Gaudy looking pens

[scratchy]

Looking at the photos of the LA pen show, I was surprised at the number of brightly coloured pens. I'm going to go so far as to call them gaudy. I've only got one gaudy looking pen myself, a bronze GT Bexley Simplicity that looks almost orange. It's just as well it's a nice writer or it'd never see the light of day. I guess it is just personal preference...

 

Does anyone have a thing for brightly coloured pens...?

 

(apologies if I offend anyone!)

[jar]

Sure, if well done, but then my gaudy might be different than your gaudy. Is the ST Dupont Opus X gaudy? How about a red stardust Conway Stewart? What about an Amber ST Dupont Chairman Montparnasse or the Burgundy guilloche one?

[Pippin60]

To me just about any Krone pen is gaudy. My wife likes bright colored pens it's how I got her into fountain pens a little. She has the Lime, pink, raspberry, and violet , Safar's Al-Star's, and Studio Lamy's, as well as the purple VP.

[Pfhorrest]

Most, if not all, Krone and Delta pens are quite gaudy. However its all relative and people's views will probably differ.

[foxtail1]

 

Does anyone have a thing for brightly coloured pens...?

 

 

That would be me (although I think Deirdre has me beaten by a mile). The only black pen I own was a gift. My others are every color imaginable, with a preponderance of purple. I also have lots of colorful demonstrators/transparent pens.

 

Yes, I think many of them would be considered gaudy. But I really like bright colors and shiny objects.

 

Kristi

[pointydog]

I love a bright pen. The flashier the better.

I'm not a fan of lime green or bright orange, but modern pearlized acrylics are even attractive to me in those colors.

 

I use all my pens too, so I now have more bright acrylic ones than elderly and delicate celluloid, though that was what initially attracted me to fountain pens as a kid.

 

I like looking at the pen while I'm writing with it. I always remember that the pearl duofold is a fine, sharp italic while the sunrise visconti is a broad stub. I can always find what I want easily too, as each pen seems more like an individual.

 

I have noticed that there are still plenty of plain dark color pens being made, I always wondered who would prefer them to a bright colored one.

 

Now I know :-)

[Rabbit]

What about that $1.5million Mont Blanc with the emeralds and diamonds? That has to be at the top of the list!

 

--Stephen

[significantpass]

My pens tend to be less 'gaudy', and more conservative. At most, I have maki-e or celluloid pens which most would hardly call gaudy.

[scratchy]

I think to be more precise it's the marbled effect ones that really get me puzzled as to who would want them

[jar]

I think to be more precise it's the marbled effect ones that really get me puzzled as to who would want them

 

Is this gaudy?

[scratchy]

I love a bright pen. The flashier the better.

I'm not a fan of lime green or bright orange, but modern pearlized acrylics are even attractive to me in those colors.

 

I use all my pens too, so I now have more bright acrylic ones than elderly and delicate celluloid, though that was what initially attracted me to fountain pens as a kid.

 

I like looking at the pen while I'm writing with it. I always remember that the pearl duofold is a fine, sharp italic while the sunrise visconti is a broad stub. I can always find what I want easily too, as each pen seems more like an individual.

 

I have noticed that there are still plenty of plain dark color pens being made, I always wondered who would prefer them to a bright colored one.

 

Now I know :-)

 

 

Yes I like a pen to look sleek and shiney but not marbled or pearlised or lime green.

[scratchy]

I think to be more precise it's the marbled effect ones that really get me puzzled as to who would want them

 

Is this gaudy?

 

:hmm1: tbh I find it marginally gaudy... No offense intended! Maybe I just prefer curves to squares/diamonds. Nice shade of red though. And I do like gold trim. A lot of people can't stand gold trim.

[scratchy]

What about that $1.5million Mont Blanc with the emeralds and diamonds? That has to be at the top of the list!

 

--Stephen

Sounds like it although I haven't seen it! On the other hand diamonds are a girls best friend. Not keen on emeralds.

[jar]

I think to be more precise it's the marbled effect ones that really get me puzzled as to who would want them

 

Is this gaudy?

 

:hmm1: tbh I find it marginally gaudy... No offense intended! Maybe I just prefer curves to squares/diamonds. Nice shade of red though. And I do like gold trim. A lot of people can't stand gold trim.

 

How about this one?

Edited February 15, 2010 by jar

[scratchy]

 

Does anyone have a thing for brightly coloured pens...?

 

 

That would be me (although I think Deirdre has me beaten by a mile). The only black pen I own was a gift. My others are every color imaginable, with a preponderance of purple. I also have lots of colorful demonstrators/transparent pens.

 

Yes, I think many of them would be considered gaudy. But I really like bright colors and shiny objects.

 

Kristi

 

Shiny is good. Purple too (but not marbled) lol

Do you use black ink?

[scratchy]

I think to be more precise it's the marbled effect ones that really get me puzzled as to who would want them

 

Is this gaudy?

 

:hmm1: tbh I find it marginally gaudy... No offense intended! Maybe I just prefer curves to squares/diamonds. Nice shade of red though. And I do like gold trim. A lot of people can't stand gold trim.

 

How about this one?

Gosh I'm sure lots of people like that, it looks impressive. But I would prefer plain white or cream with rose gold trim.

[foxtail1]

 

Does anyone have a thing for brightly coloured pens...?

 

 

That would be me (although I think Deirdre has me beaten by a mile). The only black pen I own was a gift. My others are every color imaginable, with a preponderance of purple. I also have lots of colorful demonstrators/transparent pens.

 

Yes, I think many of them would be considered gaudy. But I really like bright colors and shiny objects.

 

Kristi

 

Shiny is good. Purple too (but not marbled) lol

Do you use black ink?

 

Nope. I own a bottle (Noodlers Borealis Black), but I got it free when I went to the NC pen show a couple of years ago. My least gaudy color is Legal Lapis, but most of my pens are inked with bright, frequently contrasting, inks. Someone questioned my use of orange/red ink (Yu-Yake) in my new Stipula Passaporte (clear with green swirls), but I thought it looked interesting. :roflmho:

 

I do have an amethyst flecked Conway Stewart, but that's not the same as marbled, is it?

[eric47]

I don't know if I have thing for brightly colored pens but I don't mind some color, marbled celluloid and what not. Some of the older Viscontis I have in vintage celluloid are bit bright but I wouldn't call them gaudy.

 

Some of those recent pens with overdone overlays, I find those gaudy. Overlays just don't do it for me. Inlays like a Pelikan Toledo are o.k. -- in fact that's the only inlay I own.

Edited February 15, 2010 by eric47

[pointydog]

My current fave:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2618/4158407573_5419f9d1cc.jpg

[pointydog]

Here's s link to my current 'wish I could afford it' object of lust:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VISCONTI-OPERA-NORDIC-BLUE-WITH-INKPOT-FOUNTAIN-PEN_W0QQitemZ230404276562QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item35a52a4152

 

do they (the previous and this one) qualify as gaudy? If so I am guilty!