What Visconti Fountain Pen Do You Find Is Your Favorite?

[Freddy]

The title says it all. What Visconti fountain pen (for those who love Visconti) do you find is your favorite?

 

 

At the present time..that would be all of the Visconti Voyager series

pens with the older clip.

 

Fred

Oh Marie {repeat}

Oh Marie In your arms I'm longing to be {repeat}

Uh Baby {repeat}

Tell me you love me {repeat}

Kiss me once while the stars shine above..........

~ L. Prima & Keely Smith

[Lam1]

I would say

- Divina Elegance Maxi in Blue - perhaps my favorite of all pens I have seen.

- Homo Sapiens Maxi Bronze

- Pininfarina Carbongrafite.

 

Visconti makes some of the most beautiful pens out there, in my opinion.

That said, I have the HS and the nib is very good, but I'm not impressed by the finish of the pen nor the unreliable filling system. The section is also short and the "threads" annoy me. So, even if I had money to buy the other two I'm not sure that I would.

[Moruk]

Opera master and Florentine Hills

[visvamitra]

Visconti van Gogh Sunflowers.

[premedj]

Opera Master Limited Edition Gold Dust

 

I use it daily.

 

So nice I picked up 3!

[katanankes]

Opera Master Demo is a recent addition and it is already on top of my all time favs.

 

[helene20]

I was at their store in Florence and I'm in love with their pens. I own 3 and use the Van Gogh a lot. Hopefully I will buy more in the future. They are really nice pen to look at and they write well.

[ArchiMark]

Opera Master and Opera.......

 

then Van Gogh Maxis......

 

[pelman]

The Visconti Joon anniversary pen. Always a delight when nib touches paper.

[sarahfar]

Silver and Bronze Homo Sapiens, Spidery LE that many don't like, Carbon Dream and Romantica just to name a few...

[Misfit]

Homo Sapiens bronze

Millennium Arc Moonlight sky blue

both have stub nibs

 

I recommend the Millennium Arc as it is a light pen, and writes well (once you learn how to blot the nib so that the pen doesn't deposit drops of ink

[Freddy]

Since I inked a Visconti Palazzo Ducale di Sassuolo today. Consequently.. it is my current favorite....................................Today.

Interested parties...follow the URL.....too see said pen.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/285165-what-year-did-visconti-produce-the-ducale-palazzo-pens/?p=3277313

 

Fred

My Favorite Quote..Today....won't haveta post elsewhere..............

 

"Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn't want your

mother to hear at your trial."

~ Sydney Biddle Barrow......{Well said young lady...{thumbsupthingie}

[abstract49]

Original Divine Proportion (most expensive pen I own - or owns me), then Black Divina.

 

I also have a Van Gogh and a Homo Sapiens Bronze Age, oversize.

 

The HS is a wonderful pen, and I love the feel of the nib, but I wish I had gone for M instead of F.

 

The Van Gogh gave me problems early on, but I finally tweaked it just right and now it is very wet and smooth.

 

In a word, all my Viscontis are good or excellent pens.

[Johnboy976]

I have three that are pretty much tied:

1. Divina Maxi in Blue Elegance (absolutely GORGEOUS pen)
2. HS Bronze (great feeling in the hand, but sadly in for repair after two bronze fixtures got loose)
3. HS Crystal (which is light, is a semi-demonstrator, and has beautiful depth)

I have a Florentine Hills coming in the mail. Though I will likely consider the Crystal my favorite of the two, I want a pen to remind me of the visit I made to Florence a year ago. I absolutely LOVED the city and its outer hills.

I also have a red Wall Street LE. It is a great pen, and I love using it, but it... just isn't as special to me as the other three.

Edited March 10, 2016 by Johnboy976

[Sazerac]

Although I own dozens of Visconti fountain pens, my all-time favorite is the Casanova Erotic Art Pen.

 

I did a review of it a few years ago. Since then, I have acquired another one. My enthusiasm for the pen remains.

 

Here is the review: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/235345-visconti-casanova-erotic-art-pen/

 

Next in line is the HS in its various iterations. I have four of them. Then the Aida.

[FOUR X FOUR]

My Carbon Graphite

[jkingrph]

I have only one; It is one of the Rebecca Moss specials, #2 of 365, in a cracked burgandy/blue with a BB nib, It lays down a wet bold line.

[Sazerac]

I agree about the Rebecca Moss Visconti fountain pens. I wound up with a handful of the semi-translucent red ones with the color name "chianti." I think they were called the "Hampton" model -- a smattering of nibs: BB, B, and M. They are breathtakingly beautiful and magnificently made, one of the most beautiful pens Visconti has made over the years, I believe. The only drawback is that they are double reservoir fillers, which hold a ton of ink but are operationally cumbersome. They are great pens, nonetheless, and that BB nib is pretty luscious.

[langere]

Hands down, the Van Gogh. Beautiful plastics, nice juicy nibs, nice balance (better than any other Visconti types, like the Opera).

 

Erick

[crod]

I have only a few Visconti’s, the one I use the most and I really enjoy is the Homo Sapiens Bronze. However, a while ago, while I was looking for a celluloid pen, I found a “Voyager Anniversary 2001”, in a granite green celluloid.

 

Both are excellent writers, the design on both of them is elegant and attractive, and the materials on each one give the pens a very distinctive feeling. On one side the lava blend of the HS, plus the palladium nib, and on the Voyager the celluloid and the gold nib. The palladium is a bit wetter than the gold nib, it is definitely smother and softer.

 

As I already mentioned, for daily use I prefer the HS Bronze, in the overall I think it is a sober pen, very elegant, and compared to the green celluloid not as flashy. Also, having a wet nib such as the dreamtouch gives a lot of variation and shading when writing. Here are a few pictures (I am attaching more pictures of the Visconti Voyager, but I guess everybody is more familiar with the HS)