What Is Your Favourite Material And Pattern/colour Of Fountain Pen?

[Freedom]

Of the 10 pens I currently own, the Edison in Persimmon Swirl is the most visually stunning imho.

[akustyk]

My favorite pen material is ebonite. I also really love the Visconti Homo Sapiens lava/resin material. It's unique, and does feel amazing in the hand. Finally, the Lamy 2000 Makrolon polycarbonate is awesome - durable, scratch resistant, shatter resistant, and can be made to a thin wall thickness, which gives pen designers some interesting options. I wonder why other manufacturers don't use the material.

[tartuffo]

Anything blue!!! I really like elegant pens, aesthetically....

 

Me too, anything blue, elegant too.

 

I like demonstrators cause you can watch

the blue ink sloshing around ...

 

[owend]

Noone's mentioned the nib, which is most of the pen you can see when you're actually using it: a good-looking nib can lift the writing experience! My favourites are the Platinum 3776 gold nib, large and a bit showy but beautiful, and a Lamy two-tone gold nib, understated but again beautiful, closely followed by Faber-Castell Ambition steel nib.

 

And for material, I don't think anyone's gone for wood, which can look very handsome, especially with silver/chrome trim: again Faber-Castell Ambition, pearwood-and-chrome looks good and the wood has a great tactile feel.

[ink-syringe]

Parker Vacumatic and that lovely layered celluloid. I have loved that since I was a small boy.

 

Sheaffer Vac/Wire/Plunger pens never impress on the internet but in real life look super.

 

I had a Waterman that was a deep red marble with green streaks in it that was stunning.

 

Pelikan 400/n/nn torts.

 

I could name a bunch more but in my mind everything is a distant second to the celluloid on the Parker Vac.

[Precise]

Although I'm ok with heavy pens at my desk, I don't like to carry them. Perhaps that's not worth saying, because lately I'm carrying rollerballs. They work better on the crummy paper that I encounter every day.

 

So if one accepts weight, there are many Chinese pens which are brass covered with enamel that write very well.

 

As many other FPNers have written, I don't like the grip of metal sections. Furthermore, metal sectioned pens are often pretty heavy.

 

I have one ebonite pen, several celluloid, and many made in other resins such as acrylic. I cannot perceive the "warm" claims for ebonite and celluloid that often appear on this site. They all feel the same to me.

 

With regard to color, I mostly prefer black with gold (plated) trim. But I've also become attracted to amber marble or tortoise. Attached are pics of a few examples:

 

 

Aurora Optima Africa

 

 

Nero Muse Africa

 

 

Edison Collier Antique Marble

 

 

[lancecreeks]

At the end of the day, it all ties in with function and as such I'm in the demonstrator camp. The principle of its design is coherent authenticity: everything is laid bare to see and there is nothing to hide. You always know the ink level and which ink is inside (or at least have an idea of it... indeed it is hard to tell the blue blacks apart just by the way they slosh around in the barrel). Also when cleaning you get to see the state of the feed. Plus they look great to me and every time you change the ink, you change the look of the pen too - it lends itself to infinite transformations. Ok, I'm getting carried away... but you get the idea. I love demonstrators : ) and coloured ones are great too.

[lancecreeks]

 

Me too, anything blue, elegant too.

 

I like demonstrators cause you can watch

the blue ink sloshing around ...

 

3 shot blue.jpg

 

What is the dark blue demonstrator at the bottom? It looks gorgeous.

[Freedom]

I love that Nero Muse. Gorgeous pen!

[tartuffo]

 

What is the dark blue demonstrator at the bottom? It looks gorgeous.

 

This one ?

 

 

It isn't a demonstrator but I like the subtle blue trim. It's a Franklin Christof Model 19 special edition made only for Anderson Pens and it's sold out but going into production again in the autumn.

Edited January 19, 2016 by tartuffo

[tartuffo]

 

ooops . another double post

Edited January 19, 2016 by tartuffo

[lancecreeks]

 

This one ?

 

fc19-2T.jpg

 

It isn't a demonstrator but I like the subtle blue trim. It's a Franklin Christof Model 19 special edition made only for Anderson Pens and it's sold out but going into production again in the autumn.

Oh, whoops I thought it was a super dark blue demonstrator. Thanks for posting another pic and clarifying! I will be keeping tabs on it.

[Pirke]

I like natural materials as leather and wood. Here is a part of my leather pens collection.

 

The famous Wyvern 101:

 

 

Pilot:

 

 

Platinum:

 

 

[Boniface]

Vacumatis! Best feel of material, best shape, beautiful, fun filling system, great writers. Only problem: rhey haven't been made in over a half century!

[flipper_gv]

http://www.pensinasia.com/Mtexbwcfp61.jpg

 

Black and white Montegrappa Extra 1930 cellulose.

[dogpoet]

Vacumatis! Best feel of material, best shape, beautiful, fun filling system, great writers. Only problem: rhey haven't been made in over a half century!

 

It'd cost to much for Hero to make shoddy copies of those instead of the 51, sadly.