The Best Fountain Pens Over £500

For all budgets, see The Best Fountain Pens for Every Budget, where we look at the best fountain pens available from under £10 to over £500.

OK, we're taking away the budget limit entirely - this is our picks for the best fountain pens over £500. Of course a great writing experience should be standard with anything here, but you can also expect the very best build quality and precision engineering. At this point, too, many fountain pens are highly decorated, with beautiful designs, sometimes handcrafted and taking months to complete.

It's also the price range where the most famous high-end fountain brand lives - Montblanc. Their Meisterstück pens are seen by many as the very best fountain pens money can buy, and the designs are, quite rightly, classics. If you ask someone to think of a luxury fountain pen, there's a good chance they'll be picturing the Montblanc 149.