I Need Your Opinions

[eezee]

If one had to choose between two pens, which would you choose?

1) Nakaya Twisted Decapod

Or

2) Visconti Homo Sapiens Steel

 

[Corey]

Nakaya

 

[Snargle]

No contest: Nakaya

 

[Isaac]

Nakaya without hesitation

 

[mikeschu]

Leaning towards Nakaya as well, but I'd make sure to try them if you can before you buy them.

 

[Jut]

the conversation begins and ends with Nakaya

 

[Eeyore]

I have only used the Visconti ... never held the Nakaya. So I cannot help you, but I loved the feel of the Visconti.

 

[Legion]

I'm very happy with my Nakaya. I've never tried the other one.

 

[Wality]

Nakaya

 

[Vlad]

Um, ok. Clearly Nakaya wins. For what it's worth, I would buy the Visconti. As far as I know the Nakaya is a converter filler, and that's a deal breaker for me. For the most part you're paying for the craftsmanship of the body of the pen, special finishes and all that. Totally cool, but not my thing.

I don't use converters, I basically reject them as "real" fountain pens . No offense! I think of all the manufacturers, Visconti is leading the pack in innovation. While all others are plugging converters in a body, or relying on filling systems engineered long ago, Visconti is pushing fountain pens forward. So I think a lot of the company.

That said, I sold my Homo Sapiens Steel, but not because it was a bad pen. Like with my shaving stuff, I found a sweet spot and have consolidated.

 

[Reevers]

From a purely asthetics perspective (since I've never used either pen) I would vote for the Nakaya

 

[Doc4]

This isn't "Mary Anne or Ginger?"


... this is "Mary Anne or Skipper?"

Spoiler

 

[MonoTiki]

See, I think Nakayas are incredibly overblown and overpriced "pens". I've handled a Nakaya and a HS and I would definitely buy the HS, if I were deciding between those two (but otherwise I wouldn't buy either).

 

[nemo]

I think both are a little over the top. Also for me, I use and carry my pens everywhere and these just don't serve my particular purpose well.

 

[one cut]

This is Badger & Blade the answer is Mary Anne and Ginger.

 

[LouieGrandie]

Nakaya without a moments hesitation

 

[perfaddict]

Nakaya for me. But Vlad raises a very strong point re the Visconti.

 

[Stump Jumper]

I wanted to say HS just to be different. I googled Nakaya decapod just to see it. The Nakaya, hands down

 

[Eeyore]

I wanted to say HS just to be different. I googled Nakaya decapod just to see it. The Nakaya, hands down

Have you ever held the HS in your fingers? The lava stone feels amazing.

As said above, I cannot give a recommendation, because I never held the Nakaya. But recommending pens from a picture is a risky thing, in my opinion.

 

[Kevan]

If you don't care about the fact that it's a converter filler then go for Nakaya. It's a looker of a brand. But I can definitely see how some would find them overpriced for what they are.