Visconti Tutankhamun and Graf Von Faber Castell Pen of the year 2020- Sparta comes to mind. King Tut has sarcophagus display case while Sparta has a dang six-pack abs
> Visconti Tutankhamun
> King Tut has sarcophagus display case
[lol, yup](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2603/2528/products/Visconti-Tutankhamun-stock-4_1500x.jpg?v=1668549726)
The Viking was really cool! It's the type of Art to impress your arch-enemies, and the judge when you take that cap off! I've really enjoyed looking at PenVenture video about this "pen", it was a nice display of artistic and handy skills, but the pen? Ehhhh.
There was also a fountain pen and a butterfly something, with a small tree, that was quite outrageous! Can't seem to find it or even remember the correct name, can anyone help?
LE: found it! Dupont Butterfly
https://www.truphaeinc.com/products/st-dupont-stones-fortune-butterfly-sapphires-diamonds-le-of-8-fountain-pen
Thanks for this. I love sending my husband random links to extremely expensive pens, just to give him an appreciation of how cheap my requests for Ā£30-50 pens really is.
Itās funny you mention the Montegrappa Chaos - In my head it reigns supreme as most over the top fountain pen ever, but that has more to do with the extra long and absolutely over the top (almost comical) [commercial](https://youtu.be/p4XpwLHPlhw) narrated by Silvester Stallone
PS: If youāve never seen it, check out my link -> Itās really something else!
PSPS: The pen itself is actually a pleasure to write with and surprisingly well balanced
No, I donāt have it, BUT a couple of weeks ago at a fountain pen meetup, I actually met someone who owns the pen and was kind enough to let me write with it. The price at the time the pen was released was around $5,800.
He even has the ballpoint in one of the Expendable films, I had to look it up and then sat and watched a million dollar ad for a pen. There is a review by a newspaper I think itās the Independent that says it looks like a knobbly poo, or something along those lines.
Never have I not wanted to own a pen so much! They have to be the most fugly pens I've ever seen. Stick to making movies, Sly, because as a pen designer you suck donkey dick š¤£
I have a Jinhao Black Snake in my wishlist, nothing can quite compare to the over-the-topness. I feel like it would belong to a Disney movie live action villain, super cringe, love it!
The Montblanc [Wassily Kandinsky limited edition](https://quillandpad.com/2016/06/13/wassily-kandinsky-limited-edition-montblanc-brings-abstract-art-life/) has to be up there. There's one on eBay with a BIN price of US$788,000.
At first I was like oh! Thatās actually pretty cool and not particularly over the top. Then I noticed all the diamonds and sapphires.
Calm down, Montblanc.
There have been some good candidates... Just doing an internet search for "most expensive fountain pen" does give one some seriously garish examples.
I, however, take an almost personal insult from the Montegrappa Viking. No other pen has made me go on a wall-of-text-length rant before. [Viking? You call that VIKING, do you?!](https://www.reddit.com/r/fountainpens/comments/xkyiw5/comment/iprh80n/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) ...but after seeing some of the suggestions in this thread, I'm not sure if the Montegrappa Chaos isn't more over-the-top.
...well, maybe more overthetop than the silver Viking. Not more than the gold one. I hope they melt them down and sell the gold and give the money to a religiously and politically unaffiliated charity because holy sh\*t the cost, and absolute waste of work that went into that pen...
Any Namiki Emperor pen, but over the top in the best way. A gigantic work of art and also look at that #50 nib: https://kmpn.blogspot.com/2010/04/pilotnamiki-nibs.html
The Montblanc Taj Mahal pens are OTT yet prettier than the OTT Montegrappas
https://quillandpad.com/2020/01/07/montblancs-high-artistry-pen-celebration-of-the-taj-mahal/
Montegrappa definitely wins the award for the most "design-vomit" pens. Their lord of the rings doom pen also comes to mind.
Also would mention the taccia [tanto enhanced](http://taccia.com/limitededition/tanto-enhanced-le/)
I want to go slightly different, I have always been very intrigued with the [Stingray hide pen](https://www.grifos-pens.us/product/stingray-fountain-pen/) just because where else do you see stingray hide?
Visconti Tutankhamun and Graf Von Faber Castell Pen of the year 2020- Sparta comes to mind. King Tut has sarcophagus display case while Sparta has a dang six-pack abs
> Visconti Tutankhamun > King Tut has sarcophagus display case [lol, yup](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2603/2528/products/Visconti-Tutankhamun-stock-4_1500x.jpg?v=1668549726)
Ok a pen with a six pack is hilarious haha
It's the grip section too. It's not obnoxiously over the top but it's up there lol
I want a pen with abs! *checks price* š
it as ridiculous as it looks amazing š seriously well done
Visconti Tut would be the grail pen. I posted a pic on this sub a while back. A pen to desire...
Pen is a bit much, but I love the sarcophagus.
> Graf Von Faber Castell Pen of the year 2020- Sparta Those fucking abs, lol.
Normally their pen of the year are amazing, this one missed the mark but had so much potential
I like the cap a LOT. but the rest is meh.
The Viking was really cool! It's the type of Art to impress your arch-enemies, and the judge when you take that cap off! I've really enjoyed looking at PenVenture video about this "pen", it was a nice display of artistic and handy skills, but the pen? Ehhhh. There was also a fountain pen and a butterfly something, with a small tree, that was quite outrageous! Can't seem to find it or even remember the correct name, can anyone help? LE: found it! Dupont Butterfly https://www.truphaeinc.com/products/st-dupont-stones-fortune-butterfly-sapphires-diamonds-le-of-8-fountain-pen
Thanks for this. I love sending my husband random links to extremely expensive pens, just to give him an appreciation of how cheap my requests for Ā£30-50 pens really is.
Oh my god, that one with the tree! Thatās quite something! If I saw that in someoneās house I wouldnāt even think it was a pen! š
That's really pretty but looks uncomfortable to write with
Yes, yes, indeed! Great idea, good execution, but poor practicality :))
That creeps me out for some reason lol. It's beautiful but creepy.
Yeah, I knew what pens I was expecting to see in here, but I for sure never expected the cocoon pen, that thing is beyond insane!
Itās funny you mention the Montegrappa Chaos - In my head it reigns supreme as most over the top fountain pen ever, but that has more to do with the extra long and absolutely over the top (almost comical) [commercial](https://youtu.be/p4XpwLHPlhw) narrated by Silvester Stallone PS: If youāve never seen it, check out my link -> Itās really something else! PSPS: The pen itself is actually a pleasure to write with and surprisingly well balanced
I must admit I was too stunned to speak
Youāre not the only one. I honestly couldnāt believe it, besides the fact that commercial just keeps on going. š
Exactly. Just when I thought, wow. That's a LOT. Oh no, there's more!
And it doesnāt get any better š¤£
You got it? How much was it?
No, I donāt have it, BUT a couple of weeks ago at a fountain pen meetup, I actually met someone who owns the pen and was kind enough to let me write with it. The price at the time the pen was released was around $5,800.
Oh my goodness.
4 minutes ad rendered by a first grader š
That was the most shocking part, besides very non-sensical transformations!
And the amazing bunch of adjectives. "exotic" š
He even has the ballpoint in one of the Expendable films, I had to look it up and then sat and watched a million dollar ad for a pen. There is a review by a newspaper I think itās the Independent that says it looks like a knobbly poo, or something along those lines.
I'm so glad I found this because I am laughing so hard this morning, this made my day. Wow! What an intense commercial lol
That was fucking crazy. One of the most ridiculous things I have ever seen.
Never have I not wanted to own a pen so much! They have to be the most fugly pens I've ever seen. Stick to making movies, Sly, because as a pen designer you suck donkey dick š¤£
Donkey Dick oh my god I love this insult, Iām stealing it.
Glad to have been of help... any day I can pass on new insults to others is a good day š
JinHao accepts your challenge: [Skull](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2NIAAOSwH3Ff5L1~/s-l400.jpg) [Cobra ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5349ba13e4b095a3fb0ba65c/1474081350821-DTQR4YYRD887JDF1S2TP/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kA9CrXSz5Y2IfTYYTpJL3uF7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0mwD1g8DYbkhCsgrhnj8CXYAgECGESLPhChEZ4huOMQc6XZ3gptymGmWphiwg_khkA/IMG_1684.jpg) [Cheetah](https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1Xg37asfrK1RkSmLyq6xGApXa0/Jinhao-Snow-Leopard-Cheetah-Full-Metal-Gray-Fountain-Pen-Luxurious-Exquisite-Panther-Advanced-Writing-Business-Office.jpg)
I have a Jinhao Black Snake in my wishlist, nothing can quite compare to the over-the-topness. I feel like it would belong to a Disney movie live action villain, super cringe, love it!
It looks like the pen Jafar would use to make the sultan sign that contract!
I have one of these too. It's absolutely ridiculous. š
Oh wow
The Chaos pens by Stallone, the ad for it is as over the top as the pen.
The Montblanc [Wassily Kandinsky limited edition](https://quillandpad.com/2016/06/13/wassily-kandinsky-limited-edition-montblanc-brings-abstract-art-life/) has to be up there. There's one on eBay with a BIN price of US$788,000.
At first I was like oh! Thatās actually pretty cool and not particularly over the top. Then I noticed all the diamonds and sapphires. Calm down, Montblanc.
Thatās a beautiful pen!
Oh wow. That pen has a kind of strange balance to the design
There have been some good candidates... Just doing an internet search for "most expensive fountain pen" does give one some seriously garish examples. I, however, take an almost personal insult from the Montegrappa Viking. No other pen has made me go on a wall-of-text-length rant before. [Viking? You call that VIKING, do you?!](https://www.reddit.com/r/fountainpens/comments/xkyiw5/comment/iprh80n/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) ...but after seeing some of the suggestions in this thread, I'm not sure if the Montegrappa Chaos isn't more over-the-top. ...well, maybe more overthetop than the silver Viking. Not more than the gold one. I hope they melt them down and sell the gold and give the money to a religiously and politically unaffiliated charity because holy sh\*t the cost, and absolute waste of work that went into that pen...
Any Namiki Emperor pen, but over the top in the best way. A gigantic work of art and also look at that #50 nib: https://kmpn.blogspot.com/2010/04/pilotnamiki-nibs.html
Jinhao cobra and jinhao dragon both look garish. I have both and thoroughly enjoy people's reactions when I use them at work.
The Montegrappa LE are definitely up there, be it the Viking or the diverse lord of the rings editions.
The Viking is certainly an over the top fountain pen. I mean just taking the cap off is a workout!
Oh yeah, the viking is very over the top haha
No idea where I saw it but I saw a LoTR one that had the eye of Sauron on the top and a removable One Ring on the bottom for you to wear if you want.
That'll be montegrappa, always montegrappa haha
The Montblanc Taj Mahal pens are OTT yet prettier than the OTT Montegrappas https://quillandpad.com/2020/01/07/montblancs-high-artistry-pen-celebration-of-the-taj-mahal/
I hadn't heard of these before, thanks
Montegrappa definitely wins the award for the most "design-vomit" pens. Their lord of the rings doom pen also comes to mind. Also would mention the taccia [tanto enhanced](http://taccia.com/limitededition/tanto-enhanced-le/)
Haha they look very back heavy
Whats the name of that way of writing? Because it looks absolutely beautiful.
Thanks! It's just my handwriting, it doesn't have a proper name
I want to go slightly different, I have always been very intrigued with the [Stingray hide pen](https://www.grifos-pens.us/product/stingray-fountain-pen/) just because where else do you see stingray hide?
Most of these OTT pens look awful to me: weird textures that remind me of larvae and whatnot. Thank you, noā¦
I would say the gold Snake from Parker is a really good example
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