AIBU to think I will never get a refill for my (£620) pen?

A lot of people are given pens as gifts, or inherit them; op has an expensive pen but may not necessarily have bought it themselves.

Even if they had bought it with their own cash it doesn't mean it's a waste of money because a good pen that writes well and looks and feels beautiful all last a lifetime and longer if you look after it.

My dad spent £3K on a fancy electric guitar when he could have bought one for less than £100. My mum bought an all-singing, all-dancing, fancy pants electronic sewing machine when all she does is hem trousers up every now and again. Does it matter? Not really.

I am absolutely intrigued as to how you connect how someone is writing with the pen they use? that isn’t how pens work you know, even the really expensive ones don’t write for you.

if the op had come back and said actually I’m disabled and I struggle with writing would that be acceptable?

Going through the admin side of a bereavement, I really appreciated that the registrar and funeral director had decent weighty pens. Felt fitting.

Hope you find what you need op and get much more enjoyment from your own.

I used to write in brown ink all the time, but it became difficult to get cartridges in anything other than blue or black. I do have a pot of brown ink though.

I got a Waterman as my leaving gift from my last job. I use it quite often, but then I still write proper letters.

Get a fountain pen with a converter. Diamine do a fantastic range of ink colours at a very reasonable price.

Then start looking at brands like Vinta and Wearingeul. There are shimmer inks, sheening inks, shading inks, scented inks. I'm currently eyeing up the Octopus Fluids sheening inks. I love Petrichor and Abalone, both by Troublemaker inks, with beautiful shading.

I use my pens for work and journaling - it's nice to take minutes in work meetings, or just write a to do list with a nice pen with a beautiful coloured ink in it.

I don't consider it a good thing, I think the people who spent ridiculous money on Oasis tickets are morons.

But I don't know, perhaps I am slightly envious of the ability to spend £620 on a pen whilst I sit here using my freebie work conference biro....

I can't believe a thread about a pen could be this entertaining.

Thank you, OP.

Love pens, specially ink pens, currently using this Waterman with deep purple ink every day, also have Cross and Mont Blanc.

I am struggling financially and I’m not upset by this post or the OP spending that much on a pen. When I was young I was given a Parker pen and I loved it, the way a nice pen writes is so different! Plus it’s nice to see someone writing and enjoying the process, we rarely write these days.

Lovely pen, lovely writing OP - coming from someone who will likely never afford such a pen. Spend your money where you want, no aggro here.

Glad you've got sorted.
I know some people have been snarky about how much you've spent on a pen, but if you can afford it and it's something you get pleasure out of, then why not? You're not hurting anyone or anything.

I handwrite daily as I keep a daily diary (I have done since I was 16 - now 47 - and it's a habit and part of my daily routine). The handwriting also helps with my degenerative condition as I get weakness in my hands due to my nerves being trapped in my vertebrae and handwriting helps keep my hand "trained" - although (luckily for me as I can't afford so much for a pen, lol), I'm happy with my Bics - especially blue ink. I also find some pens very difficult to write with as I'm left handed, so fountain pens are a no-no for me unless I rip the page to shreds and pens that are quite thick are a no-no for me too.

Think how much lovely VAT that generated

I once worked in a high end store in London and someone spent 84k on a pen!

But at least the pen is better value than an oasis concert ticket, and will last longer.

I used to love coloured ink back in my proper pen days. Those days are long gone, though.

A reliable pen is a thing of joy, but for me perhaps elevated by its transience.

Is it not compassionate to respect the fact that others are in fact entitled to speak on things relevant to them, without always having to centre the delicate sensitivities of those actively choosing to be triggered? Especially on a forum explicitly open to those from all walks of life?

A poster ought not assume the authority to police what others can and cannot discuss.

But a good many are not too, are they not allowed opinions or possessions?

MN is great for inverted snobbery! People have spent far more for the opportunity to see two middle-aged, scruffy Mancunians 'sing' next year and that's considered a good thing, had that been spent on an evening at the Royal Opera House no doubt many would consider it 'elitist' !

But if you do that, how can you humble brag about your expensive pens on Mumsnet?! ;)

People spend far more on things they like, eg bags, why not a pen?

The preferred writing instrument of Charles Dickens, presumably.

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Thanks anyway, sashh.

My dad always used bottled ink and had beautiful handwriting, but fountain pens have been my personal nemesis since primary school!

I've just looked it up and apparently it's possible to refill ballpoint refill cartridges with a syringe, but it sounds like a massive faff and I'm not sure I'm that desperate for brown handwriting!

Out of curiosity what do you keep your pens in when not in use? I can't imagine ever buying a £600 pen but if I did I would probably store them in a safe rather then pencil case 😂

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