What Is Your Favorite Pen Clip Design?

[aderoy]

Would be a very close race between:

 

• Cara d'Ache Ecridor
• Faber-Castell, Guilloche
• Montgrappa Miya

[bluejay]

Lamy's 2000 spring clip was a genius play on their end. Great design!

[orinix]

To be honest, I really like the clip on Lamy Safaris. Not very pretty, but oh so functional.

[requiescat]

To be honest, I really like the clip on Lamy Safaris. Not very pretty, but oh so functional.

I don't own a Safari (I am on the fence as to whether I would want one, I had a bad experience with the one I owned and gave away) but I do agree, the clips have a certain appeal and the one I interacted with felt like it'd be sturdy.

[Bo Bo Olson]

It depends much on the pen.

Unfortunately I'll be getting a new computer next month, in this one has too much Windows junk on it and Photobucket no longer works for ME on this com. I can't put the pictures up now.

 

My inlaid semi-flex nibbed Geha 725 is a very sleek black and gold pen with rolled gold trim, two gold disks has a very simple straight clip with two small lines in it that ends with the similar to the Geha oval on top.

It's astounding what the proper couple of lines on a simple clip can do. It was the pen Geha set out to catch MB with and did.

 

I have a MB234 1/2 Deluxe with the same Meisterstuck clip as on the 139. That pen was made in '52-55 for those who did not like the new 146-9 pens, and liked the 139.

 

My Lamy Persona black titanium oxide and gold trim of only the clip and gold disk on the bottom only, has a serrated top spring clip in the body of the cap. It is a very neat clip.

Edited July 22, 2013 by Bo Bo Olson

[Dillo]

Hi,

 

While I can't recall I time I ever used the clips on my pens, I like the Aurora and Pilot Custom clips. I think they look very nice. I think I prefer clipless pens though.

 

Dillon

[rabiosocorazon]

Visconti .

[ashbridg]

Most functional: Sheaffer's spring-loaded clip that swings out to fit over thick pockets.

 

Best design: Montegrappa's clip with the rotating ball.

 

Most clever: Sheaffer's "Reminder Clip" on vintage ballpoints, keeps the clip recessed into the barrel when the point is out, thus it won't let you clip the pen to a pocket until the point is retracted, pretty cool.

 

[JessR45]

Purely from a design standpoint, imho +1 Montegrappa's clip with the rotating ball

 

For artistry's sake, I would go with my Omas Emozione Di Carnavale:

 

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