I received a catalog in the mail this week from Fahrney's Pens. I don't sell pens, but I had no idea that pens could be this expensive lol. I was a little surprised to get this in the mail as I had never heard of them, but just assumed someone sold / traded their mailing list, etc. I thought I would mention it as might be useful to someone for design / pricing ideas...
fahrneyspens.com
Well, you have Parker, Montblank, and Delta....three of the top pen making companies in history. So there is a big name factor there. They tend to create their own kinds of very unique blanks, with more complex, proprietary processes that are hard to replicate by the likes of us, which adds more prestige.
Even $2-3k is "middle ground" price wise... If you search for some Urishi fountain pens hand crafted and hand painted in Japan, you can find pens listed more in the $10k price range. That...now that blew me away. But, when you realize that the incredibly intricate detail of those urishi lacquer painted pens is all done by hand, the price begins to make some sense.