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Now that we voted for the most hideous design, which brand has the most elegant design? We are not necessarily talking about your favorite brand, as the poll is purely about the design only. Please post pictures  

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  1. 1. Now that we voted for the most hideous design, which brand has the most elegant design? We are not necessarily talking about your favorite brand, as the poll is purely about the design only. Please post pictures

    • Aurora
      10
    • Bexley
      1
    • Cartier
      5
    • Conway Stewart
      18
    • Cross
      4
    • Dani-Trio
      15
    • Krone
      1
    • Lamy
      17
    • Montblanc
      30
    • Montegrappa
      2
    • Monteverde
      4
    • Namiki/Pilot
      8
    • Omas
      25
    • Parker
      13
    • Pelikan
      26
    • Rotring
      0
    • Sailor
      2
    • Sheaffer
      12
    • Visconti
      21
    • Waterman
      18

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Now that we voted for the most hideous design, which brand has the most elegant design? We are not necessarily talking about your favorite brand, as the poll is purely about the design. Please post pictures

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I don't think a pen gets more elegant than the Omas MoMA:

 

(sorry for the poor quality photo - just a quick digital snap)

 

Jim

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And there is no Stipula either... :D

 

Warm regards, Wim

the Mad Dutchman
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Tough one!

 

Waterman has many elegant vintage and modern pens (the Edson is super elegant). The Aurora Ipsilon is up there, and the Aurora 80th anniversary is fantastic! There are a few Mont Blanc pens that scream elegance (for me, the Mozart in Bordeaux, and the LE Kafka)

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Johnny Appleseed

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Sheaffer

 

Lifetime Triumph

 

Green Stripe

 

Nothing else compares.

 

John

So if you have a lot of ink,

You should get a Yink, I think.

 

- Dr Suess

 

Always looking for pens by Baird-North, Charles Ingersoll, and nibs marked "CHI"

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Waterman - love the Edsons, and the Exception

 

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/kmlstmoorthi/FamilyPortraitEdson.jpg

 

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/kmlstmoorthi/WatermanExceptionGoldDandN.jpg

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krz Vintage

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I like the vintage Triumph Sheaffers real well, so that's how I voted. If I had to choose a modern MFG. it would be Dani-Trio.

How can you tell when you're out of invisible ink?

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As much as MB is boring and maybe snobbish or waste of money to some people, I find its shape is most comfortable/ergonomic, therefore I like them all (Boheme, 146, 147, 149)

 

2nd runner-up is the OMAS 360 IMHO.

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Hey there moorthi!!! Glad you stopped by!!!

 

i love your Waterman Edsons!! I have one myself with the factory stub and they are so smooth and a nice medium wet line. Unfortunatly the converter doesnt hold as much in as I would like it to but who cares!!! They are extremely comfortable and heavy but balanced!!

 

TNS

 

Aaron

 

BTW I am still having lots of fun with the Togi Emperor pen!!!

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Yeah, welcome to the Nuthouse, Moorthi. B) Hope you'll enjoy your stay here. I always check out the beautiful pens that you have on sale (as well as the equally beautiful pics)... just a small question of money (or lack thereof, on my part :doh: )

 

As for this thread directly... Phew!... this will take some thinking... design, in terms of solely appearance/aesthetics, and not the feel while writing nor its writing characteristics... yeah... needs some thinking... that MOMA sure is purty, Jim!... hhmmmm... elegant...

 

Back at a later time, then, I guess. :doh:

 

 

raf.

You can't always get what you want... but if you try sometimes... you just might find... you'll get what you need...

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Hello TNS and GH:

Thanks a bunch for the kind words.

Glad you like the Togi Aaron - It was tough to let it go.

Certainly love the Edson - All of mine have B nibs - maybe I should get a nib exchange - the Stub you describe sounds interesting.

Regards

Moorthi

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I am of course biased, but beauty of course is subjective. I don't know if these you would find elegant, but I sure like them...

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/winedoc/Hellier/tn_DSC06901.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/winedoc/Urushi/tn_DSC06704.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/winedoc/Urushi/tn_DSC06513.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/winedoc/Prototypes/tn_DSC06970.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/winedoc/Prototypes/tn_DSC06966.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/winedoc/Prototypes/tn_DSC06776.jpg

 

Trying to influence your votes?? of course not :lol:

 

Kev

To Cross The Rubicon

 

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M4R1N4 Rare

M4R1N4

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I had to go with Visconti - love that celluloid, love the aesthetics of their nibs.

Yes, I think I have to agree. Even though I don't own a single Visconti (yet!), somehow those nibs and colors make me drool and get goosebumps more than almost any pen maker.

 

 

Except Pelikans..

 

 

And old Sheaffers..

 

 

And many Auroras and Deltas...

 

:doh:

"By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. "

- Socrates

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Wow, this is tough. I love to write with my Visconti Midi, and it was a great price. Nib is wonderful as well. Is it the most attractive brand? Wow, that is tough. I gotta think before I vote, but I am liking my Visconti so much.

 

Sam

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