Stipula Da Vinci

[Anne S. Gray]

I'm very interested in the Stipula Da Vinci vanishing point. Does anyone have any experience with this pen? I'm wondering how it writes.

[kazoolaw]

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/94337-stipula-davinci/page__p__925878__hl__davinci__fromsearch__1#entry925878

[bugmd]

I'm very interested in the Stipula Da Vinci vanishing point. Does anyone have any experience with this pen? I'm wondering how it writes.

 

If you read the older thread you will get the idea. It is a big, heavy pen. The nib is the typical large Stipula and is lovely, at least mine is. Nice well made pen. Love mine. I have not experienced any of the failure to start issues that some have noted.

 

 

[Anne S. Gray]

I'm very interested in the Stipula Da Vinci vanishing point. Does anyone have any experience with this pen? I'm wondering how it writes.

 

If you read the older thread you will get the idea. It is a big, heavy pen. The nib is the typical large Stipula and is lovely, at least mine is. Nice well made pen. Love mine. I have not experienced any of the failure to start issues that some have noted.

 

 

 

 

Thank you to everyone who replied to me. I thought that Visconti would be (almost) the only pens for me. I truly love their looks, balance; writing with them is a joy! Then I picked up a Stipula, and fell in love all over again. I'm glad to hear that the DaVinci is a large, heavy pen; the type of pen I'm drawn to.

[MyNoblePen]

Thread is a little old but, I just got one of the Da Vinci made out of olive would. It takes a good bit of force to seat the converter. That was my only trouble so far. The pen though is awesome. All day long I was finding an excuse to write with it. The nib is sooooo smooth. Totally effortless to write with. I think the extra weight is an advantage. You don't have to push down as much and it makes me relax my hand more. I am going to post some photos of it soon.

Edited March 31, 2012 by MyNoblePen

[Dan308]

I guess I'm kind of bumping an old post here too, but what the hey.

 

I just received my black da vinci this evening. I find it to be a completely different writing experience. I love that about pens...Anyway, does anyone know what the odd chicken-scratch writing is that appears on these right about the Stipula name? The reason I post this here, is because you can actually see this writing in one of the photos.

 

My only guess is that it is some Da Vinci latin (mirror) text. I would really like to know what it actually says though. Da Vinci's handwriting looked like (bleep); mind you what can you expect from a guy who probably didn't even know how to hold a quill. (jokes of course, I'm a huge fan).

 

As a side note, I could go on and on about the pen though. I'm finding that it really does add it's own unique touch to my handwriting. I am also finding that I have a much lighter grip on this pen than I would any other given it's size and weight. This seems to really improve my style somewhat.

 

Trying to get the converter into the pen I also found to be quick a bizarre challenge. Not only is it incredibly tight, the sleeve is WAY looser around the converter than any other pens I have, therefore it doesn't guide the converter in at all really. Mashed up the lips of my converter pretty good trying. A note about this: Have a look inside the housing with a flashlight before you start. You would assume the nipple to be in the center of the cavity, but it's not—or at least doesn't appear to be.

 

The other thing I was a bit surprised by is the fact that the barrel is kind of "press fit" onto the metal pen core. On mine at least the barrel feels somewhat loose and can slightly shift back and forth when held by the section.

 

I absolutely love this pen. I am very likely going to buy the Leonardo version of this as well.

[wimg]

Congratulations with your new pen!

 

Great choice if you ask me .

 

The chicken scratch is Leonardo's signature, BTW .

 

I'd suggest you contact Stipula about the barrel moving back and forth. It isn't super tight, because the barrel is also used to extend the nib, of course, but it should not distinctly move up and down when writing. The saem about the converter: it should fit tight, but not as tight as you indicate.

 

All the parts of the pen are machined with a manually operated, be it computer controlled milling machine, and some parts are entirely made by hand. Quite amazing to see .

 

I assume by the Leonardo version you mean the cracked ice one?

 

Warm regards, Wim

[youstruckgold]

I have the carbon black da vinci and had some start stop issues with the nib early; but a quick trip to the nibmeister and its a gem! Love it!

[Dan308]

Congratulations with your new pen!

 

Great choice if you ask me .

 

The chicken scratch is Leonardo's signature, BTW .

 

I'd suggest you contact Stipula about the barrel moving back and forth. It isn't super tight, because the barrel is also used to extend the nib, of course, but it should not distinctly move up and down when writing. The saem about the converter: it should fit tight, but not as tight as you indicate.

 

All the parts of the pen are machined with a manually operated, be it computer controlled milling machine, and some parts are entirely made by hand. Quite amazing to see .

 

I assume by the Leonardo version you mean the cracked ice one?

 

Warm regards, Wim

 

 

Hi Wim. Thanks for the comment, and sorry about the incredibly delayed post. I thought I had my FPN account set up to automatically watch everything I posted to.

I'm still considering purchasing the Leonardo (wood & gold) version.

 

My skipping issues have vanished since both polishing the nib, and simply running more ink through it. I think that just cleaned it up a bit.

[gerigo]

Bumping this topic up with a question for you Da Vinci owners.

 

I came into the pleasures of the Stipula Da Vinci late with the acquisition of a red Carbon T today. It's a lovely pen that ticks all the right boxes for me.

 

My question is whether there is a way to expose the nib unit like the Lamy Dialog so that I can clean the nib in between inking? I seem to remember seeing a picture of an exposed nib unit before my purchase, but now that I have one in my hands, I can't find that entry or review any more. The instructions are a little strangely worded and difficult to understand. Also I find the concept of pulling to separate the upper and lower body pieces apart a little scary and counter intuitive to the over wise lovely design.

[elderberry]

Yes, you can take out the whole nib unit. That's also how I fill mine. Pity I can't make a picture right now, I hope it will be understandable. Anyway if you take off the barrel there is a metal housing going around the converter, if you look closely there is an inner housing too and an area where a nipple from the inner housing goes through a hole in the outer housing. That way the converter and nib unit are locked into place.

That area at the inner housing can be pushed inward, then you will be able to take the nib unit out.

 

What I like about my DaVinci

- gorgeous design (I like capless pens, really)

- material (mine is red ripple ebonite)

- nice italic nib

 

What I don't like so much about it:

- very bulky and quite heavy

- ink dries out very quickly (1-2 days)

- when putting the nib to the paper the nib of mine seems to shift and retreat a little into the pen. This takes quite a little used to when writing. I know of another DaVinci owner who has this too but I don't know if all of them are like that or if it's just a quirk of some individual pens.

[gerigo]

Thanks Elderberry. Your instructions are quite clear, and I managed to remove the nib section today.

 

I do like the weight of the pen. Maybe because mine's the carbon version, the 10 grams difference might bring the weight down to an acceptable level for me. I find this pen is much better to hold and is better balanced than the Lamy. Although the nib of the Lamy is amazing, it's like holding a solid iron rod. Cold, slippery and unwielding, unlike the warmer carbon fiber and the sculpted barrel of the Stipula.

 

I don't have the problem of the nib shifting and retreating a little, but the the barrel rotating by 1-2 degrees in either nib in or out position disconcerting especially when writing. Gives the feeling the pen is not solid or well put together.

[mbradley]

What a beautiful pen, I love the celluloid on this one.

[bugmd]

Since I posted my cracked ice one I have also received a carbon fiber with red trim. Much lighter in weight that the cracked ice, love them both.

[donsmokem]

Just to throw in my 0.02, I bought a Stipula da Vinci titanium t flex carbon pen via amazon. Almost $500 of pen, so my expectations were high. I did not like it at all -- even for half the price. Returned it.

My complaints were similar to those above: there is a bit of play in the barrel so when the nib is extended it does not feel solid in contact with paper. Furthermore, the twist to open mechanism does not feel as smooth as I hoped for such a fancy pen -- it's pretty scratchy.

One additional issue not mentioned above, and which was really a deal killer for me, was the clip. It works on another rotating mechanism which moves the clip away from and back towards the body of the pen. Unfortunately even when fully engaged into its tightest position, it is a useless weak clip which would never keep this massive pen from falling out of my jacket pocket.

 

Too bad, because the nib seems quite nice and the design is pretty cool.

[Tombstone]

Two points:

 

- regarding the clip problem I would call this a "general problem" - the clip can be positioned around the pen in every necessary position. To avoid problems with ring line scratches while doing these circle turns, Stipula decided to have a certain gap between pen and clip - and so the clip will never do the job he initially was mentioned. Bad, but not resolvable from my point of view. Ok, it does not bother me, because I would never keep a pen that heavy in my breast pocket or similar places...

 

- regarding the "click" while tipping on the paper: this seems to me as a non-general problem. Until today I have had several Da Vincis - some of them had this problem, most of them didn't. I still did not find a system, p.e. "every pen with a titanium nib" or "every new pen" - I find this problems in all types of nibs or pen-materials. Only one thing I can say: it seems to be an "actual" problem - pens from the beginning of the 2000's do not have these problems...

 

At the end you have to give it a try. Either you love it or you hate it. It will never be like a common MB 146 "yes, ok, not bad...", but always a "Yeah, Great!" or "Please throw this (bleep) away!"

[offbase]

I absolutely loved my original brown celluloid DaVinci. I had no problems with it until I sent it to a nibmeister for some nib work and a flow adjustment. The current ones don't appeal to me at all.

[FountainPages]

Where does one find such a pen...I am verrrry intrigued.

[LMO]

Where does one find such a pen...I am verrrry intrigued.

Which one? DaVinci?

[lwc]

I am very interested in a DaVinci as well...does anyone know where to find it?