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because black is sober, elegant and discrete

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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Hello IcyWolfe,

 

For the same reason Steinways, limousines and tuxedoes are black - no other color exudes grace and elegance quite like black.

 

Best regards,

 

Chris

 

PS: It looks good on cats, too. :)

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Interesting stuff on FB yesterday from Mr Pauli of Manu Propria who put the proportion of black pens at 70% of the total sold. I would have said nearer 40% so I was quite surprised by that figure!

 

Black has an appeal because it seems you can see the shine on a piece of black ebonite, for instance, very clearly; colours blur that effect. One of my favourites for looks is the black celluloid version of the Pelikan Graphos - a terrible pen to use, but with its simple cylindrical lines and wire clip (almost a proto-Safari clip!) there is nothing to see but the shine. I have three, and they are very, very, very shiny.

 

That said, the Lamy 2000 breaks that rule (and so does the Deccan Advocate, another black pen in my collection) with its brushed Makrolon surface. And black looks terrific brushed!

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Having spent far too much time and effort matching up ink colour with pen colour I've found a black pen plays a whole lot easier with my OCD that a coloured pen and allows me to experiment with many more inks.

I have a TWSBI VAC 700, in amber. Easily up there with my favourite pens to write and sketch with. It's only ever had two inks in it from day one Ancient Copper and just two days ago, Diamine 150th Terracotta.

Sad but true.

Blacks make it easier for me :blush: :blush: :blush:

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Yeah, I'm not a big fan of black -- either for ink or for pens. But several pens I have are black (even when the make/model came in other colors as well) simply because that color was what was readily available. Especially for the vintage pens.

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Having spent far too much time and effort matching up ink colour with pen colour I've found a black pen plays a whole lot easier with my OCD that a coloured pen and allows me to experiment with many more inks.

 

I have a TWSBI VAC 700, in amber. Easily up there with my favourite pens to write and sketch with. It's only ever had two inks in it from day one Ancient Copper and just two days ago, Diamine 150th Terracotta.

 

Sad but true.

Blacks make it easier for me :blush: :blush: :blush:

 

 

 

Exactly. With a coloured pen, I hesitate to put certain colour inks in it.

 

I'm sure so many pens being black goes back to the beginning, with hard rubber, and it just became a tradition. And the classiness factor. I can't imagine a lime green MB 149.

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I just looked at my pen cup today and found all these 8 black pens I know I have 2 more black pens so that is about 1/3 of my pens (including preppies in total) are black.

 

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I just had some Poyos on my desk so I added them too. That Leo retired from combat just for a few minutes to pose with the FP.

 

But why are black pens so common? All silver pens looks cool too yet it's harder to find those than a all black one.

Because black goes with everything!

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My other pen is a Montblanc.

 

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If you look in my pen cabinet you would say, why are black pens so uncommon? It took me forever to even enter the Black Pen Society!

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A lot of people here have hit the nail on the head. Black pens are serious, elegant, classy, and they go with everything. That's why I have something like 60 of them. And that's why there's a bunch of us crazy people in the Black Pen Society

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If you look in my pen cabinet you would say, why are black pens so uncommon? It took me forever to even enter the Black Pen Society!

I always wondered what is that? I've went to their info site but never really understood it.

 

 

 

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A lot of people here have hit the nail on the head. Black pens are serious, elegant, classy, and they go with everything. That's why I have something like 60 of them. And that's why there's a bunch of us crazy people in the Black Pen Society

I don't suppose that's a normal to big sized collection by any chance?

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Black is THE power color in business. In Dress for Success it's said to be too powerful a color for a man's suit. It's also a professional color. Can you imagine a doctor, lawyer, or business executive pulling out a yellow pen so sign a paper?

 

Fountain pens are used by professionals a lot so a black fountain pen would be the perfect pen for them.

 

Another color just wouldn't be as impressive in front of other professionals.

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I don't suppose that's a normal to big sized collection by any chance?

Well, I have just over 400 pens, so there are a lot of pens that are not black. But here are most of the black ones:

 

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Mabie Todd Swan Self-Filling Pen

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Waterman 100-Year Pen

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