I love this pen. At least, I love the look of this pen. Love is not too strong a word here. Specifically, I love the chased blue ice color with sterling silver furniture. I love the cap bands and art deco clip. It's a beautiful pen that I drool over periodically. That said, there's a lot about this pen that keeps it off my "to buy" list. On a practical note, $485 seems a bit steep for a pen with a steel nib and a converter. I know its sterling silver would require maintenance that I'm not happy to provide. I wish Onoto had chosen to use rhodium plated hardware, but you can't hallmark that. I would imagine hallmarked sterling silver deeply appeals to most of this pen's customers, as does its limited 50 pen production.
I would, perhaps, consider buying one if it had a piston or vac mechanism, but I would prefer an all rhodium plated nib, instead of the two-tone nib it comes with. I can overlook the latter, however. In my eyes, this pen is art (or maybe just jewelry), and I'll probably only ever experience it as such. I'll periodically look at the photos, and enjoy it for the beautiful thing that it is, my wallet intact.
Do you feel the same about another pen?
-Andy
I would, perhaps, consider buying one if it had a piston or vac mechanism, but I would prefer an all rhodium plated nib, instead of the two-tone nib it comes with. I can overlook the latter, however. In my eyes, this pen is art (or maybe just jewelry), and I'll probably only ever experience it as such. I'll periodically look at the photos, and enjoy it for the beautiful thing that it is, my wallet intact.
Do you feel the same about another pen?
-Andy
