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Hi All

 

This is going to be a very personal choice however I am very interested what people find asthetically pleasing in the fountain pen world.

 

My personal choice is a rather nice looking pen by Mont Blanc, but as this pen is priced at around $27,000 I dont think it should count!

 

Worth a look though

 

 

 

 

So to my second choice, I love the look of Visconti pens, especially the Divina.

 

 

 

I also love my first ever Fountain pen, my Duofold

 

 

 

Kind regards

 

Jay

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has to be the 149, second the omas 360 old style and third the pel m1000

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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My preference runs to the Italian pens.

I came here for the pictures and stayed for the conversation.

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Whoa. That first pen looks stunning jwar!!

 

Personally, I like the Lamy 2000 and Safari for their looks...minimalist and classic!

Thanks I love it, she is inked with diamine imperial purple too.

 

I have a lamy safari charcoal black nib, and a dialogs 3 with Hitchcock red ink by Mont blanc.

Kind regards

 

Jay

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There's only one Mont Blanc I was very taken with and I have it:

 

http://www.stylophilesonline.com/images/10-04/10kafka6.jpg

 

I also love this one

 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J174ihUUSqU/Tec9DAktj_I/AAAAAAAAQQ4/2yxH5sOZcAw/s1600/2.jpg.jpg

 

The rest, I gravitate towards the Italian side of the fence.

 

Omas 360 Blue Royale:

 

http://www.nibs.com/www/WEBSITE%20PICS/Omas%20website%20pics/360BlueRoyaleuncapped.JPG

 

Visconti Homo Sapiens

 

http://www.eughoffman.lu/images/news/visconti-homo_sapiens-1-big.jpg

 

Waterman Collection D'art L'eau

 

http://www.efco.pl/sereniteaeau-1.jpg

 

Waterman Serenite Wood

 

http://home.kpn.nl/geele160/IMG_0131.JPG

 

Yeah, these are the ones that seriously blew my mind.

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There's only one Mont Blanc I was very taken with and I have it:

 

http://www.stylophilesonline.com/images/10-04/10kafka6.jpg

 

 

I agree! Gorgeous. What model is it?

 

 

 

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The Nakaya Makie SUMI Decapod 'gold' version. Sheer perfection in simplicity! This is true beauty... no makeup (if you know what I mean... precious stones or other sorts of gimmicks like over-sized clips).

 

http://www.nakaya.org/products/IMAGES/BODY/13004(1).jpg http://www.nakaya.org/products/IMAGES/BODY/13004(2).jpg http://www.nakaya.org/products/IMAGES/BODY/13004(3).jpg

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The Nakaya Makie SUMI Decapod 'gold' version. Sheer perfection in simplicity! This is true beauty... no makeup (if you know what I mean... precious stones or other sorts of gimmicks like over-sized clips).

 

http://www.nakaya.org/products/IMAGES/BODY/13004(1).jpg http://www.nakaya.org/products/IMAGES/BODY/13004(2).jpg http://www.nakaya.org/products/IMAGES/BODY/13004(3).jpg

 

Perfection indeed! It must shimmer in the Golden hour!

 

Thx for sharing..

 

J

"Writing is 1/3 nib width & flex, 1/3 paper and 1/3 ink. In that order."Bo Bo Olson

"No one needs to rotate a pen while using an oblique, in fact, that's against the whole concept of an oblique, which is to give you shading without any special effort."Professor Propas, 24 December 2010

 

"IMHO, the only advantage of the 149 is increased girth if needed, increased gold if wanted and increased prestige if perceived. I have three, but hardly ever use them. After all, they hold the same amount of ink as a 146."FredRydr, 12 March 2015

 

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I agree! Gorgeous. What model is it?

It's written on it :-)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Franz Kafka

Greetings,

Michael

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mongrelnomad Collectors Item

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Either the very simple:

 

http://www.ciar-roisin.net/photos/nakaya/cigar01.jpg

 

or the simply ornate:

 

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/1131/arcocerrbo3.jpg

 

I do not think it is a coincidence that the beauty is innately of both materials.

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Too many pens; too little writing.

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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ov5tKbeoxvs/SkuLhwa26CI/AAAAAAAAALY/wDPCPIdWB_M/s320/Sailor-HK-00.jpg

"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick; and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."

~ Benjamin Franklin

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When you have a couple of pens you have one prettiest. When you have a dozen, you have a few.

Well I live in Germany, the land of the black and gold pen.....sigh.

Even so black and gold can be pretty.

I got about 50 pens.

 

 

All these are German except for the Italian Columbus.

 

Geha 725, sleek, very classy, great balance, my number 3 nib, Semi-flex M-F, (#1 non-oblique nib) One of my three perfect balanced pens...everyone has their own best balanced)

 

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/geha1.jpg

The nib takes it over the top. Picture with permission of Penboard.de.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/Goldschwingnib-2.jpg

 

Italian 1950 Columbus, does not have an original Columbus nib. :crybaby: The gold colored 'no name' Bercontra # 37 that I have no idea where I got it, is a nice wet maxi-semi-flex/'flexi' F is real nice. :thumbup:

It is in the top five of my pretty pens. The little lines that run through it are copper colored. It too was one of my original inherited pens.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/SAM_0489.jpg

 

 

Osmia-Faber-Castell 540 Supra (maxi-semi-flex/'flexi') steel M, 'flexi'/maxi-semi-flex, @ 1952.(the pen that started my madness.)

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/faber_osmia_62_f_marbled_7.jpg

 

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/faber_osmia_62_f_marbled_3.jpg

 

MB Virginia Woolf, 18 k springy B. Second prettiest nib, to the 725. permission of pentime.com

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/IMG_0625-1.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/IMG_0619-1.jpg

No across the table bling with the nib, but me to me bling.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/IMG_0641-1.jpg

 

No name....'32 (has window) or '40 (lacks cap ring) greatest guillochiert'ed pen I have, very crisp and clean. I have some 6-7 BHRC pens, this one is best...is it better than the MB?...IMO yes.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/BgMTrDmkKGrHqUH-CMEsNj0IjBLEdKcYTg_12-1.jpg

 

 

Again another no name '30's pen.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/SAM_0485.jpg

 

I happen to think my sterling silver P-75 cisele and my Luxor 900 silver overlay barleycorn very pretty too.

I have half a dozen other very pretty pens.

Seeing I have done it cheap...I've been in the right place at the right time and was very lucky.

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Ransom Bucket cost me many of my pictures taken by a poor camera that was finally tossed. Luckily, the Chicken Scratch pictures also vanished.

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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Lisa, you should see if you can send that pen back - it has some serious flaws in the finish! Really now, with pricey pens like that you'd think they could get all the little details in order.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(OK, at the end of the day I want to see a show of hands of those who think I'm serious...)

"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick; and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."

~ Benjamin Franklin

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Ha ha ha, Jon!

 

Mine is the Nakaya Negoro:

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6056/6294506874_a129fbd30e_z.jpg

Nakaya Negoro by ethernautrix, on Flickr

 

Here's a link to my pen on John's nibs.com website: Nakaya Negoro Shiro-tame

 

I'm trying desperately not to call up John and ask him whether one of these could be made in Neo-Standard style.

 

Stop it. Stop it now.

Too many pens; too little writing.

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