If I mentioned these pen makers what is the first pen that pop into your mind ?

1.Sailor
2.Pelikan
3.Mont Blanc
4.Parker
5.Pilot
6.Sheaffer
7.Waterman
8.Aurora
9.Omas
10.Visconti
11.Delta
12.Lamy

For me it's:

1.Sailor 1911
2.Pelikan M800
3.MB 149
4.Parker Vacumatic
5.Pilot VP
6.Sheaffer Snorkel
7.Waterman 52
8.Aurora 88
9.Omas Paragon
10.Visconti Wall Street
11.Delta Dolce vita
12.Lamy 2000

1.Sailor - 1911
2.Pelikan - Toledo
3.Mont Blanc - 146
4.Parker - Jotter
5.Pilot - Capless
6.Sheaffer - Snorkel
7.Waterman - Serenite
8.Aurora - Optima
9.Omas - Paragon
10.Visconti - Van Gogh
11.Delta - Dolcevita
12.Lamy - 2000

1.Sailor 1911
2.Pelikan M200
3.Mont Blanc Meistersomething?
4.Parker 51
5.Pilot Flighter
6.Sheaffer Calligraphy Pen
7.Waterman Phileas
8.Aurora Ipsilon
9.Omas Expensive
10.Visconti - Fine Corinthian leather?
11.Delta dawn, what's that flower you have on....
12.Lamy Safari!!!!

I'll play

1.Sailor 1911
2.Pelikan 400 or 100N
3.Mont Blanc 149
4.Parker 51
5.Pilot
6.Sheaffer Balance
7.Waterman Hundred Year
8.Aurora Optima
9.Omas Arte Italiana Paragon
10.Visconti
11.Delta
12.Lamy 2000

1.Sailor 1911
2.Pelikan 800
3.Mont Blanc 149
4.Parker 51
5.Pilot Vanishing Point
6.Sheaffer Balance
7.Waterman Liaison
8.Aurora Optima
9.Omas Milord Arco
10.Visconti Van Gogh
11.Delta
12.Lamy 2000

1.Sailor 1911
2.Pelikan Grand Place (any/all really!)
3.Mont Blanc 149
4.Parker 51
5.Pilot VP (Namiki)
6.Sheaffer Targa
7.Waterman Le Man 100
8.Aurora 88
9.Omas 360 Vision
10.Visconti Van Gogh
11.Delta Dolce Vita
12.Lamy Safari

Being careful not to see anyone else's replies, not stopping to think...

1.Sailor: Profit
2.Pelikan: M400
3.Mont Blanc: 146
4.Parker: "51"
5.Pilot: Falcon
6.Sheaffer: "TRIUMPH"
7.Waterman: Ideal Nº 7
8.Aurora: 88, the original Nizzoli version
9.Omas: Paragon (what my mind's eye saw was the High-Tech rhodium-plated version)
10.Visconti: Van Gogh
11.Delta: That orange and black thing, I just blew my buffer trying to think of its name.
12.Lamy: 2000

(edited for typos)

Egawds. I'm going to show you how little I know.

1.Sailor - (I draw a blank)
2.Pelikan - Steno
3.Mont Blanc - Boheme
4.Parker - 51
5.Pilot - A disposable I once had (blush)
6.Sheaffer - Valor
7.Waterman - Edson (Closely followed by Carene and Serenite)
8.Aurora - (A blank)
9.Omas - (Blank)
10.Visconti - (Blank)
11.Delta - (Blank)
12.Lamy - Safari

1. Mosaic.
2. Lighthouse of Alexandria.
3. Skeleton 333
4. Azure Vacumatic
5. Custom 823 (demonstrator)
6. TM Touchdown
7. 52 in a ripple
8. Mare
9. 360 celluloid (old style)
10. Opera Club demonstrator
11. Capri
12. Studio
13. Etruria

Richard - you killed the 1911 streak. It was the only pen to stay on the list through the first 6 replies...

I'm surprised by your answer, Goodguy. I figured you'd select:

1. MB149
2. MB149
3. MB149
4. MB149
5. MB149
6. MB149
7. MB149
8. MB149
9. MB149
10. MB149
11. MB149
12. MB149

1.Sailor Professional Gear
2.Pelikan m620 San Francisco (yes, I'm obsessed)
3.Mont Blanc 149
4.Parker Vector
5.Pilot Varsity
6.Sheaffer No Nonsense
7.Waterman Edson
8.Aurora Black (ummm.... I don't really know the Aurora line)
9.Omas Emotica (actually the one with three sides came to mind first, but the Emotica is the first one whose name came to me)
10.Visconti Skeleton
11.Delta (see Aurora)
12.Lamy Studio

1.Sailor - 1911
2.Pelikan - M200
3.Mont Blanc - M146 (I think this is the "standard" diameter vs. the Grand)
4.Parker - toss up either a "Big Red" Duofold or a 51
5.Pilot - Varsity disposable (my first foray into FPs)
6.Sheaffer - Balance
7.Waterman - Phileas
8.Aurora - Ipsilon
9.Omas - ?
10.Visconti - ?
11.Delta - ?
12.Lamy - Safari

1.Sailor:1911
2.Pelikan: M800
3.Mont Blanc: 149 or writer series
4.Parker: True Blue
5.Pilot:VP
6.Sheaffer: none
7.Waterman: Serenite
8.Aurora: Perla
9.Omas: Arco
10.Visconti: Van Gogh
11.Delta: Animal Series
12.Lamy:2000

1.Sailor 1911
2.Pelikan M605
3.Mont Blanc 149
4.Parker 'P51'
5.Pilot Custom 743
6.Sheaffer Triumph
7.Waterman 52
8.Aurora 88
9.Omas Arte Italian
10.Visconti Van Gogh
11.Delta 60th Israel
12.Lamy 2000

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Nice word association game!

1.Sailor 1911
2.Pelikan M400
3.Mont Blanc 146
4.Parker Duofold
5.Pilot VP
6.Sheaffer Snorkel
7.Waterman Carene
8.Aurora Talentum
9.Omas Paragon
10.Visconti Van Gogh
11.Delta Dolce Vita
12.Lamy Studio

2.Pelikan = any Souverän
3.Mont Blanc = 146
4.Parker = 51
6.Sheaffer = Crest
8.Aurora = Optima
12.Lamy = 2000

1.Sailor - Professional Gear
2.Pelikan - M800
3.Mont Blanc - 149
4.Parker - 51
5.Pilot - Prera (where did that come from? Too much ebay surfing, I guess.)
6.Sheaffer - Balance
7.Waterman - 52
8.Aurora - Optima
9.Omas - Galileo
10.Visconti - Verona
11.Delta - Pompei
12.Lamy - 2000


Regards, greg

I feel a need to play, too.

1.Sailor - 1911
2.Pelikan - M-1000 Souverain
3.Mont Blanc - 149
4.Parker - Duofold Centennial
5.Pilot - Varsity (believe it or not)
6.Sheaffer - Balance II
7.Waterman - Edson
8.Aurora - Optima Sole LE
9.Omas - MoMA
10.Visconti - Anniversary Voyager
11.Delta - Dolce Vita O/S (the orange and black thingy )
12.Lamy - Safari

And, even though you did not ask, 13. Stipula - Etruria

1.Sailor Magellan
2.Pelikan Toledo
3.Mont Blanc Disappointment
4.Parker Vacumatic
5.Pilot Custom 74
6.Sheaffer Balance
7.Waterman 52
8.Aurora Mare, Sole, Primavera...
9.Omas Arco
10.Visconti
11.Delta Colosseum
12.Lamy Safari
13.Stipula Etruria

1.Sailor 1911
2.Pelikan M1000
3.Mont Blanc 149
4.Parker Vacumatic
5.Pilot Namiki
6.Sheaffer Valor
7.Waterman Edison
8.Aurora optima
9.Omas Emotica
10.Visconti Wall Street
11.Delta?????????
12.Lamy 2K

[quote name='goodguy' date='Jul 25 2008, 02:45 PM' post='681895']
If I mentioned these pen makers what is the first pen that pop into your mind ?

1.Sailor
2.Pelikan
3.Mont Blanc
4.Parker
5.Pilot
6.Sheaffer
7.Waterman
8.Aurora
9.Omas
10.Visconti
11.Delta
12.Lamy

1. Sailor King of Pen (because I like the singular of "pen" here)
2. Pelikan Piazza Navona
3. Montblanc Kafka (love that cockroach!)
4. Parker "51"
5. Pilot 78G
6. Sheaffer Balance
7. Waterman 5 in red ripple (my first flexy)
8. Aurora vintage 88
9. Omas celluloid anything
10. Visconti Kaleido
11. Delta Dolce Vita piston filler (that orange and black thing in its latest incarnation)
12. Lamy Persona

These are actually the first ones that came into my head, all impulse.

1. Sailor Sapporo
2. Pelikan M800
3. Montblanc 149
4. Parker "51"
5. Pilot VP
6. Sheaffer Valor
7. Waterman Phileas
8. Aurora 88
9. Omas Paragon
10. Visconti Van Gogh
11. Delta Israel
12. Lamy Safari

1.Sailor Professional Gear
2.Pelikan Souveran 625
3.Mont Blanc Boheme
4.Parker Duofold Centennial
5.Pilot Fermo
6.Sheaffer -------
7.Waterman ------
8.Aurora Africa
9.Omas Arlequin
10.Visconti Wall Street
11.Delta Dolce Vita
12.Lamy ------

1.Sailor 1911
2.Pelikan M200
3.MB 146
4.Parker 51
5.Pilot Custom 845
6.Sheaffer Targa
7.Waterman LeMan 100
8.Aurora Primavera
9.Omas Paragon
10.Visconti Wall Street LE
11.Delta Dolce Vita
12.Lamy 2000
These are, except Omas, all pens I own, or have owned...and I have only been collecting for a few months
I haven't even seen an Omas.

1. Sailor - 1911
2. Pelikan - M805 in blue and silver with F nib (my favorite pen )
3. Mont Blanc - Whatever the heck my old Mont Blanc ballpoint was.
4. Parker - "51"
5. Pilot - 78G (or if you said Namiki it would be the Vanishing Point)
6. Sheaffer - Snorkel
7. Waterman - Edson
8. Aurora - Optima
9. Omas - Emotica
10. Visconti - Van Gogh
11. Delta - Dolce Vita
12. Lamy - 2000

1.Sailor KOP
2.Pelikan M800
3.Mont Blanc Chopin
4.Parker Duofold
5.Pilot VP
6.Sheaffer PFM VI
7.Waterman #7 Red Ripple
8.Aurora Optima
9.Omas 360
10.Visconti Wall Street
11.Delta Dolce Vita
12.Lamy 2000

Hi,

セーラーハスカル (Sailor HaSuKaRu) I have one
Pelikan Pelikano I sell a lot of these
Montblanc Caressa I used to have one
Parker 45 My first pen (although none functional and unrepairable when I got it)
パイロットカスタム74 (Pilot Custom 74) I have one
Sheaffer Cartridge Pen I used to collect them
Waterman ici et là I have two sitting on my desk
Aurora Madamin I have one
Omas Princess This is my favorite pen
Visconti Wall Street I've fixed too many
Delta Dolce Vita My friend is a big fan
Lamy CP1 My mom has one

Dillon

1. 1911
2. MXXX
3. 149
4. Duofold
5. Custom
6. PFM
7. 52
8. Optima
9. Paragon (old style)
10. Conklin Nozac Word Gauge LE (they made it for Conklin)
11. Dolce Vita O/S
12. Safari

1.Sailor 1911
2.Pelikan M1000
3.Mont Blanc Agatha
4.Parker Sonnet
5.Pilot G2 No but really= Capless
6.Sheaffer Nostalgia
7.Waterman Red Ripple
8.Aurora... Cant think of any now...
9.Omas 360
10.Visconti Ripple
11.Delta Dolce Vita
12.Lamy Safari