Now I'm lost ...

[comben001]

I've been out of penmaking for much too long due to my professional obligations . Maybe 3 years. I was concentrating on the high end pens : Emperors, Lotus, Imperial, the ones that I used to buy at Craft Supply.

Now I'm coming back and I have a client who has one of my Emperors and want many, many more ( maybe 30 ! ) to give as a gift to his clients ; a typical contract for him in the millions !!!. I look at Craft Supply's web site and ... there gone !

Who sells them now ? Also they had very nice leather presentation pouches that I can't find anymore.

Please help or I'm gonna loose some big $$$ !!!

 

[Andrew_K99]

I think Smitty is the only one selling them now.

Emperor by Dayacom in Rhodium with 22kt gold

FWIW if you need a lot of them (30-50) you could buy them direct from Dayacom [here].

AK

 

[comben001]

So, if all those nice pens are gone, what are the most high end pens around and where can I find them ?

 

[longbeard]

www.exoticblanks.com

Roller Ball & Fountain Pens

 

[Andrew_K99]

I'm relatively new, the kits you mentioned were phased out from the major retailers before I started a year and a half ago. Smitty had kept some of them alive but he is closing up shop in the near future.

In the price range that those kits were there really isn't much anymore. I'm guessing there was a limited market for them. 'High end' from most retailers max out around $30 or so for a kit like the Statesmen.

AK

 

[alamocdc]

As linked above, Ed at Exotic Blanks has Emperors and one Imperial. Smitty has Emperors too, for now.

 

[thewishman]

You can buy direct from Dayacom for that large an order.