crocodile pens

[parker]

i was reading some posts (about herbin inks) and i mentioned my errrr being a slytherin (dont ask) and someone posted a reply about the snake-ness of a certain pen from http://www.hisnibs.com/ouguwen.htm called 'ouguwen', i dunno wot it means...but i found the same pen in another website and there its called 'Crocodile'. i find the pen look interesting (except the fact that it has got a reverse logo of lacoste) cos of the eyes......has anyone got any experience with this particular pen?

[kbjoran]

I actually have a pen called the Cobra made by Elysee (no longer made). It doesn't have eyes but it does have a really nice snakeskin body.

Edited July 22, 2006 by kbjoran

[smudgy]

I've never seen that - but have you seen the Signum Python? No eyes, but that's one cool looking pen.

 

Signum Python

 

I LOVE the green one. Nib should be great, too...

[kbjoran]

Wow, no I had never seen those...what beauties! My favorites were the Lime and the Natural. I didn't realize this before but, apparently, I have a couple of pens with a reptilian theme.

[smudgy]

There you go, a focus for your collection!

 

I have a Signum Orione and love it, so I can definitely see myself saving up for that lime Python... or making it the sole item on my Christmas list!

[kbjoran]

My Christmas list has already been over-populated so I'll have to come up with a different approach for mine. :bunny1: <-- Is this a Macarana or a Chicken Dance Bunny?

[Blorgy]

This crocodile pen is wrapped in australian crocodile skin. The section is plastic, and it uses a cartridge. I think that the barrel and cap are metal, and I guess it is a kit pen, underneath the crocodile skin. The nib says "W. Germany", which might mean Germany or China. The barrel's diameter is about the same as the diameter of the Pelikan M200 Tradition's barrel.

 

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c84/ZJK572/IMG_1007800.jpg

 

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c84/ZJK572/IMG_1010800.jpg

 

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c84/ZJK572/IMG_1040800.jpg

Edited July 24, 2006 by Blorgy

[kbjoran]

Kewl pen!

[KDW]

As you can see from my avitar, I have a crocodile. As a matter of fact, I have another crocodile, but it is a different model. The second one was bought for me by a friend who bought it traveling in China. Prev post

I use them both as edc's (every day carrys). I like them.

[DRP]

I purchased one of the Ouguwen pens (looks like a serpent more than a croc to me). It's a good pen and I'm generally satisfied. It's mostly a novelty which is why I purchased it. Compare it to a Fort Madison made Sheaffer Imperial from the early 1990s which sells for about the same price on ebay, etc., and I'd recommend the Fort Madison made pen.

 

As to the serpent pen, it has a little harder nib than I like and delivers a thinner, and less wet line than I personally prefer. That's mostly a matter of personal opinion.

 

I like the pen but it's not one of my favorites.

 

David

[parker]

As you can see from my avitar, I have a crocodile. As a matter of fact, I have another crocodile, but it is a different model. The second one was bought for me by a friend who bought it traveling in China. Prev post

I use them both as edc's (every day carrys). I like them.

good to hear there's someone who actually uses the croc. (snake-y more like) pen...

 

how is the performance of the nib? is it more like an F or XF etc? i wanna know cos i think that particular croc. pen is very cool

[Cloud]

HI,

 

 

Here are a lot more model of the corcodile pens with nice pictures...

 

http://www.isellpens.com/crocodile.html

 

I just love those fake diamonds!!!!!!!

[KDW]

When I first got this pen, it tended to skip a little. After I tinkered with the nib, it's fine (pun inteneded). I prefer a fine nib, and a lot of these chinese pens write fine (again!) although my other croc writes closer to a medium, so I put Noodler's 'firefly' in it and use it as a highlighter.

[kissing]

The Parker pen website was advertising a "new" special edition Sonnet "Crocodile Vermeil". Just thought it might be related to this topic since it mentions "crocodiles"

 

http://parkerpen.com/en/discovery/special_...onnet_crocodile

[KDW]

No. This is a company in China that calls all it's pens crocodiles, and they put a little croc on the cap. I think the pen my friends got for me in China also listed another company with it (like Namiki and Pilot), but I'd have to go find my box . . .

[KDW]

For what it's worth, my croc from China lists the manufacturer as Croco Rome Dile.

[dare_nova]

What about quality?