The Most Elegant You Ever Saw..

[iltoda]

+1 on Sheaffer's Triumph!

 

Pelikan 100N?

 

Marco

[Gerd W]

Parker Falcon, P75 and Waterman CF. And some more, of course.

[mongrelnomad]

Agree, although I'm partial to the pinstripe. I just bought a 146 in the finish, and it is absolutely stunning.

 

On extra thing about the elegance of silver pens: unlike most other finishes, the patina picked up by years of use and-or polishing only adds to the elegance...

 

MB 146 Solitaires, especially the sterling silver in barleycorn finish

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/jelb/IMG_7251.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/jelb/IMG_6730.jpg

[teej47]

Has to be my 1932 blue slim standard Sheaffer Balance. Next would be a blue Moire Skyline with a gold tassie (don't own that one... and will be mighty surprised if I ever do).

 

Tim

(what can I say... I like blue celluloid)

[Rafal]

I would say:

Black Parker 51 DJ with a gold filled cap

Parker 75 or Premier chisele

Parker 61 (dark with Rainbow cap)

Montblanc 84

Wahl Eversharp 5th Avenue

[beak]

It has been interesting to see what others consider elegant. Very.

'Elegant' seems to have multiple connotations, so we have the problem not only of agreeing on the meaning of a word, but on a word with many meanings!

 

As a design professional, I don't tend to like things that appear to have been designed, by which I mean that they contain any self-conscious design manerisms and/ or additions that are there simply to decorate. Many of the pens shown here have these in abundance. I find them inappropriate - this is all personal, not an objective crit - and would not like to have them on any pen that I carry with me all the time.

 

Just at random, here is a dirt cheap eBay pick up which I find elegant. I find it so for many reasons, including the perfect balance and economy. It seems to me that many of the more decorated pens here are fighting hopelessly to achieve elegance by the process of additional unnecessary elements. Each to his or her own!

 

PS

Interesting is the fact that this pen is very compact when capped, but is quite large and (for me) comfortably balanced when posted; an ideal combination.

Edited February 12, 2011 by beak

[bjornhansson]

My choice would probably be a Namiki Yukari Royale in plain black urushi.

[georges zaslavsky]

jade green senior duofold with its modern sibling

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/georges2/dcp_0191.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/georges2/dcp_0192.jpg

[79spitfire]

This thread made me look at my collection again... and get a little depressed...

 

The one pen that absolutely struck me as "elegant" both from an engineering and design standpoint is the Pilot M90.

 

I hope to own one of these pens one day!

 

A close runner up is the Sheaffer Triumph nibbed pens.

[kazoolaw]

Montblanc 744

http://www.penantique.com/Penantique/Pen/Montblanc/Vintage_Montblanc_Pens_2/Montblanc_Mont_Blanc_744-N_Vintage_Fountain_Pen/Montblanc_Mont_Blanc_744-N_Vintage_Fountain_Pen_14.JPG

You can never be too thin,

or too rich.

gary

[Rose Nibs]

Yes, beak, like a little black dress. Underwood is a new brand to me. What is their history?

[yachtsilverswan]

Montblanc 744

 

You can never be too thin,

or too rich.

 

gary

 

Umm, I'll respectfully disagree with half of your wisdom. (Nice MB by the way)

 

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/rr131/yachtsilverswan/bic.jpg

[beak]

Yes, beak, like a little black dress. Underwood is a new brand to me. What is their history?

When in doubt, the LBD always works. Underwood may have something to do with the typewriter firm - still researching.

[goodguy]

Maybe the Montblanc Oscar Wilde ?

 

http://i516.photobucket.com/albums/u330/alfa170a/DSC01670.jpg

[jonro]

So many elegant pens to choose from. The Sheaffer Balance in the Ebonized Pearl finish is, to me, an extremely elegant vintage pen. A modern elegant pen is the Waterman Edson.

[yachtsilverswan]

... A modern elegant pen is the Waterman Edson.

 

+1

 

Translucent charcoal body, stiff inlaid nib, frosted platinum plated cap with gleaming platinum plated art deco clip.

 

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/rr131/yachtsilverswan/WatermanEdsonblack.jpg

Edited February 13, 2011 by yachtsilverswan

[kazoolaw]

Umm, I'll respectfully disagree with half of your wisdom. (Nice MB by the way)

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/rr131/yachtsilverswan/bic.jpg

 

I think this is what they call in the business a "gotcha!"

Well done,

gary

[ArchiMark]

Umm, I'll respectfully disagree with half of your wisdom. (Nice MB by the way)

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/rr131/yachtsilverswan/bic.jpg

 

I think this is what they call in the business a "gotcha!"

Well done,

gary

 

Yeah, I think it's going to be hard to top this one.....so, moderator, please lock this thread.....

 

:roflmho:

[Martius]

Pelikan 100N, green binde, fluted clip, 30's-style nib markings.

 

Summer

[mstone]

When in doubt, the LBD always works.

 

Hmm. I think that more than half the world's population would look pretty ridiculous in an LBD. :hmm1: