What is the UGLIEST pen ever produced ?

[jd50ae]

Personally, I love the Squid and if I had the money I would get one. It would be the only pen I ever bought for the way it looks. It is a bonus that it writes well.

 

I would be more then happy to accept one for evaluation.

Edited March 13, 2007 by jd50ae

[winedoc]

You can never design a pen that everyone will like, so a few folks who doesn't like them does not bother me. That's life. The fact that this pen is selling very well considering it is just officailly launched in 2/2007 is quite an achievement. Not everyone likes Salvatore Dali's painting or Picasso for that matter.

 

Kevin

[maryannemoll]

I cast one vote for the Michel Audiard as the ugliest pen.

[winedoc]

QUOTE (jd50ae @ Mar 13 2007, 08:53 AM)

Personally, I love the Squid and if I had the money I would get one. It would be the only pen I ever bought for the way it looks. It is a bonus that it writes well. I would be more then happy to accept one for evaluation.

You are familiar with my pay as you write plan don't you? It is quite popular among FPNers. Anyways, I am a proud authorized dealer for the Jules, and do stand behind the product as do the owners.

 

Best,

 

Kevin

[winedoc]

QUOTE (maryannemoll @ Mar 13 2007, 09:09 AM)

I cast one vote for the Michel Audiard as the ugliest pen.

Here you go

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/winedoc/Sale%20Stuff/tn_DSC07394.jpg

 

Not my pen of course.

 

Kev

[maryannemoll]

QUOTE (winedoc @ Mar 13 2007, 05:22 PM)

QUOTE (maryannemoll @ Mar 13 2007, 09:09 AM) I cast one vote for the Michel Audiard as the ugliest pen. Here you go   http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/winedoc/Sale%20Stuff/tn_DSC07394.jpg   Not my pen of course.   Kev I really don't know which is more perverse. That pen or the gun-pen.

[D.R.Mabuse]

QUOTE (maryannemoll @ Mar 13 2007, 05:24 PM)

QUOTE (winedoc @ Mar 13 2007, 05:22 PM) QUOTE (maryannemoll @ Mar 13 2007, 09:09 AM) I cast one vote for the Michel Audiard as the ugliest pen. Here you go     Not my pen of course.   Kev I really don't know which is more perverse. That pen or the gun-pen. Oh, thanks a lot. I'm going to have some wonderful dreams tonigbt, after seeing that design!   THEM! THEM!

Edited March 13, 2007 by D.R.Mabuse

[jd50ae]

QUOTE (winedoc @ Mar 13 2007, 11:19 AM)

QUOTE (jd50ae @ Mar 13 2007, 08:53 AM) Personally, I love the Squid and if I had the money I would get one. It would be the only pen I ever bought for the way it looks. It is a bonus that it writes well.  I would be more then happy to accept one for evaluation.  You are familiar with my pay as you write plan don't you? It is quite popular among FPNers. Anyways, I am a proud authorized dealer for the Jules, and do stand behind the product as do the owners.   Best,   Kevin $1 down and $1 a week.....................come on.......what do you say....?     QUOTE (maryannemoll @ Mar 13 2007, 09:09 AM) I cast one vote for the Michel Audiard as the ugliest pen.     I have to agree. Why does he make them..

[Anne-Sophie]

QUOTE (jd50ae @ Mar 13 2007, 03:17 PM)

QUOTE (winedoc @ Mar 13 2007, 11:19 AM) QUOTE (jd50ae @ Mar 13 2007, 08:53 AM) Personally, I love the Squid and if I had the money I would get one. It would be the only pen I ever bought for the way it looks. It is a bonus that it writes well.  I would be more then happy to accept one for evaluation.  You are familiar with my pay as you write plan don't you? It is quite popular among FPNers. Anyways, I am a proud authorized dealer for the Jules, and do stand behind the product as do the owners.   Best,   Kevin $1 down and $1 a week.....................come on.......what do you say....?     QUOTE (maryannemoll @ Mar 13 2007, 09:09 AM) I cast one vote for the Michel Audiard as the ugliest pen.     I have to agree. Why does he make them.. Michel Audiard stuff, he makes them because it sells.   His clientele is probably the ones who have everything and are impossible to shop for like european or middle eastern royalty and/or big money or american fortune 500 founders and CEO's as well as Hollywood and Broadway's big names.   Me, I want a Jules, I want one with blue sapphire eyes!   Now... You need to know that in French "a Jules" is a boyfriend and... If my husband ever happen to read this thread... You will understand, why, all of a sudden, all my pens are in the Marketplace!!!!

[meanwhile]

The Lepard, Krone, and Audiard are all somewhat redeemed by their imagination and niche - they're designed as weird collectables, not as writing machines, so I have to allow that on their own terms they succeed.

 

My choice for most wince-making pen is the striped Pelikan M series. These pens triumph in assembling the maximum of bad taste out of a few simple elements while trying to be usable everyday writing machines. The colours clash. The Art Deco design clashes with a pen exterior that is visibly a modern plastic. The gold furniture on the cap is OTT and visually unbalances the pen. I can't look at a Stripey without wincing - the all blue silver trimmed M600's that Pam Braun is selling otoh look thoroughly tasteful, and some custom binde Pels are works of very desireable - a rich cassein binde looks *right* with that Art Deco furniture.

 

Well, I was asked, I answered - go ahead and hate me!

 

Oh - and I want to single out Pilot for a special Bad Taste award for dropping the all-black "Stealth" VP. The current models are fine, and all black is something of a cliche, but my jaw dropped when I first saw a picture of a Stealth the other day!

[Sciopod]

We've singled out a couple of Jean-Pierre Lepine pens here (the bizarre Graphyscaf and that truly wondrous ball pen). There is one limited edition Lepine pen which I've always had a sneaking admiration for, though - the Cybergraph. Does anyone have one of these, or has anyone tried one? I'd be fascinated to know.

 

[Anne-Sophie]

The Cybergraph aka perfect pen for Capt Kirk. It matches his uniform and... his bloated ego.

[maryannemoll]

QUOTE (Anne-Sophie @ Mar 13 2007, 08:43 PM)

Me, I want a Jules, I want one with blue sapphire eyes! Now... You need to know that in French "a Jules" is a boyfriend and... If my husband ever happen to read this thread... You will understand, why, all of a sudden, all my pens are in the Marketplace!!!!

I happen to like the Jules. It has its context, and it's fabulous!

[ViolinWriter]

QUOTE (maryannemoll @ Mar 11 2007, 02:09 PM)

QUOTE (mirror @ Mar 11 2007, 09:10 AM) ONE CAN ARGUE ABOUT THE UGLINESS OF FORM FOREVER. TRUE UGLINESS IS THE PERVERSION OF SOMETHING CREATIVE TO THE LIKES OF THIS- http://airbornecombatengineer.typepad.com/photos/weapons_fireams/americanderringerpenpistol.jpg True! It's beyond ugly! Call me old fashioned, but I believe the message from a pen ought not travel in an explosive instant from one's hand to the soon to be (literally) stopped forever, heart of the recipient.   Thus, bar none, the pen gun wins.   Of course, we also have the ever popular Core bashing. True enough, it is a pen that can be uncomfortable to use for some, but for those with hands that crave the benefits of ergonomic design and ease of function in writing, a Core cannot be beaten.   Even with a stick.   Or a BIC.

[MYU]

QUOTE (winedoc @ Mar 13 2007, 12:22 PM)

QUOTE (maryannemoll @ Mar 13 2007, 09:09 AM) I cast one vote for the Michel Audiard as the ugliest pen. Here you go   [iMAGE LEFT OUT FOR COURTESY'S SAKE]   Not my pen of course. Kev I can't believe someone would expend all that effort on such a design...   Ants crawling all over a pen? Maybe an entomologist might appreciate it, but even still--how could you feel comfortable holding such a thing for very long?

[maryannemoll]

QUOTE (MYU @ Mar 14 2007, 09:58 PM)

I can't believe someone would expend all that effort on such a design... Ants crawling all over a pen?  Maybe an entomologist might appreciate it, but even still--how could you feel comfortable holding such a thing for very long?

Maybe if the person is writing a horror story it'll help him in evoking the creepy crawly details.

Edited March 15, 2007 by maryannemoll

[raffor]

waterman serenité

Are you serious you think the waterman serenité is ugly ?

 

I think its a beautiful pen.

Oh well different strokes to different folks.

Yes I do for these reasons:

-the barrel looks like too much of a katana holster something not really in the waterman tradition

-the nib is ugly and very unoriginal

-it is an unergonomic pen

 

so...

-i think waterman is a brand "in motion", its tradition is "create something new".

-the nib is ugly only in your mind and it's instead pretty and a good writer.

-if you think this pen is not ergonomic you need some lessons of ergonomics.

 

Ugliest pens? Uhm...Better fountain pens i don't like :

Limited Edition: Omas Casanova, Krone Freud, Pelikan Artemis, severest of Lapine, Audiard and Michael Fatboy works...

Regular Edition: Lamy Studio, Parker 100.

 

Moreover, i can't understand all the enthusiasm 'bout Bexley fountain pens, i think it's quite an overrated brand, but this is my point of view.

 

Bye!!! :roflmho:

 

Edited November 28, 2007 by sailoraff

[kissing]

People have different opinions, so lets not let it get personal

 

About the Serenite, in my humble opinion, I think it looks better when its capped than uncapped

 

You open the cap, and there's a pen there, not a katana

Edited November 28, 2007 by kissing

[raffor]

People have different opinions, so lets not let it get personal

 

About the Serenite, in my humble opinion, I think it looks better when its capped than uncapped

 

You open the cap, and there's a pen there, not a katana

 

You're right.

Different opinions. But i could be disappointed by the explanation of that opinion.

If the kind of pen you like is 149, 146, M800, Duofold i understand you like classical shape for fountain pens.

But how could someone say that serenitè is the ugliest pen made ever?

Different opinion is the answer, i think...

 

[Titivillus]

You're right.

Different opinions. But i could be disappointed by the explanation of that opinion.

If the kind of pen you like is 149, 146, M800, Duofold i understand you like classical shape for fountain pens.

But how could someone say that serenitè is the ugliest pen made ever?

Different opinion is the answer, i think...

 

 

Like or dislike of a pen is totally a difference of opinion but it is arrogance when a person believes that their opinion is better than others :ltcapd:

 

 

Kurt