Deco look

[FredRydr]

One of my favorite pen designs for its "look" is the Waterman Ink-Vue Silver Ray. Similarly, I like the Chrysler Building in New York City or the interiors of the Empire State Building.

 

Which other pens have such an appearance?

 

Fred

 

http://www.penopoly.com/assets/waterman/wtr1241.jpg

 

http://imagecache.allposters.com/images/pic/PA/6445250~Chrysler-Building-Posters.jpg

[Titivillus]

51 with empire cap jumps to mind.

[girlieg33k]

My personal favourites are the 1920s Art Deco Wahl pens, as shown here.

[sumgaikid]

One of my favorite pen designs for its "look" is the Waterman Ink-Vue Silver Ray. Similarly, I like the Chrysler Building in New York City or the interiors of the Empire State Building.

 

Which other pens have such an appearance?

 

Fred

 

http://www.penopoly.com/assets/waterman/wtr1241.jpg

 

http://imagecache.allposters.com/images/pic/PA/6445250~Chrysler-Building-Posters.jpg

 

Do you own one Fred? I have one that I won on fleabay 3 years back in near-mint condition and it

has a wonderfully flexible nib.

 

It's in my rotation,being used right now,filled with PR Sonic Blue.

 

John

 

[Thornton]

I'm not sure about pens that resemble the Empire State Building, but Cross and Conway Stewart both make pens with an Art Deco design. I've always considered the humble Waterman Phileas to have something of an Art Deco design as well. I love this style/era so I'm always on the lookout for pens with this attribute.

[Artie]

The Eversharp Coronet certainly has some design elements shared with the Chrysler building. Other Classic Art Deco pens are the Eversharp Doric and the Waterman Patrician.

 

http://www.vintagepens.com/Coronet.shtml

 

http://www.richardspens.com/?page=ref_info/doric_profile.htm

 

http://www.billspens.com/billspens/waterma...c/patrician.htm

 

Edited May 3, 2009 by Artie

[Ghost Plane]

Yard o Leds - they've got the look

[FredRydr]

The Eversharp Coronet...

Thank you, Artie!

 

Oh no, not another pen hunt, a full length Rhodium Coronet. <sob>

 

Fred

[LedZepGirl]

I know it's been mentioned here already, but the Eversharp Doric is the epitome of art deco fountain pen design. Not to mention, the ones with adjustable nibs are a lot of fun.

[JAPeN]

Fred ...know exactly what you are talking about.

 

"The Chrysler Building is the ultimate expression of masculine Art Deco design."

Jon Messer, Editor

Stylus Magazine

 

 

The Chrysler Building

David Broadwell was commissioned to create a fountain pen that commemorated the famous Chrysler Building in New York City, with a specific desire for a short bodied long capped configuration. Along the way the collector asked for a small folding knife to accompany the pen. Aside from these generalities, the maker was given a great deal of creative freedom. Broadwell chose the building's tower with it's stepped arches for the pen's cap and "Mercury's Helmet" ornamentation and hub cap brick work on the 31st floor (shown in the photo below) for the knife's handle. Stainless steel was chosen for the major materials, with black acrylic used for the pen's long section.

 

 

This is another example of what can be done when Broadwell is given a theme to work in, one that gives pleasure to both the owner and the creator.

 

Similar Piece: $3800

Shop Photos: S Broadwell

Photo Montage: Jim Cooper

 

 

...I guess you want a link as well David Broadwell

Edited May 4, 2009 by JAPeN

[JAPeN]

One more ...you are really pulling my strings.

 

A Pelikan M425 ...not quite a Chrysler Building but nearly there.

 

 

I was just online looking at tripods, I have been trying to buy one for 3-months now but every time I do, I see something like this (sigh!!) I can always get the tripod next month I suppose.

 

 

Thanks Fred for getting my priorities straight.

 

 

and this ......pen knife by Owen Wood

2" Damascus blade by Owen, 2 3/4" closed, 18K gold bolsters carved by Amayak Stepanyan, Scales are black lip and white mother of pearl, mother of pearl inlay in pivit, worked back spacer, Titanium liners, linerlock. A gem!!!

$5800.00

 

 

 

 

...NOW LEAVE ME ALONE !!!

Edited May 4, 2009 by JAPeN

[deckerbj]

An Eversharp Skyline is about as Art Deco as it gets, not exactly Chrysler Building, but evokes all that is art deco (at least with respect to industrialization . . .). My thoughts.

[yachtsilverswan]

+1 on the Eversharp Skyline

 

The Waterman Edson series (particularly the Edson Black Diamond) also has a Deco look.

[FredRydr]

Thank you all. I succumbed to a Coronet, plus I found a Montblanc 344 Silver Ray.

 

Although nib performance rules, I guess my little collection will go deco, too.

 

Fred