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Hi! Any Omas fans? Any pics or experiences you can share… I think I'd like one! I'd like a Celluloid edition, though I also like their resins (much more reasonably priced).



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shuuemura Extremely Rare

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I love my OMAS Maroon Paragon with rose gold trim! I have a fine nib on it. It was a little scratchy out of the box but flow was perfect. Deb Kinney worked a little of her magic on it and the nib is now perfect.

 

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gentlyom Mint

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Omas can be very addictive, warnings ahead... :lol:

 

What about a resin 360 vision? Very distinctive.

 

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y439/julialpeng/Italian/L1030040_zps478008ba.jpg

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OMAS. I hear this name and I think: OMG. Their 18k gold nibs...to die for. It's like writing with an invisible ethereal airy spirit. The ink flows so richly so there's never risk of skipping, forming a liquid plane on paper that makes writing feel more like waterskiing across an impossible smooth lake. Most of the time I can't even feel the nib on paper—it's kind of spooky. I guess you could it an out-of-(pen)body writing experience.

 

It's definitely a wet writer, which is just how I like it—because ink tends to pool that way, which makes for perfect conditions to show off sheen on the right papers. Ironically, I avoid using OMAS inks with OMAS pens, since they're all slick and no show (sheen). Sadly, most of the pen designs don't appeal to me because they're a bit too simplistic for my tastes, but otherwise the pen is flawless—the Milords are the perfect length, width, and weight for my small hands.

 

Currently I only own one OMAS, the 2013 LE Extra Lucens with a F nib and semi-transparent celluloid body, which exclusively drinks Yama-budo ink. The effects on paper are phenomenal, but the real magic comes when you take the pen outside and hold it up to the sun: the light shining through the barrel illuminates the gold-colored veins in the celluloid and makes it look absolutely divine against a backdrop of sparkling liquid ink.

 

I write this now because I do not have pictures to justify my descriptions. I will try to remedy that when I have more time.

 

And if an OMAS Bibliotheque ever comes up for sale...I'd like to snag that too.

Sheen junkie, flex nib enthusiast, and all-around lover of fountain pens...

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HamFist Mint

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I use my Omas 360 magnum for school and every day writing. It is piston filled, but I wish it held more ink for its size :)

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I use my Omas 360 magnum for school and every day writing. It is piston filled, but I wish it held more ink for its size :)

That's why I regretfully sold my B nibbed Bronze. 3 refills a morning was too much.

 

Got my hands in a stub-nibbed Vintage (silver) from Bryant that is simply stunning to write with. Yu-Yake shades to perfection from that nib.

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That's why I regretfully sold my B nibbed Bronze. 3 refills a morning was too much.

 

Got my hands in a stub-nibbed Vintage (silver) from Bryant that is simply stunning to write with. Yu-Yake shades to perfection from that nib.

Lies you only write with carenes :)

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Carenes, Viscontis of assorted vintage, 149s, CS Churchills, YoLs, and Delta stubs on the whole. I've owned a lot of pens in my day.

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I have quite a few OMAS 360's.

 

I use my Omas 360 magnum for school and every day writing. It is piston filled, but I wish it held more ink for its size :)

 

The magnum holds noticably more ink than the standard 360, but still less than many of my other piston fillers. Probably for the best though, in my experience the cap seal leaves a bit to be desired and the ink will start to dry out in the nib/feed after a day or two.

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MUST...RESIST....BUYING....MOAR....

 

 

 

Hey Freakman

 

What are the names of the first 3 pens from the left in the second tray- they are beautiful!!!!!

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Hey Freakman

 

What are the names of the first 3 pens from the left in the second tray- they are beautiful!!!!!

 

They are all sterling silver paragons in vermeil,plain silver and guilocche. I also have the first one in solid gold but I don't have time to photo it. Theoretically there should be a solid platinum/white gold paragon that look exactly like the second one but I've never seen one for sale or display. But the OMAS catalogues got them listed.

These paragons are made around year 2000 and got both LE(a LE in 100) and none LE version. The pens are the same though.

The third one is rarer because it's much heavier than normal silver paragons(86g comparing to 45g).

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Absolutely gorgeous!!!!

 

I asked because I thought the first pen may have been an Omas "Le Preziose"- the solid gold version. Apart from my fathers one, I have only ever seen one other- in the UK. Glad to know you have one as well.

 

The silver guilloche is very beautiful also.

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colex Rare

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New

 

http://i.imgur.com/LOgtnDH.jpg

 

 

 

... And same vintage

 

http://i.imgur.com/nRkS1hS.jpg

pens: Aurora * Delta * Esterbrook * Goldfink * Kaweco * Montblanc * OMAS * Parker * Pelikan * Pilot * Sheaffer * Stilnova * Stipula * TWSBI * Visconti * Waterman

 

inks: Aurora * Delta * Diamine * J.Herbin * Pelikan * Pilot Iroshizuku * MB * Noodler's * Omas * Sailor * Visconti * Waterman

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New

 

http://i.imgur.com/LOgtnDH.jpg

 

 

 

... And same vintage

 

http://i.imgur.com/nRkS1hS.jpg

 

omg... Those are stunningly beautiful. Very nice collection you've got there. How long did it take to get everything?

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omg... Those are stunningly beautiful. Very nice collection you've got there. How long did it take to get everything?

 

Thanks!

 

Three years

pens: Aurora * Delta * Esterbrook * Goldfink * Kaweco * Montblanc * OMAS * Parker * Pelikan * Pilot * Sheaffer * Stilnova * Stipula * TWSBI * Visconti * Waterman

 

inks: Aurora * Delta * Diamine * J.Herbin * Pelikan * Pilot Iroshizuku * MB * Noodler's * Omas * Sailor * Visconti * Waterman

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