Pens for the office and signing
Pens for the office and for signing: metal or resin bodies, standard refills, and what they cost. 9 Stationery Times guides, each saying why from the product's own specs.
Pens
- HMM Ballpoint Aluminum Click Pen, Raw and Black: The body is milled aluminum, the refill is a standard Schmidt P900M, and the US$35 price falls in our $$$ band.
- Kyo-no-Oto Hisoku fountain pen (customized Sailor Professional Gear), 21k nib: The maker states a PMMA resin body, nickel-chrome trim, a 21k gold nib and a Sailor converter, and the pen sits in our $$$$ band.
- Danitrio Genkai Maki-e Fountain Pen: Danitrio lists an ebonite and urushi pen 173 mm capped with a size #8 18k gold nib filled by eyedropper, and the one dealer price we found was US$11,500.
- Danitrio Mikado Maki-e Fountain Pen: Danitrio lists an ebonite and urushi pen 163 mm capped with a size #8 18k gold nib, filled by eyedropper, and the dealer prices start at US$4,800.
- Nakaya Cigar Portable Fountain Pen: Nakaya lists an Extra Broad nib of 0.66 to 0.86 mm that it calls suited to signatures, on an ebonite urushi barrel.
- Nakaya D-17 Portable Fountain Pen: Nakaya describes the 17 mm barrel as heavy and stable in the hand, and offers an Extra Broad nib it calls suited to signatures.
- Nakaya Dorsal Fin 2 Fountain Pen: Nakaya lists the Dorsal Fin 2 at 30 g in ebonite and offers nib sizes up to Extra Broad, which it calls suited to signatures.
- Pilot Vanishing Point Fountain Pen: Its brass barrel and 18k gold nib take Pilot cartridges or the CON-40, and it sits in our $$$$ band, over $75.
- Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen: A brass body and Pilot cartridge or converter filling sit in our $$$ band ($20-75), a metal pen at a lower price than most.