Pilot Decimo - What Color?

[kansaskyle]

I'm leaning toward a Pilot Decimo, but not sure on what color to get.

 

What did you pick and why?

 

The main ones I'm leaning toward are:

• Dark Gray - does a gray pen say anything about me? *
• Dark Blue - seems like a little flair to it. *
• Black - seems like a safe choice
• Pearl White - Does this hold up well over time? Any issues with staining?

The Dark Red seems a bit flashy while the lighter colored ones (Champagne, Light BLue, and Viloet) seem like colors for ladies. No offense to guys that have them!

 

* These are on sale at the J-Subculture site I saw a thread on, which would save me some money over Amazon or Engeika.

 

[maverink]

mica grey is like the black a safe formal colour

 

there is one in harvest yellow ( golden ) colour as well

Edited March 4, 2015 by maverink

[LuisAAbrilRomero]

I had the opportunity to see the whole collection in person at my local fountain pen drug dealer, and to be honest, all available colours except the black one struck me as rather girlish (nothing wrong with that, but I'm a bloke and that is not my style). In the end, I bought the black model, as the pen was intended to be used at the office in my Filofax.

 

Hope that helped.

[kansaskyle]

Thanks for the feedback!

 

I saw the harvest yellow one, but the Engeika site indicated it is no longer available.

 

I too thought many of the pens looked feminine and I read some reviews that thought Pilot was targeting the pen to women due to the lighter weight and the initial colors offered. I guess they later came out with the darker colors to appeal to men from what I read.

[maverink]

decimo grey fine USD100.05

http://shop.j-subculture.com/items/detail/FEE0AEAC0BE27F1

 

dark blue USD99.81

http://shop.j-subculture.com/items/detail/38DC9FF94A11F21

[rollerboy]

I can see saying the second batch of colours might be a little feminine (with the exception of the black) but not the first batch. As a male, I don't think I'll concede grey, blue, and white to the female half of the species. Aside from pens, it would become a pain to go car shopping or even dress myself in the morning!

 

I have multiple Decimos in the aforementioned grey, blue and white. My first purchase was the dark grey and even with the expanded palette available that would remain my first choice: elegant, conservative, neutral so it goes with many inks, and a little different than ubiquitous black. The dark blue is sharp too, but possibly restricts ink choice a little more. The white is nice, but a little more "look at me" (who else here finds white cars attractive but slightly pompous). I wouldn't worry about staining as you don't dip the barrel when filling.

[Frank C]

Personally, I think that any pen color—with the possible exception of pink—is acceptable for a manly man. I believe that this is one of your first pen purchases, so I would go with a more conservative color.

[kansaskyle]

I opted for black, even though it was a little more expensive than going with the gray form j-subculture.

I'm guessing there will likely be other pen purchases in the future, so I can explore other colors as my collection increases.

[Frank C]

I happen to like orange pens. I have an orange Parker Duofold, and orange and brown MB Hemingway, several orange Lamy Safaris, and an orange and black Sailor Realo from Classic Fountain Pens. No one has ever said anything about pen color. Once in a while, someone notices that I'm using a fountain pen.

[Jeff_H]

I have one in dark red and rhodium and I am keen to have a white one as well. I like having colors that are a little more interesting, but still suitable for use at work.

[dragos.mocanu]

I have a white one, because I found it to be the most interesting color from this particular line... it's not quite white, it's more of a really light cream, with a gorgeous pearly look to it!

Edited March 8, 2015 by Murky

[rudyhou]

i have one in dark grey. love the color. apart from my love for anything 'grey', it's a neutral color for me, as it matches with black, blue, brown, and maroon inks i write with.

[kansaskyle]

My black Decimo arrived today from Japan! After reading some of the posts here I kind of wished I was a bit more adventerous, but the black one will work just fine. I like the Rhodium accents.

[HesNot]

I opted for a Sesenta - now have red and the "grey" which is more of a brown marbled finish. The red in particular is really nice looking and they are all great writers.

 

Enjoy! I have a standard VP and really like the size of the decimo/sesenta for day to day use.