Grey Pen Club

[Penguincollector]

1 hour ago, Number99 said:

 

From a previous post image. Parker 45 Coronet fountain pen and 9mm pencil.

It is hard to distinguish it from the Flighter unless you enlarge the image and check the halo mark on the cap, but when you actually hold it in your hand, you will see that it is a completely different pen.
 

  Coronets are so elegant. I love this set. The Coronet always looks different from the flighters to me, something about the finish- seems pearlescent to me. 

[Penguincollector]

double post
 
 

[Penguincollector]

 Triple post

[senzen]

1 hour ago, Penguincollector said:

  I love Gehas! Is that a 700? I’ve only had one scratchy cartridge filler, the others have been fabulous once cleaned up. 

 

It says Scholier (?), looks a lot like a 700, except for the clip and the 14k nib.

 

 

[Penguincollector]

    @senzen That’s an interesting clip on it, I haven’t seen it before and can’t find the model on my usual Geha model site. Thanks for the new rabbit hole!

[Sailor Kenshin]

Gotta think...

 

Newest: Pelikan Anthracite Stresemann.

 

Older: 

 

Wing Sung 601

Parker 51 Special

 

Is that all?  Man.  I must be lying down on the job.

 

Wait.  I have that gray Prera, too.  And an Esterbrook that belonged to my mother.

 

[Penguincollector]

We need a Sresemann picture. @Sailor Kenshin! 

[Sailor Kenshin]

From left to right:

 

1. Stresemann Souveran, B

2. Mom's small Esterbrook

3. Esterbrook J

4. Wing Sung 601

5. Parker 51 Special

6.  Pilot Prera, which looks blue but isn't

 

[Penguincollector]

48 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

From left to right:

 

1. Stresemann Souveran, B

2. Mom's small Esterbrook

3. Esterbrook J

4. Wing Sung 601

5. Parker 51 Special

6.  Pilot Prera, which looks blue but isn't

 

  Thank you!  The Stresemann is legit stunning, and the grey Esterbrooks have such beautiful patterns 😻.  The 601 and 51 Special are my favorite kind of pen, the mid century metal cap with a sleek barrel.  The grey Prera is also really cute, and looks to be rather popular on this thread. 

[Tashi_Tsering]

Visconti Homo Sapiens is definitely not a black pen, it’s dark gray. For comparison: next to it is a black Omas

[Penguincollector]

2 hours ago, Tashi_Tsering said:

Visconti Homo Sapiens is definitely not a black pen, it’s dark gray. For comparison: next to it is a black Omas

  Yes, I have borrowed a few and they are all a lava grey,  the texture is so nice! I wish it was a smaller pen. The Omas is also a beauty! 

[Penguincollector]

  Here are two grey Parkers that were not with the rest of the group. The top is a Navy Grey “51” Special with a Lustraloy cap. I bought it at a barn sale in Vermont for $2 in the mid ‘90s.  The good ol’ days when most pens were sumgai finds. The bottom pen is the one that started it all, my dad’s Olive Grey GT 45 F.  The lighting in the picture makes the colors look different from what they look like in person. 

[Misfit]

Here are more of my gray pens. 
 

 

Pilot Prera Slate Gray

Lamy Nexx M Opal Green

Lamy Nexx M Anthracite

Lamy Nexx Coral

 

I was looking through a notebook, and saw another gray pen I’ve forgotten. It’s a Nemosine Singularity Granite. I need to locate it. 

[Penguincollector]

Another grey Prera, they’re so cute! 

[Tashi_Tsering]

8 hours ago, Penguincollector said:

  Yes, I have borrowed a few and they are all a lava grey,  the texture is so nice! I wish it was a smaller pen. The Omas is also a beauty! 

Thanks!

 

Actually, the photo shows a smaller version of Homo Sapiens so-called "Midi" - 13.5 cm in length with a cap (larger version have 145mm), palladium nib #5 (larger have #6) and captive converter filling system (not a vacuum, like the large one). I'm not sure if Visconti makes a smaller version now, I bought mine about 10 years ago. 

[metalhead]

if brushed Aluminum can be called a grey...

[Penguincollector]

8 hours ago, Tashi_Tsering said:

Thanks!

 

Actually, the photo shows a smaller version of Homo Sapiens so-called "Midi" - 13.5 cm in length with a cap (larger version have 145mm), palladium nib #5 (larger have #6) and captive converter filling system (not a vacuum, like the large one). I'm not sure if Visconti makes a smaller version now, I bought mine about 10 years ago. 

  Oh now I hope I come across one of these smaller versions someday.

[senzen]

6 hours ago, ignord said:

if brushed Aluminum can be called a grey...

 

Nice photo either way!

[Penguincollector]

6 hours ago, ignord said:

if brushed Aluminum can be called a grey...

  Mine is pretty matte, so I considered it, but I had already shown it as part of the metal pen club thread I referenced earlier. The more, the merrier is how I feel about it.

 

  I agree with @senzen, beautiful photo!

[PJS_prog]

Jinhao 155 in gray marble, just arrived today.

(Disregard the matte black 95 next to it, which also arrived today.)