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Montegrappa Moon Landing Collection
No less commemorative, but much more demonstrative, is the Montegrappa Moon Landing produced in a licensed collaboration with NASA. There are two limited edition pen variations in this collection as well as an open edition.
Montegrappa Moon Landing Collection
In my opinion, either choice would make a very cool, sculptural desk display for the space fan (or not).
The first limited edition is crafted in white pearl resin with sterling silver trim and enamel to create a three-dimensional “rocket” and its first, second, and third stages. The Moon Landing pen features the American flag, laser cut and enamel filled, while the pen’s cap is designed to represent the second stage and the Apollo command module.
Montegrappa Moon Landing pen
The silver lost wax-cast clip is modeled after the stairway that supported the rocket, and the blind cap even has minuscule jet exhaust nozzles detailed with red enamel, like those found on the spacecraft.
The fountain pen has an 18-karat gold nib, and an opening in the barrel reveals its filling mechanism and the ink “fuel.” There are 363 fountain pens in resin and sterling silver, denoting Saturn V’s height in feet. There are 110 rollerball pens, the rocket’s height in meters.
Montegrappa Moon Landing pen in titanium and 18-karat gold
The second version has similar iconography, but this time crafted in titanium and 18-karat gold. There are 50 fountain pens to commemorate this year’s anniversary and three rollerball pens to honor the three crew members on the command module.
For more information, please visit www.montegrappa.com/en/collections/moonlandingle.
Quick Facts Montegrappa Moon Landing
Editions: fountain pen and rollerball
Nib: 18-karat gold
Cap and barrel: white pearl resin or titanium and 18-karat gold
Limitation: resin: 110 rollerballs, 363 fountain pens; titanium and gold: 3 rollerballs, 50 fountain pens
Price: $7,140–$46,200 (rollerball), $8,100–$47,400 (fountain pen)
Fisher Space Pen
The original “space pen,” the Fisher AG7 Anti-Gravity pen, accompanied the crew of the Apollo 11 mission after testing in conjunction with NASA.
The patent for the Sealed and Pressurized Fisher Space Pen ink cartridge, filed by company founder Paul Fisher, was actually developed a few years before, in 1966, and it was used first on the Apollo 7 mission in 1968.
Fisher AG7-50LE ballpoint pen in case
Nevada-based Fisher, which has been around since 1948, introduces a special pen in 2019 featuring a space relic sealed into its crown: a piece of space-flown Kapton foil from the Apollo 11.
Fisher AG7-50LE ballpoint pen
The limited edition black titanium nitride-plated AG7-50LE is engraved with Apollo 11 images and text plated in 24-karat gold. And it is packaged with a commemorative coin.
For more information, please visit www.spacepen.com/AG7-50LE.
Quick Facts Fisher AG7-50LE
Editions: ballpoint
Barrel: black titanium nitride-plate engraved with images and text plated in 24-karat gold
Limitation: 500 sets with pen and coin
Price: $700
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Credits: Article and images by Nancy Olson @ Quill & Pad. See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2023/07/29/4-luxury-pens-that-commemorated-historic-milestones-in-2019-by-montblanc-montegrappa-fisher-and-david-oscarson/
