Masculine Pens

[whitedot]

Masculine traits: dark color, matte, large/thick, modern, bold patterns, heavy, angular

 

Feminine traits: narrow/thin, light/pastel color, shiny, small, fine details/patterns, rounded

 

 

 

Not at all my cup of tea!

 

My vote for gent's pen goes to the Sheaffer Connaisseur.

 

There are a fair number of penmaker-carmaker collaborations which I would call macho.

[leod]

1. pen for men

2. any big black pen

[The Scribbler]

I think the new TWSBI Micarta has a "masculine" feel to it -- rugged and industrial. It is the only pen I own that I think would look even better scratched and dinged up. In fact, it is the only pen I don't think I'd worry about dropping (capped of course... don't want to damage the nib!).

[ticoun]

Gunmetal PenUSA Genesis

http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/6120/puhvu.jpg

[Lamywriter]

This one is a hot contender:

http://www.amazon.com/Tactical-Fountain-Ball-Point-Black/dp/B004SHBHC6

[Geo7700]

Yeah, Freud would.

 

http://www.pentrace.net/sw_images/Midland/BigPen.jpg

 

What on earth is that?!

 

Is that the pen that belong to Paul Bunyan?

[Moondust]

Yeah, Freud would.

 

http://www.pentrace.net/sw_images/Midland/BigPen.jpg

 

Does it have a broad or a fine nib? Just wondering...

[Tommy]

Just got this Sheaffer Flat Top Senior. The shape, the color, and the huge broad nib are very masculine, I think.

 

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/378/flattop009.jpg

 

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[Yoda]

The Lamy 2000 is a pen that is a modern classic. You can not go wrong with this pen.

 

That said, I find myself using my black and rhodium Aurora Talentum more and more. It is a large pen that feels "just right".

 

Wonder what Freud would say about that?!?

[79spitfire]

The Lamy 2000 is a pen that is a modern classic. You can not go wrong with this pen.

 

That said, I find myself using my black and rhodium Aurora Talentum more and more. It is a large pen that feels "just right".

 

Wonder what Freud would say about that?!?

"Sometimes a pen is just a pen"

[Ctijolly]

Waterman Harley Davidson.

[JimB]

I think men can use almost any kind of pen with a few exceptions: Nurse pens, pink pens, really tiny, thin pens. Women, on the other hand would not look ridiculous using any kind of pen, I think.

 

This distinction is paralleled in Western clothing. Women can wear suits or pants, men cannot (successfully) wear dresses or skirts (yeah, I know, you're dying to mention kilts - my dad was from Glasgow, never put on a kilt in his life).

 

I'm just saying.

[P.A.R.]

I think men can use almost any kind of pen with a few exceptions: Nurse pens, pink pens, really tiny, thin pens. Women, on the other hand would not look ridiculous using any kind of pen, I think.

 

This distinction is paralleled in Western clothing. Women can wear suits or pants, men cannot (successfully) wear dresses or skirts (yeah, I know, you're dying to mention kilts - my dad was from Glasgow, never put on a kilt in his life).

 

I agree.

 

Also, kilts definitely don't look feminine in authentic oontext. Nobody's going to snicker at someone with a 8 pound razor blade.

http://www.swordhistory.info/wp-content/uploads/scottish-claymore.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gfOOmHMjrZM/Tc8RDSAGu4I/AAAAAAAAAK8/3Db6X-38SFY/s1600/Braveheart_charge.jpg

(From the movie Braveheart.)

[bobmeister]

Masculine: TWSBI Micarta. They use Micarta for knife handles. And I'm not talking about kitchen knives.

 

I agree! I saw my cousin's Micarta, and it looks just like a cigar. It definitely looks BOSS.

[kps]

Lever fillers, or any other pens where carelessly rubbing the barrel can cause in{_vo0sqwivt$ou| thu`une(SD*&g)0m8PMop+++ATH

NO CARRIER

[Marlow]

Masculine: Rotring 600 and the vintage black chased Onoto Magna. (dont own the latter yet)

 

Feminine: Parker 75 Cisele sterling silver

 

PS - I also 2nd the reasoning behind the vote for the Hello Kitty with Pink Ink - maybe, one day, when I grow up to be a real man... :roflmho:

[Scrawler]

Masculine: Rotring 600 and the vintage black chased Onoto Magna. (dont own the latter yet)

 

Feminine: Parker 75 Cisele sterling silver

 

PS - I also 2nd the reasoning behind the vote for the Hello Kitty with Pink Ink - maybe, one day, when I grow up to be a real man... :roflmho:

I am still waiting for that kindly donor to come along and lay a Hello Kitty pen and a bottle of Levenger Pinkly, or its current equivalent, on me. When that happens I will use it proudly and publicly.

 

BTW, I am testing Parker Falcons for a review and I would class these as "manly" pens, despite their diminutive dimensions. They have "poke you in the eye" talon like, almost aggressive, appearance.

[abhi4121]

My masculine pen list:

 

1. Omas modern paragon

2. Mont Blanc 149 Meisterstuck

[flight878]

Rotring 600

Rotring 700

Rotring 900

Lamy 2000

Lamy Dialog 1

Lamy Dialog 2

Lamy Dialog 3

Lamy Accent AP

Lamy Studio (Black, Imperial Blue, Anthracite, Stainless Steel)

--to name a few

[pendulous]

Luca Brasi: Don Corleone, 'I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your home on the wedding day of your daughter. And may their first Pen be a masculine Pen.'

 

The Godfather (1972)