What Is The Best Looking Fountain Pen

[jwar2003]

M625 Souverän Aubergine Transparent.

 

German > Italian.

 

:hmm1: Better define/stipulate the quality you have mind. In terms of looks...

 

Nah, Arco, baby, Arco!

 

 

 

I got your transparency right here -- celluloid too:

 

Hmm...Dante's looking at Italians.

 

Here take a tortoise for some color:

Loving the tortoise !!!!

[wspohn]

I prefer elegant pens in just about any material (although sterling silver is a particular favourite), but deplore overly ornate pens. That leaves out many Italian pens, that look like they were conceived in some drunken rococo brainstorming session and would have done Liberace's hope chest proud.

 

Not saying you can't find simple elegant Italian pens - I own and enjoy using several Auroras, for instance. But some of the German pens have more general appeal - I have sterling and vermeil MB 146 versions that delight me.

[eric47]

...But deplore overly ornate pens. That leaves out many Italian pens, that look like they were conceived in some drunken rococo brainstorming session and would have done Liberace's hope chest proud.

 

Or Sylvester Stallone....Chaos, baby, Chaos!

[ethernautrix]

Those are gorgeous, Eric.

 

Wow.

[buffalowings]

...But deplore overly ornate pens. That leaves out many Italian pens, that look like they were conceived in some drunken rococo brainstorming session and would have done Liberace's hope chest proud.

 

Or Sylvester Stallone....Chaos, baby, Chaos!

@___@ I wonder who actually bought the Stallone.. it's like a overly ornate Jinhao with 200x the price

[CountryDoc]

+1 for the utilitarian Teutonic styling of German pens.

[ravantra]

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

 

 

I'm inexplicably drawn to this one. What's it called and is it still in production?

 

I just purchased one but with a clip. It's a Nakaya Piccolo. Beautiful pen though it is neither Italian or German! I lean heavily towards the Japanese pens.

[rudyhou]

my pick will always be Nakaya urushi designs and Omas wooden editions.

[nanahcub]

Aurora Optima is a rather beautiful pen.

[Markk]

One of my guitars has a "flaw" in it. I think of it as a beauty mark.

 

http://www.jhalemusic.com/heritageGuitarProd/H140CMBSSide.jpg

 

Beautiful guitar!

 

In terms of pens, I know many have posted quite lovely, and expensive pens. And I totally agree with a lot of posts here. Beautiful, just beautiful. I like the Sonnet for it's simple and down-to-earth'ness.