Masculine Pens

[chiaroscuro]

I'd just like to point out that the Art of Manliness blog listed the Kaweco Lilliput as a manly pen. Anything that's not a Bic "For Her" pen can be a fashionable writing instrument.

 

hehe +1

[Joe in Seattle]

Rotring 600 in lava finish pops to mind as the most manly pen I have, although I gifted daughter with a steel Rotring mech pencil and she was ecstatic. She's also 4 foot 8 and was a ballerina (architect now) so, go figure!

[Robinkeys]

Two Wordw: Cross ATX.

[toomanypelikans]

Aurora Talentums are probably the most masculine pens I own. Especially the Black/Chrome

 

http://justdaveyb.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/pi136c_tn.jpg

 

As to feminine probably my Sailor Sapporo Lame Purple/Rhodium (Lame = Sparkly)

 

http://justdaveyb.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/pi134c_tn.jpg

 

Both these pens look great! Is the Aurora large?

 

Yep the Aurora Talentum is large, since that image I have bought the yellow/chrome, red/chrome and rubberised black/chrome large versions - I like the Aurora Talentum...

[wspohn]

Masculine = anything as phallically shaped as a pen, no?

[79spitfire]

Masculine = anything as phallically shaped as a pen, no?

Why do I NOT feel like touching my pens all the sudden????

[Bookman]

I say the Montblanc W.E. Hemingway is the manliest. You wanna take this outside and discuss it?

[piembi]

masculine:

...

or reduced:

P51

Pelikan 400 nn black

 

Interesting that you mention those two pens as an example for masculine pens. Perception changes within several decades. Guess I still see them as what they have been half a century ago.

 

Both are my favourites (beside the black 400 and the green 400) and I consider all of them neither feminine nor masculine. For me they are a no nonsense workhorse pen, a classic.

[Pen Nut]

My two Waterman Edsons are quite masculine...... Oh and the big daddy in the middle is a Conwat Stewart Grand/Great Exhibition pen. Masculine? Yep just a tad !!

 

[goldenkrishna]

Hello Soer,

 

Masculine: FPs I do not own ->Conway Stewart Revolution and MB 149; I do own ->Waterman DG and CS Winston (will arrive within two weeks).

 

Feminine: MB Queen Elizabeth I (is heavy though) and Waterman C/F stirling silver-moiré.

 

With love,

 

goldenkrishna

[contaxrts2]

masculine:

...

or reduced:

P51

Pelikan 400 nn black

 

Interesting that you mention those two pens as an example for masculine pens. Perception changes within several decades. Guess I still see them as what they have been half a century ago.

 

Both are my favourites (beside the black 400 and the green 400) and I consider all of them neither feminine nor masculine. For me they are a no nonsense workhorse pen, a classic.

 

Thank you very much for your statement in our mutual definition of "great" pens:

the wonderful reduced design only follows function: P51 and 400nn

 

male or female is unimportant under the aspect of perfect function and timeless design

[riverdale]

My Juliet.

 

Now I want a Hello Kitty pen.

 

Real men wear pink kilts and a "Hello Kitty" sporran.

Oooh! I fear you're letting other people's opinions dictate your own.I eat quiche, but only because I like it, usually with a single-shot latte.

But I take your point, real men - and real women for that matter - chart their own course, mindful that other people want to do the same.

I use a burgundy Sailor 1911, with a Nagahara-tweaked fine nib. My grandfather was both tough and kind - a gentle man - who had hands like hooves and wrote exquisite copperplate with a tiny Geo. Parker Lucky Curve.