, when walking past the cabinets. From someone who wouldn’t have ever spent more than a couple of pounds on a pen, probably a Biro, I have slowly come to understand why people would spend hundreds (even thousands) of pounds on a fountain pen. Here I thought I’d go through my favourite designs, limiting myself to ten. All but one are still available, but I had to sneak it in anyway…

    1. The Pacific Green Faber Castell Ambition Rollerball (£49)

Faber Castell don’t do the Pacific Green as a fountain pen, unfortunately, though they do have Ambition fountain pens in a great choice of wood finishes. This colour is wonderfully unique sea green, matte, complimented by the very glossy chrome fittings. Modern and classy at the same time.

 

1 2. The Passioni Fountain pen from the Omas Bologna collection. (£260)

This is one of the few pens that when I see it, I’d expect to be more expensive (and you don’t often get to say that about luxury fountain pens...) 

Omas are one of my favourite designers with a knack for striking the perfect balance between unusual and tasteful. Looking at the Passioni pen closely, the colours (my two favourite, incidentally) are wonderfully deep, multi-tonal and bold.

13. Onoto Henry Simpole Overlay fountain pen (£665 - £2500)

The overlay on these fountain pens (available as silver, vermeil or gold; expensive, very expensive, eye-wateringly so) is designed by master craftsman Henry Simpole. The overlay is laid over the ebonite to create a wonderfully three-dimensional, detailed and textured surface that it’s unlikely you’ll grow tired of looking at. 

You can find The Henry Simpole Overlay here on our website.

1 4. Visconti Edvard Munch Scream limited edition. (Sold out.)

This pen Limited Edition Scream fountain pen was made by Visconti as a limited edition of 338 pieces. It is a great tribute to one of my favourite pieces of art – dark, imagined and thoughtful. Unsurprisingly it has sold out.

15. Omas Limited Edition Alexandr Pushkin Fountain Pen. (£2,200)

I’ve mentioned the Pushkin pen on the blog a few times, running through the inspiration and the meaning behind the design.  We haven’t had one of these in the cabinet [yet] but of course I continue to hope...