This pen keeps jumping out at me when I flip through the Fahrney’s catalog. Adding it to the wishlist category here even though it’s out of my price range and not a priority (the first pen I buy over $75 is likely to be a brand I already know and trust I will love — not a lot of those yet at this point in my FP life).
PRICE:
- $256 @ Fahrney’s
- $255.95 @ Goldspot
- not listed at Atlas Stationers, ColoradoPen.com, Goulet Pens, JetPens, or Pen Boutique
ALTERNATIVES:
Pens with similar qualities that would probably stimulate similar pleasure points may be
- Pelikan 405 Silver-White Special Edition $396
- PENBBS 309 in Cedar Beige Demonstrator $26.96 on Goldspot – honestly this is an earthier aesthetic but super-affordable alternative that hits a lot of great points – unfortunately in a fine nib only, BUT with lots of advantages (and leading to ink color choices with greater visibility, like … tans and blush pink: some good ideas with these sailor ink studio colors)
WHY DESIRED:
- The cloudy pearlescent dreamy magic of it. How it looks solid and substantial, but still light, cloudy and floating, imagines translucence
- I don’t have
- an all white and silver pen
- a Laban pen
- fits in with capsule wardrobe grey as neutral
- fits in with pearlescent white shimmer highlights personal style guide
- fits in with my age / feels suitably elegant and mature
- feminine magic without feeling overtly gendered
- styling: traditional in a simple, clean, modern way. Beautiful without being ostentatious
ATTRIBUTES:
- made of iridescent natural shell
- faceted barrel & cap
- polished & covered in layers of clear lacquer
- spring-loaded clip & trim
- rhodium-finish stainless steel nib
- source of descriptions: fahrney’s catalog
NIB IDEAS:
Broad (or medium, at least)
INK IDEAS:
As nervous as shimmer inks make me … yeah. Silver. Light grey. Silvery-bright YELLOW.
- Would Howl at the Moon do? I doubt I’d enjoy it since she says it has a dry flow and is too pale, but the IDEA of it is nice, and her samples look kind of perfect.
- I like this grey-dominant yellow: Taccia Sharaku-natane
- Pretty much every silvery-yellow reviewed on Mountain of Ink that appeals to me is just too light, like this Amber Yellow: Silver.
- Maybe Diamine Golden Sands?
Maybe aqua, silvery-purple/lavender, pink.
But you know black (with lots of shimmer?) would do just fine too.
I appear to be wasting time imagining the perfect ink to go with a pen I do not even own. On the other hand … it gives me pleasure to daydream and look at colors. And I do want to have a practical and pleasurable yellow ink to use in *a* pen someday, even if it’s not this one.
