Products - Pen of the Year
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The Pen of the Year 2022 is inspired by the Aztecs, their culture, aesthetics and religious rituals. The rare gemstone turquoise was considered one of the most valuable treasures of the Aztecs. The blue-green stone was used as a decoration on knives, shields and masks. In the end piece of the ba...
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2021 Pen of the Year - Knights
The Pen of the Year 2021 is inspired by medieval knights, their heroes, myths and legends. In those days, the strongest prevailed, therefore skillful sword fighting and the nature of his weapons played a central role in a knight’s life. To forge the knightly swords medieval smiths used Damascus ... -
The Pen of the Year 2020 is inspired by the Greek heroes of Sparta and their king Leonidas. Seven rough diamonds of 0.35 carat on the ruthenium-coated and matte, sandblasted barrel of the writing instrument represent the robustness, strength and uniqueness of the bold Spartans. The milled patter...
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2019 Pen of the Year - Samurai
The Pen of the Year 2019 is inspired by the Japanese samurai (bushi) and their matchless martial arts skills, their swords made from the most precious materials and their silently gliding movements, the aesthetics of which are so similar to the writing process. Samurais believe that intuition i... -
2018 Pen of the Year - Imperium Romanum
The legendary founding of Rome in 753 BC is the start of a rise unparalleled in the ancient world. Even today, in the early 3rd millennium, the great rulers, magnificent buildings and historic cultural achievements continue to fascinate time and again: they are the inspiration for the creation o... -
2017 Pen of the Year - Vikings
Admired as daring masters of wind and wave, feared as ruthless invaders and valued as merchants, the Vikings set up a trading network that span across continents. The revolutionary construction of the Viking longboats, the mystic force of the runes and the curly birch as one of the characteristi... -
2016 Pen of the Year - Schloss Schönbrunn, Vienna
Black, masterly-painted lacquer panels placed in paneling made from flamed maple and set with a gilded frame have adorned the Vieux-Laque Room in Schönbrunn Palace since 1770. Here you will find a special expression of the deep love between Maria Theresa and Francis Stephen in craftsmanship perf... -
2015 Pen of the Year - Sanssouci Potsdam
Frederick the Great, as king and connoisseur of decorative natural stones, cultivated a personal and simultaneously regal interest in the rich Silesian deposits then used to do justice to Prussia’s new status. By special sovereign right, the monarch reserved all precious stones and chrysoprase i... -
2014 Pen of the Year - Catherine Palace
In 1779, Catherine the Great summoned to her court a Scottish architect who attracted considerable attention in Europe: Charles Cameron travelled to Rome in 1768 to seek the Pope’s permission to measure a site and excavate in the ruins of Roman imperial thermae. Cameron’s investigations met the ... -
Pillars of History - The New Pen of the Year Editions
Faber-Castell did not offer a Pen of the Year in 2013. Beginning in 2014 Faber-Castell introduced the Pillars of History Limited Editions. The exclusive writing instruments elaborately showcase fine materials. These elegant productions are inspired by the historic works of major designers and per... -
2012 Pen of the Year - Oak Wood
The 2012 Pen of the Year features a combination of two contrasting materials: the deep structure of ancient wetland oak wood, whose beauty has been naturally wrought over thousands of years, together with gold, which lends a supernatural sheen to the most beautiful works of art created by mankind... -
The 2011 Pen of the Year uses Russian jade, a precious stone with a history going back several thousand years. In its highest quality it is more costly even than diamonds. Jade was formerly reserved for emperors, kings and high-ranking nobles and was revered in the Far East as the "Stone of Heave...
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2010 Pen of the Year - Walnut Wood
The Dürrenhembach hunting lodge near Nuremberg was acquired by Lothar von Faber in 1867 for his son Wilhelm, a passionate huntsman. Lothar’s great-grandson Count Roland von Faber-Castell also shared that passion: the father of the present Count possessed considerable environmental awareness; he ... -
2009 Pen of the Year - Horsehair
Towards the end of the 18th century, horsehair began to enjoy a high status as an elegant material for chair coverings. At first it was woven exclusively by hand, but in 1872 the first mechanical loom for the coveted material was constructed. Its natural properties and the difficulty of processi... -
2008 Pen of the Year - Indian Satinwood
The barrel is made of carefully selected Indian satinwood. This costly wood also graces the paneling and some choice pieces of furniture in Countess Ottilie's suite in the Faber-Castell castle. The drawing-room decor was beautifully designed around 1900 by Bruno Paul: artist, designer, and archit... -
2007 Pen of the Year - Petrified Wood
After volcanic eruptions had buried the vegetation under a hail of hot ashes, or it had become flooded and covered in thick layers of sediment, a unique metamorphosis took place in the wood that was thus encased. In the course of a crystallization process that can take up to 360 million years, l... -
2006 Pen of the Year - Mammoth Ivory
The first known man-made works of art date from roughly 34,000 years ago, made of a material that still retains an aura of mystery: mammoth ivory. The 2006 Pen of the Year barrel is made of mammoth ivory, set into an ebony framework to form an elaborate inlay. For the best mammoth ivory one mus... -
2005 Pen of the Year - Galuchat
Galuchat, meaning sharkskin or stingray skin was named after Louis XV's master leather artisan, Jean-Claude Galuchat, who introduced this exotic material to France during the 18th century. The barrel of the 2005 Pen of the Year is made of stingray leather or Galuchat. It uniquely combines prope... -
With a barrel made of amber and platinized metal, the 2004 Pen of the Year was manufactured by the masters of the craft: The workshop at Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), who spent 21 years reconstructing the St. Petersburg Amber Room, piece by piece and layer by layer. The master craftsman and head of t...
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2003 Pen of the Year - Snakewood
The first Pen of the Year is a fountain pen with a barrel made of snakewood, one of the most expensive woods in the world. Snakewood is an extremely dense hard wood that comes from a small, relatively rare tree found in the forests of Central and South America. Snakewood, named after its characte... -
Natures Luxury - Pen of the Year Editions 2003 - 2012
The 10 limited edition pens are unique pieces of art. Each edition is inspired and elaborately highlighted by rare, unique and elegant materials found in nature. The pens are individually numbered on the twist knob of the plunger mechanism, found under the removable end cap. The fountain pens con...