Aurora 88 Sigaro Blu Limited-Edition Fountain Pen Discussions | Drop

Nov 24, 2018

Stunning and beautiful. Too bad I can't afford it : (

Nov 25, 2018

Pierce_Everett_NostrandIt's a good thing actually--we don't want to be seen as encouraging that kind of senseless merchandising and consumerism, now do we? No one actually needs a six-hundred dollar pen, and no pen is actually worth six-hundred dollars--lets you and I be the first to point that out in hopes that the idea eventually catches on, shall we?

Nov 25, 2018

RayFTrue. Obviously no pen is worth 600 dollars but it'd still be cool to have it you know?

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Nov 25, 2018

Pierce_Everett_NostrandI think it is neither ‘obvious’ nor true that no pen is worth $600, unless you're the only prospective buyer in the market and you aren't prepared to pay that price. Plenty of fountain pen users out there have paid, and are prepared to pay, far more for pens. Then there are pens that contain more than $600 of gold at market value in their construction alone, even if design, workmanship and functional performance were ‘worthless’ to you.

Nov 25, 2018

charlizeworshipperYeah I bought a Sailor Pro Gear (Cosmo) and it's everything I want and need, but it's like a bouquet of roses of flowers or a expensive limited luxury car, or perhaps a house created and designed by one mason made through many years of hard work and design, it's merely a piece of art limited to those who it is granted to, who can pay the price, and those who can pay the price, well... they may seek experiences and products and a life which many may not be able to, full of ease and luxury, it just depends how you spend that time, money and that life. That's what's so beautiful about living on to the next day, those things may disappear with the people who buy them before you, but there will always be new versions of whatever you seek, even if it isn't the exact thing you want.

Nov 25, 2018

Pierce_Everett_NostrandAll I was questioning is who could judge the ‘worth’ of an item or object, where a market for it exists. The individual (wealthy, average or poor) consumer cannot reasonably take the position that his/her assessment is authoritative or representative in that regard, any more than he/she could get agreement from his/her peers at large as to what his/her life (or health, survival, livelihood, etc.) is ‘worth’. Only the market at large – consisting of those who are prepared to part with money in exchange for something, at the right price – can judge ‘worth’, and given the state of the market, I disagree with your claim that no pen is worth 600 dollars, regardless of the specific currency.

Nov 26, 2018

charlizeworshipperHaha I take what I said back because well... A while ago I was contemplating whether to get an Aurora Optima or 88 so I don't know, I guess value is in the eye of the beholder, obviously since I bought a 250$ pen and other pens, so I guess it doesn't make much sense when I said no pen is worth 600 dollars.

Nov 26, 2018

Pierce_Everett_NostrandAnyway it's a pretty stunning pen wouldn't you say?

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Nov 26, 2018

Pierce_Everett_NostrandYes, it is. I just wish it didn't have a smooth grip section and wasn't a piston-filler (more than I wish it was cheaper). I ended up ordering a Talentum ‘Full Black’ (or is that ‘Black Ops’?) and a Alpha ‘Tuscan Night’ this weekend, but I'll say that neither of them looks as stunning in a look-at-me! kinda way.

Nov 26, 2018

charlizeworshipperI like the piston fill function because it is convenient, but I see the annoyance with it. I just looked at the Alpha and it looks very nice, I looked at the price on Nibs.com and it's nowhere near the same price, 450$.

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Nov 26, 2018

Pierce_Everett_NostrandDo you mean the price of the Aurora Alpha in the current drop, compared to Nibs.com's price? I noted in the discussion there how much I actually paid for that pen.

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Nov 26, 2018

charlizeworshipperYes I was... Sorry.. It's late and I'm tired and I'm in the dark.

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Nov 26, 2018

Pierce_Everett_NostrandTwo Ferraris and Porsche is what'd be cool--given the option.

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Nov 26, 2018

charlizeworshipperYou, and those you refer to, could defend that position/rational for one reason, and one reason only-- Y'all jus' ain't woke yet ;- )

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Nov 26, 2018

charlizeworshipperYoung man, I can assure you, in these matters, I am an authority. Actually, the authority, truth be told...

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Nov 26, 2018

charlizeworshipperYou are looking for that sort of attention?

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