Do you ever wear ringtop fountain pen?

[juhtolv]

Well, somebody had to ask this. Here it is. Here you are, ladies and gentlemen.

[Phthalo]

While I love my three Omas ringtops, I'd never wear them. Nor would I wear any of my other ringtops...

 

Just not my style at all...

[johnr55]

Wearing pens with lanyards is very popular with health care workers in our country, but they're all BP's

[girlieg33k]

When I bought my first ringtop a few months ago, I'll admit to putting it in a ribbon and wearing it around the house around my neck, just to see how it felt -- but within 5 minutes I started to have bad flashbacks of Catholic school. I didn't like the thing bopping around either, hitting all sorts of things, so I kept readjusting the ribbon to the appropriate length so that I could actually write with it and also keep it from dinging around -- but it was awkward at best.

 

While cleaning a few of vintage ringtops (a Wahl and Waterman) this past weekend, I momentarily amused myself with the thought of wearing them on loop earrings. Amusing at it seemed, when I tried, they were too heavy, and I hurt my earlobes in the process. This is what happens when one has too much time on their hands...

Edited February 14, 2007 by girlieg33k

[Kalessin]

I don't have any ringtops now, but at some point I hope to get a tiny gold ringtop to put on the end of a watch chain, which would then be worn with a classic pocket watch at the other end.

 

All this to make a black-tie outfit totally fabulous. I don't own such a tuxedo right now, but someday I will buy one; I was inspired to this by the rare few who wear evening clothes to Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts at Symphony Hall. When I started going there twenty years ago, most gentlemen were in suits, and now only about 20% are in suits, and the rest in some mishmash of clothes from sport jacket and slacks, down through business casual, to jeans and sweatshirts.

 

[sonia_simone]

Given what the little Sailor I use in my wallet does when I put the wallet in a pocket (thus heating the pen), I think I will pass on this admittedly charming idea.

[Taki]

I've thought about wearing my little Wahl with 0 nib. However I know I will lose the pen eventually if I wear it around my neck, so I haven't. I managed to lose many earrings and a necklace

[CasmiUK]

I have three ringtops - two Parker Lady Duofolds and one CS Dinkie. They're all from the 1920s. I love the thought of wearing them round my neck, but I wear my name badge and my memory stick around my neck every day and I see the kind of hard knocks they take. I think I'll keep my ringtops safe instead!

 

Casmi

[Fafnir]

I have done, but nearly lost one once, so I haven't done it since!

[Elaine]

I keep saying that I will, but I never have. Maybe some day.

[framebaer]

One of my favorite writing pens is a woodgrain HR eversharp ringtop with a very sweet flexible nib. Don't know how to carry it.

 

NOT gonna wear it on a lanyard.

 

Can't just put it in my shirt pocket.

 

sometimes put it in my pants pocket but the thought of it breaking or the cap coming off limits this option severely.

 

Maybe a pen case with string or such on the ring to pull it out?

 

It's a dilemma.

[Richard]

I've managed to attract a few very pretty ringtops, all of which write well. Since I carry my active pens in a Piquadro pocket case (framebear take note), I don't need to wear the ringtops -- but I do write with the little suckers. This LeBoeuf is one of the prettier ones:

 

http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/zoomed/leboeuf_ringtop.jpg

[Johnny Appleseed]

Richard,

 

 

(that's a 5-drool pen).

 

John

Edited February 14, 2007 by Johnny Appleseed

[EventHorizon]

I have a few that I will probably sale before to long (I forgot the brand ) and to be honest, I have never used them either. I also have a few "lapel" pens (ballpoint) from the 50's that I have never used. All of them were purchased in the early days of collecting when I would buy about anything.

[RLTodd]

Memory escapes me, but weren't the ringtops supposed to be worn attached to reels made into artfully designed and pinned jewelry?

 

[Ray-Vigo]

QUOTE (Richard @ Feb 14 2007, 03:39 PM)

I've managed to attract a few very pretty ringtops, all of which write well. Since I carry my active pens in a Piquadro pocket case (framebear take note), I don't need to wear the ringtops -- but I do write with the little suckers. This LeBoeuf is one of the prettier ones: http://www.richardspens.com/images/collection/zoomed/leboeuf_ringtop.jpg

That's a nice, rich set of blue tones on that pen.

[Richard]

QUOTE (RLTodd @ Feb 14 2007, 12:26 PM)

Memory escapes me, but weren't the ringtops supposed to be worn attached to reels made into artfully designed and pinned jewelry?

Nope. They were intended to be clipped onto a loop of ribbon or, sometimes, chain, called by names such as "guard" or "sautoir," that was worn around the neck. I have the remains of a silk grosgrain ribbon guard and a very serviceable chain one whose links are individually braided rings made from think strips of a flexible material that might be celluloid. Ringtops could also be clipped to a chatelaine worn around the waist.

[lallin]

I have a couple old pocket watch chains; one is the kind that clips over a belt, the other has it's own ring. I have on occasion used them with a ring-top pen; the one with a ring is especially nice when wearing a vest and carrying a small pen in a vest pocket. The belt clip watch chain works great for those rare occasions when I am wearing slacks and a pocketless shirt.

[PenWorks]

I love ring tops, I made my own, styled after the Parker Safety jack knife pen.

Made from black ebonite, with sterling silver trim. I will be looking for a Waterman ringtop at the LA show next week.

 

I ussually only wear it, when at a pen show or some type of convention, when I always need a hand pen.

 

 

[Phthalo]

Tony: That's a beauty. So unusual!