Stipula Amber options

[jigesh]

.....Did you know there also is a silver trim Grande, which was produced along the gold trim one? Exact same design, just fitted with silver trim rather than gold............

 

Did you mean this pen?:

 

 

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv360/jigesh_patel/DSC_0075.jpg

 

 

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv360/jigesh_patel/DSC_0078.jpg

 

 

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv360/jigesh_patel/DSC_0093.jpg

 

 

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv360/jigesh_patel/DSC_0087.jpg

 

 

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv360/jigesh_patel/DSC_0070.jpg

 

 

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv360/jigesh_patel/DSC_0065.jpg

[wimg]

Did you mean this pen?:

 

 

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv360/jigesh_patel/DSC_0075.jpg

 

 

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv360/jigesh_patel/DSC_0078.jpg

 

 

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv360/jigesh_patel/DSC_0093.jpg

 

 

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv360/jigesh_patel/DSC_0087.jpg

 

 

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv360/jigesh_patel/DSC_0070.jpg

 

 

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv360/jigesh_patel/DSC_0065.jpg

Yes, that's the one . These older Etruria piston fillers had straight, slightly tapering sections, with a faint lip; the later ones have concave sections .

 

Isn't she a beauty?

 

Warm regards, Wim

[girlieg33k]

...when I have chance -- and will take comparison photos (and post it here) of the section/barrels/nibs.

Looking forward to that!

As promised here are some photos of the three different Etrurias:

 

Capped, top to bottom: Grande, Media 1, Media 2

 



Uncapped, top to bottom: Grande, Media 1, Media 2

 



Size comparison, left to right: Grande, Media 1, Media 2, Pelikan M400

[jde]

Great comparison photo, Kate. Esp. like the Pelikan for, uh, good measure!

 

--Julie

[wimg]

Thank you girlieg33k!

 

Let me make matters even more confusing . I've only ever seen the larger Media, and indeed it is a Media, with a yellow gold nib . The section is very distinct, and now I see it I can remember that the lady owner of the shop who showed me th eMedia, said that they'd altered the design, because people complained about getting inky fingers due to slipping off of the section. This, fingers slipping of the section I mean, seems indeed a bit easier with the Media 2 in the picture.

 

Did you check by any chance if Media 1 has a screw in nib/feed assembly, and the other not? That's what I'd expect, seeing these photographs .

 

Anyway, thank you very much again, very interesting indeed. And beautiful pens too!

 

Warmest regards, Wim

[FredRydr]

Thanks, Kate, for posting those photos of your Media 1 and my Grande and Media 2 for comparison. I saw a photo of another Stipula with the Media 2's section shape and size, but I cannot recall the model.

 

Alas, I am going to put the Media 2 in the Marketplace, because I honestly doubt I will ever use it and my pen trays are getting a bit crowded.

 

Fred

[eric47]

Alas, I am going to put the Media 2 in the Marketplace, because I honestly doubt I will ever use it and my pen trays are getting a bit crowded.

 

Buy more pen trays Fred. Problem solved!

[Deirdre]

Yeah, what's up with that. Get with the program and get some more pen trays.

[eric47]

Question for you Etruria fans: are all the piston-fillers as heavy as the current production Amber?

 

I finally have my entry ticket to the Etruria party. An Amber piston-filler arrived yesterday. It's balanced, but heavier than I recall the only other Etruria I've ever held, which I'm pretty sure was the 991. Am I just misremembering, which is a real possibility?

[jigesh]

Question for you Etruria fans: are all the piston-fillers as heavy as the current production Amber?...

 

No; mine isn't that heavy at all but I recall Wimg once mentioning about different kinds of piston mechanisms in Etruria; so some might be beavier than others. I don't know the dates/period about when Stipula changed/started using different piston mechanisms.

 

 

EDIT: The weights on the pen I just spoke about above, are:

 

Pen capped: 1.1 oz (31.18 gms) with ink

Cap only: 0.4 oz (11.34 gms)

Pen un-capped: 0.7 oz (19.84) with ink

Edited March 6, 2010 by jigesh

[eric47]

Question for you Etruria fans: are all the piston-fillers as heavy as the current production Amber?...

 

No; mine isn't that heavy at all but I recall Wimg once mentioning about different kinds of piston mechanisms in Etruria; so some might be beavier than others. I don't know the dates/period about when Stipula changed/started using different piston mechanisms.

 

 

EDIT: The weights on the pen I just spoke about above, are:

 

Pen capped: 1.1 oz (31.18 gms) with ink

Cap only: 0.4 oz (11.34 gms)

Pen un-capped: 0.7 oz (19.84) with ink

 

Thanks, mine has more a contoured section, and it doesn't have "Etruria xxxx" on the barrel either. I've seen wimg's comments about filling systems so maybe that will most likely have an impact on it. Unfortunately at the moment, I don't have a precise enough scale to see. I'll check though during the week.

 

According to Mels Pens, mine should come in at 40g.

 

Maybe I should PM wimg to take a look, but maybe he's ssh'ing and bouncing Apache servers and the like.

Edited March 7, 2010 by eric47

[offbase]

The Old OS' were actually a captive converter, and MUCH lighter than the current models.

[eric47]

The Old OS' were actually a captive converter, and MUCH lighter than the current models.

 

Thanks. Looking around, it appears that 991 I saw/held had that captive converter which could explain my differing impressions.

[wimg]

The Old OS' were actually a captive converter, and MUCH lighter than the current models.

 

Thanks. Looking around, it appears that 991 I saw/held had that captive converter which could explain my differing impressions.

Well, the old Etruria Grandes, Black and Amber with gold and silver trim, had a piston mechanism coupled straight to the nib/feed assembly, and were largely made of plastic (I should know, took one apart by accident once ), next there was the 991, which had a very, very large converter, which effectively worked as a piston filler, made of metal mostly, followed by the Etruria Convertibles, which have a similar, be it different in the details, large converter too (Amber Convertible and Blue Ocean), mostly made of plastic and some metal, followed again by the current series of Etrurias, Amber Vintage, Alter Ego and Nera, of which the PF versions indeed have a rather heavy non-removable (not by the user anyway) piston filling mechanism, presumably made of metal mostly. Those are the heaviest Etrurias AFAIK.

 

There also are the Retractibles (Amber and d'Inverno), which also are quite light, although I expect those to have an at least partly metal PF interior.

 

Warm regards, Wim

[eric47]

Well, the old Etruria Grandes, Black and Amber with gold and silver trim, had a piston mechanism coupled straight to the nib/feed assembly, and were largely made of plastic (I should know, took one apart by accident once ), next there was the 991, which had a very, very large converter, which effectively worked as a piston filler, made of metal mostly, followed by the Etruria Convertibles, which have a similar, be it different in the details, large converter too (Amber Convertible and Blue Ocean), mostly made of plastic and some metal, followed again by the current series of Etrurias, Amber Vintage, Alter Ego and Nera, of which the PF versions indeed have a rather heavy non-removable (not by the user anyway) piston filling mechanism, presumably made of metal mostly. Those are the heaviest Etrurias AFAIK.

 

There also are the Retractibles (Amber and d'Inverno), which also are quite light, although I expect those to have an at least partly metal PF interior.

 

Thanks Wim, very helpful. When are getting a points/reward system for responses? I'm joking.

[clear1]

 

http://girlieg33k.googlepages.com/stipula_partial_various.jpg

 

 

Hi, please excuse me for reviving an old topic.

 

Could you please tell me what the 8th pen from the left is?

 

Is this a medium Florentia with C/C fillers?

 

I'm looking for an Oversized one, and it's confusing.

 

Was there an oversized Florentia with C/C filler?