The Most Elegant You Ever Saw..

[beak]

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:

 

Good point. And one that sparked a few images that I could have done without.

For them read luxurious black dinner-jacket.

[bushido]

Montblanc Greta Garbo!

 

It's the pen that turned me into a fountain pen user and started all this madness.

 

http://penfountain.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Montblanc-Greta-Garbo-283x300.jpg

 

i agree with this one, def most elegant

[Belfaborac]

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

 

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

Hot damn, that really is a seriously nice pen! Streamlined, elegant, with just the right amount of embellishments. Simply the nicest Edson variant I've seen.

[jonathanchuang1]

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

 

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

Hot damn, that really is a seriously nice pen! Streamlined, elegant, with just the right amount of embellishments. Simply the nicest Edson variant I've seen.

That IS a nice pen!!!!

[CatBookMom]

Still one of my favorites - not super luxe or anything - but definitely fits the elegant bill: Levenger's Isaac Newton fountain pen. Great shape and the logo on the cap is awesome. Got one from my wife when I passed my test to become a licensed Architect but also got an MB 149. I thought it would be crazy to own two fountain pens so I sent the Newton back. I hope to one day get another.

 

 

I don't have the fountain pen, I have the Isaac Newton gold-plated roller ball. It is quite pretty, but seriously heavy, more than is comfortable for me. I thank you for mentioning this pen, since I couldn't remember the name of the pen until now.

[CatBookMom]

 

 

 

Oooooh! those are lovely!

Edited February 17, 2011 by CatBookMom

[Ron Sabbagh]

modern aurora 88 with metal cap.....either vermeil or chrome

 

Many pens mentioned here are beautiful, classic pens. But...in the shirtpocket....they can look & feel clumsy. Modern Auroras are big in the hand and small in the pocket. In fact, the barrel of the 88 large FP is the same length as a MB 149. Yet they sit unobtrusively and securely in the pocket.

 

They are very high quality pens with a great pedigree. They also manage to look modern while clearly adhering to their unique lineage....retaining a sleek "retro" look. They are light in the hand and in the pocket, have a superb nib & piston mechanism and have fantastic Italian curves. No excess bulk or ornamentation of any kind.

 

Completely hand made in the Aurora factory, including the nib.

 

All in all, a most elegant pen.

[Marek Li]

The Most Elegant You Ever Saw.. Khm?

I'm not sure that is a satisfactory answer. What is elegance?

Elegant pen?

Rather human writening the pen can be elegant or not.

E.g. I like black, great, masculine pen. I have thought about this: elegant. Does the same pen is elegant in hands delikate blond girl? :hmm1: But this blond girl turnes into woman - she is still blonde, but disappeare delikate. The woman is now a big fish in bussines. The same black masculine pen looks better again in her hand.

 

The elegant pen is this, which is exactly matched to the writer.

[View from the Loft]

To me, the epitome of an elegant, timeless fountain pen is the P75 in black laque.

 

Beautiful and sophisticated: Modern Duofold in Jade.

 

And elegant in the sense of engineering solution: the P25

[turban1]

The Rotring 600.

 

I could not agree more.

[nardo800]

Elegance is a subjective quality. In terms of artistic elegance, I don't think anyone has topped a Ferrari da Varese LE I once saw:

http://www.ferraridavarese.com/FdV_Online_Catalogue/products/product_images/fdv_limited_editions_varese_01.jpg

 

The intricate bright green enamel just strikes me as phenomenal.

 

The most elegant minimalist/utilitarian pen IMHO is the Tombow 505 (AKA Zoom). It's available as a fountain pen in Europe but I think the rollerball is the only pen that implements a rubber grip without disturbing its aesthetic character:

Edited March 14, 2011 by nardo800

[ToasterPastry]

Wahl-Eversharp made some of the most beautiful (i.e. elegant) pens ever created between the years 1925-1943 (+/- a few years).

 

Consider the Coronet, one pen I'm still trying to acquire.

 

I love the Deco-band---an oversized pen with interchangeable nibs.

 

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn130/ToasterPastryphoto/Wahl_Decoband.jpg

 

But probably my favorite pen(s) as a design, and a pen that seems to get attention from those who don't even collect pens, is the Wahl Doric. It's a pen that anyone can own. These are not limited editions, but pens that were created for the people.

 

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn130/ToasterPastryphoto/Wahl_doric_Morrocan_Pearl.jpg

 

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn130/ToasterPastryphoto/Wahl_doric.jpg

[archie001]

+1 on MB 149 as the most elegant pen designed in simplicity...simply the best!

 

and if sophistication is the rule, MB does the best designs no other can! :clap1:

Edited March 14, 2011 by archie001

[sexauerw]

My choice would be this Sheaffer Targa:

 

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/Pentrace%20Sundays/SheafferTargaLaqueSpiralIvoireHarrods.jpg

[OcalaFlGuy]

When I got back into FP's a few years ago, as long as I can recall I've thought the Cross Century Classic I was very elegant and a classic iconic American fountain pen. So I bought one in near mint shape. Sure thought I had pics of it but I don't, these are snarfled from Fleabay.

 

A little thin for me really, but a beautiful classic design that is a great writer.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

[pajaro]

Parker 51, an understated and elegant example of streamlined design of its time. It also happens to work.

[pajaro]

When I got back into FP's a few years ago, as long as I can recall I've thought the Cross Century Classic I was very elegant and a classic iconic American fountain pen. So I bought one in near mint shape. Sure thought I had pics of it but I don't, these are snarfled from Fleabay.

 

A little thin for me really, but a beautiful classic design that is a great writer.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

 

I have had one of these for 31 years and it's pretty good also. I started to use it again when I found the ballpoint refills for the Select Tip pen.

[impossiblebird]

 

But probably my favorite pen(s) as a design, and a pen that seems to get attention from those who don't even collect pens, is the Wahl Doric.

 

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn130/ToasterPastryphoto/Wahl_doric_Morrocan_Pearl.jpg

 

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn130/ToasterPastryphoto/Wahl_doric.jpg

 

Love those curves! And the grey colour of the second is particularly classy.

 

This Conway Stewart Oxford struck me as being very elegant:

http://www.mvburke.com/images/mailer/oxfordbracket.jpg

 

 

The 1950s-1960s vintage Kaweco Sport (piston filler, with a slightly more tapered shape) I find to be elegant in the completeness of its functionality; if only it were available as a metal-bodied version... http://www.kaweco-pen.com/img/global/kaweco-sport-historie.pdf pp 12,13,15

Edited March 14, 2011 by impossiblebird

[voop]

Amazing how many consider the M149 as elegant.......I am sure that it is a good pen, however the word that springs to mind when thinking of that (and it's smaller siblings) is "vulgar" - likely due to having seen so many "bling-bling" types with that particular pen as their visible "look-at-me-I-am-fancy" status symbol.

 

I think that the MB Starwalker is elegant, in the mystery black version. I am also VERY partial to the Waterman Exception and absolutely consider the Waterman Edson elegant....loving the 125 year LE version, as well as the colored green/blue/red/black ones.

 

Most elegant..........nah, can't pick one over the other.

[Juventino]

Pelikan Kyokko

 

In the middle of eye-catching and discrete pen with awesome craftmanship.