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Please Help: Question On Visconti Wall Street Nib
Pen_Collector_4554 posted a topic in Fountain & Dip Pens - First Stop
Hi All, I recently won a bid off ebay (Seller: Sirtoti from Spain) for a Visconti Wall Street fp in grey celluloid. However, upon closer inspection I noticed that the nib was not a Visconti nib. Instead, the nib says VICEROY. Since this is my first Visconti pen I have no prior experience with t...
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pen cases A utilitarian review of a few pen cases
sannidh posted a topic in Paper & Pen Paraphernalia Reviews and Articles
PRELUDE A search loop for the perfect ONE and then the more perfect OTHER With great fountain pens comes an even greater responsibility of carrying them around in this mortal world, where inadvertent scratches, dents, and corrosion become inevitable. Thus begins my search for sheath...
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Visconti Homo Sapiens with 23k Palladium Fine nib, a short review
Ravi Gautam posted a topic in Fountain Pen Reviews
I could not decide which pen to buy as my first pen after getting a job. I wanted something special and unique. After searching for more than a year I bought this pen, a Visconti Homo Sapiens with 23k Palladium Fine nib. Packaging (2/2) The pen came in a rectangular box along with...
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Sharing these in case anyone wants to pick up a Visconti Opera Demo Carousel or Skeleton model for very good prices ($109 and $399 respectively) but with steel nibs. Opera Demo @ $109 https://www.worldofwatches.com/pid/1095745/visconti-opera-demo-carousel-mint-fountain-pen-fine-nib-...
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Visconti Homo Saipen and the Nibs PSA
The_Beginner posted a topic in Fountain & Dip Pens - First Stop
Hello FPN, Long time no see from one of your resident FP scientists, I come today with a delightful discovery. I have recently discovered that the Bexley 14k nib is a almost 1 to 1 perfect drop in fit to the Visconti nib! I have included some photos but as some of us not all but some have gotten a b...
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I've been looking at this fountain pen for a while, and based on people's positive reviews, I thought I should buy this unique pen. I went for an offer on Ebay that is lower than the retail price. Is this legit? Or did I get a fake?
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Dear all, I have a question about fully disassembling a Homo Sapiens pens. I am specifically interested in removing the packing unit of their power filler mechanism. I have not found one that has attempted it yet, and there seems to be no resource for any potential complications online. The pen...
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I have a Homo Sapiens Bronze Age with a broad nib that I love. Am now being tempted by a Magma and was considering the 1.3 stub nib - this would be recent production. What I am interested in are actual experiences (again more recent production) with the nib. How was it out of the box? Ho... -
Chatterley is offering the Visconti Opera Demo Carousel for $295. Its available in all four colors and 14K gold EF, F, or M nibs.
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Hi, I am relitivley new to fountain pens, owning only 3 at this point. Yesterday I purchased my first expensice vountain pen, the visconti homosapiens steel midi, and am having some issues with the ink flow. What happens is, I fill it and it writes beautifully, then it will suddenly stop. At thi...
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Several online luxury watch retailers are offering Visconti pens on sale. Most notably JomaShop and WorldofWatches. The embedded links send you directly to the relevant search results. Caveat: nib material is not specified and its probably steel or chromium in some cases. No affiliati...
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Visconti Pininfari Carbon Graphite Review/teardown
sub_bluesy posted a topic in Fountain Pen Reviews
I thought I should make my first real post something somewhat "exotic", or at least useful. I would have killed for this information a year ago when I was taking this pen apart without guidance! Maybe it will be beneficial to someone in my situation in the future! This is kind of a cross post fro...
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Hi, everyone! I wanted to introduce myself to this network. I have been a long-time pen enthusiast, and am the owner of luxury pen retailer Truphae, Inc. We specialize in high-end luxury pens from companies like Aurora, Montegrappa, ST Dupont, Visconti, etc...and have great relationships...
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Visconti Van Gogh Fountain Pen Conversion
Waltz For Zizi posted a topic in Fountain & Dip Pens - First Stop
Does anyone own a Visconti Rembrandt rollerball and fountain pen, and kindly tell me if the sections are interchangeable between them. I read somewhere that the fountain pen section is longer and it wont fit in a rollerball to close the cap. ..I have a rembrandt fp, a boring dark blue and I found... -
Hello, I posted previously about my Visconti Rembrandt and it also had this problem with hard starts and skips every line. I was able to exchange it for a Van Gogh starry night, and sadly it's no better. The starts are really bad. I have to apply more pressure than usual to get it started, and the...
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To celebrate the store's 70th anniversary, Novelli had Visconti make a celluloid fountain pen with a 14kt gold nib in a limited edition of 70. I ordered one with a stub nib, pretty much as soon as Marco announced it. The pen arrived a couple days ago, and I am very happy with it. A...
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Please help me identifying this Visconti pen
Deltabravo posted a topic in Fountain & Dip Pens - First Stop
Hello, The title says it all. I need some help identifying this visconti pen. Thanks!
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Visconti Race Tech Limited Edition The limited Edition Race Tech pen is an ode to racing and is packed full of racing themes: The lightening holes on the clip, the black and white checkered finishing flag enameled on the pen's band, the body is crafted from sturdy race ready carbon fiber and all...
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In Praise Of The Old Style Visconti Van Gogh “Maxi” Fountain Pen
Quadratus posted a topic in Fountain Pen Reviews
IN PRAISE OF THE OLD STYLE VISCONTI VAN GOGH “MAXI” FOUNTAIN PEN Visconti are a Florentine pen manufacturer founded on 20 October 1988 by two friends who decided to make a business of their passion for fountain pens. The two founders, Luigi Poli and Dante del Vecchio are stars of the long traditi...
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What's the best and cheapest place to buy Visconti pens in Canada?
CyrusTheGreat posted a topic in Market Watch
Dear pen friends, I hope you are all doing well, I was wondering for my Canadian friends, where do you buy your Visconti pens? what is the cheapest place to buy Visconti in Canada? I want to buy the Orchards in blossoms pen which. Also, what is your experience with buying pens from the US? is it... -
Hello Everybody, Just wanted to make a quick announcement for a show coming up. The official Dallas Pen Show 2020 was cancelled, but we have decided the show must go on! The show will not be quite like the normal show due to Covid. We are taking many precautions in relation to this. The show will...
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Today I took out my Visconti Federico II set and notice that the clips are rusting. The pens have been in containers with dehumidifiers together with other pens many of them much older and they don't show any rust. Is any solution ? It is a problem with the Visconti plating? Thanks for your commen...
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Hi! I am looking for an opinion about the new 14k nib, which is in the Visconti Voyager 2020 model. At the moment, I am considering the purchase of Visconti. I am thinking between Visconti Medici midi with a palladium FINE nib and the Voyager 2020 model with a new 14k FINE n...
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Visconti Art Ellenic Fountain Pen. A Classicist Inspiration.
columela posted a topic in Fountain Pen Reviews
First Impressions (9/10) I have had a long held interest in all things related to classical antiquity. This applies also to my pen collection. I have been drawn to models claiming some sort of connection to these distant times. So, when I heard of the Art Ellenic model by Visconti I was immediately... -
Hi everyone, I am a long time lurker on this forum but this is my first post. My first and only Visconti was a Homo Sapiens Bronze Age with a 23k Pd EF nib. It was my best nib but I found the pen slightly uncomfortable due to the slightly thicker section. However all the discomfort was counterb...
