Paragon or Milord?
By John Mottishaw
We are frequently asked which of the new OMAS faceted pens we recommend: the Paragon or the Milord. For me the answer is easy. I like the smaller of the two, the Milord. It is now larger and heavier than the original Paragon, the old big one, and much larger than the original Milord. The celluloid or resin gripping section is much easier to hold than the metal section of the new Paragon.

The old Milord was just a little small for my hand but the new one is just right. Size does matter and in this case, smaller is better for me. This pen falls into the weight range of the OMAS 360, the Aurora Talentum and the Pilot Vanishing Point. All of these are of a comfortable weight.

Both the Milord (top image) and the Paragon (bottom image) have been completely redesigned, with a completely new large capacity piston filling system. Both pens have retained the high quality hard rubber feed as well as the most beautiful celluloid Arco colored body and cap.

Click on the Milord and Paragon pages to see more. 		From the left we see the new black resin OMAS pens starting with the new Paragon, followed by the Milord, the old style Paragon and finally the old Milord. Notice the similarity in size between the middle two, the new Milord and the old-style Paragon.

Where the old Paragon weighed 19 grams and was 5.5 inches long the new Milord weighs 30 grams and is 5.75 inches long, another quarter of an inch longer. Compare this with the new Paragon which weighs a whopping 48 grams and is almost 6 inches in length.

OMAS would like to take some market share away from the largest of the pen sellers and the new Paragon just might do the trick. However this does not, in my mind, make it a better pen in the hand.

Also note that we can put a 14K nib in the new Milord which can be made more flexible. We cannot do this with the new Paragon as the 18K nib does not lend itself to this kind of customization.