Gaudy looking pens

[bushido]

i agree with a few of you the krone makes some of the gaudiest pens around. even the themes they hock is gaudy, capitalizing on other people's fame for their gain.

[welch]

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!)

 

I have a "negative thing" for gaudy pens. I love my Pelikan 600, but I hate the gold-colored decoration. I don't want people to stare at my pen when I start writing. Wish it had the older rounded top on the cap, not gold-like stripes and flashiness. (Of course, sometimes I'll pull out my wonderful green Esterbrook J during a meeting. People think it is a new sort of metallic fiber-tip.)

[LedZepGirl]

What do you consider brightly colored? If they are in neon colors then I would pass, the whole neon trend right now does nothing for me except bring back bad childhood memories of 80s and early 90s fashion. I love classic looking pens though in colors that look like vintage celluloid, I like those types of patterns too. Classic filigrees are very nice too, it seems nowadays they cannot do them without going over the top.

[MidnightBlue]

Do people think my Conklin Halloween is gaudy. I thought it was until a saw in the flesh.

Thanks

[Garageboy]

the Dupont Opus X is pretty gaudy (if not, then the Opus logo is still pretty over the top) and I like Opus X

[Brian]

The LA Pen Show did have a lot of pens period, gaudy as well as classic. IMHO everyone needs a gaudy pen, at least one.

[scratchy]

 

I would have to look at some flecked pens to be sure but I have my doubts about them.

 

Here's flecked amethyst:

 

 

 

Edit: picture lifted from Pen Gallery website.

That looks not too bad...

[SamCapote]

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?

 

That's beautiful!

[sexauerw]

I'm not sure where on the spectrum gaudy ends and pens just look very nice.

 

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/SheafferNononsenseStarsandStripes.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/SheafferTargaModel676Feather.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/SheafferTargaFredForce10.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/DanitrioBrillante.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/StipulaDaVinciCrackedIceopen-1.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/STDupontVertigoII-1.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/DupontOrpheoLaqueEcailleII.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/DupontMontparnasseTortoiseshell-1.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/SheafferTargaMasterpiece1097Vanneri.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/DupontFidelioOcean-2.jpg

 

The NoNonsense at the top is obviously gaudy, even garish. The Targa Feather next to it certainly draws the eye and gets comments. The platinum-plated S. T. Dupont Fidelio at the bottom seems quite sedate and the others fall somewhere in between.

[scratchy]

gregamckinney - they certainly are wild! They sort of look nice all lined up for your photo... scratchy

[scratchy]

The LA Pen Show did have a lot of pens period, gaudy as well as classic. IMHO everyone needs a gaudy pen, at least one.

 

Yes I have one gaudy pen!

 

http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv210/sianabelle/2010_0217mypens0004.jpg

[foxtail1]

The LA Pen Show did have a lot of pens period, gaudy as well as classic. IMHO everyone needs a gaudy pen, at least one.

 

Yes I have one gaudy pen!

 

http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv210/sianabelle/2010_0217mypens0004.jpg

 

 

Which one do you consider gaudy?

[scratchy]

The LA Pen Show did have a lot of pens period, gaudy as well as classic. IMHO everyone needs a gaudy pen, at least one.

 

Yes I have one gaudy pen!

 

http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv210/sianabelle/2010_0217mypens0004.jpg

 

 

Which one do you consider gaudy?

Don't you think the Bexley Simplicity is a bit gaudy...? Funny thing is I have grown to like it and do use it regularly. It's my MB violet pen.

[scratchy]

sexauerw,

 

Maybe my definition of gaudy is changing after looking at your collection! They do look rather nice I have to agree!

 

best regards

scratchy

[scratchy]

a pen i almost bought that most of you might think is gaudy is the caran d'ache buddha. i actually think it's rather unique and worth owning.

I had a look at a photo of one... I find it a bit scary, all those faces looking out at you! lol Also, would it not be kind of heavy?

[jar]

Which of these would you call gaudy?

 

http://www.fototime.com/DE473D997017D7F/standard.jpg

 

http://www.fototime.com/0FF97E29A285A5F/standard.jpg

[scratchy]

jar, you are making me rethink the whole "gaudy" thing! :roflmho:

 

I sort of like them all except the lemon yellow one.

 

And photographing the pen with candy is genius :clap1:

[foxtail1]

The lemon yellow (lemon sherbet Dinkie?) is my favorite in that picture.

[scratchy]

The lemon yellow (lemon sherbet Dinkie?) is my favorite in that picture.

foxtail1, it seems like we have diametrically opposite tastes! :roflmho:

[Deirdre]

Don't you think the Bexley Simplicity is a bit gaudy...? Funny thing is I have grown to like it and do use it regularly. It's my MB violet pen.

 

No. It's not gaudy. It's brown.

Edited February 17, 2010 by Deirdre