Leonardo Photo Thread

[Intensity]

12 hours ago, dms525 said:

The store is called "La Cartoleria Srl." Their web site is in Italian only. My sense is that it hasn't had the history of online sales and tourist business that the shops in Rome, Florence, or Milan have. But the owner, Amedeo Li Bovi, seems interested in growing his business.

 

David

Thank you very much for the information!

[Surlyprof]

On 7/10/2024 at 10:53 AM, lukeap69 said:

Nice photo and beautiful pen.  I love the prugna resin.  I wish they made more models (Magico) in this color.

[lukeap69]

57 minutes ago, Surlyprof said:

Nice photo and beautiful pen.  I love the prugna resin.  I wish they made more models (Magico) in this color.

Thanks. I have always liked this colour and it didn't disappoint.

[jthole]

This one made its way to my desk recently 🙂

 

[Doug C]

1 hour ago, jthole said:

This one made its way to my desk recently 🙂

 

Damn! I checked my desk and nothing.. 

[Surlyprof]

I picked this Momento Magico prototype up at the San Francisco International Pen Show this morning.  The piston knob, section and cap are all blue-green spaghetti resin (Sorrento? Blue Hawaii?) and the body is frosted blue with a single, gloss blue stripe (to provide a clearer ink window).  Any ink suggestions?  Water-resistant would be a bonus.

 

 

[dms525]

 

 

 

Salvatore, tuning the above nib. If I understood what we told me, this pen will be "announced" this Fall. 

For me, with a fondness for facetted pens and for guilloché pens, this pen was irresistible.

 

David

[Carrau]

12 hours ago, Surlyprof said:

I picked this Momento Magico prototype up at the San Francisco International Pen Show this morning.  The piston knob, section and cap are all blue-green spaghetti resin (Sorrento? Blue Hawaii?) and the body is frosted blue with a single, gloss blue stripe (to provide a clearer ink window).  Any ink suggestions?  Water-resistant would be a bonus.

 

 

Noodler’s Baltimore Canyon blue, medium blue and rather water resistant.

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/356363-noodlers-baltimore-canyon-blue/

[Surlyprof]

32 minutes ago, Carrau said:

Noodler’s Baltimore Canyon blue, medium blue and rather water resistant.

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/356363-noodlers-baltimore-canyon-blue/

That looks like it may tick all the boxes for me.  I like that it leans toward the green without looking teal.  Thank you!

[ArchiMark]

On 8/23/2024 at 6:27 PM, Surlyprof said:

I picked this Momento Magico prototype up at the San Francisco International Pen Show this morning.  The piston knob, section and cap are all blue-green spaghetti resin (Sorrento? Blue Hawaii?) and the body is frosted blue with a single, gloss blue stripe (to provide a clearer ink window).  Any ink suggestions?  Water-resistant would be a bonus.

 

Very nice pen!

 

What about Leonardo's Blue ink? Think it would go well with the color of this pen.

 

 

 

22 hours ago, dms525 said:

Salvatore, tuning the above nib. If I understood what we told me, this pen will be "announced" this Fall. 

For me, with a fondness for facetted pens and for guilloché pens, this pen was irresistible.

 

David

 

Very handsome pen, David!

 

Nice that Salvatore could tune it in person for your....

 

Unfortunately, was not able to make it to the show this year.....maybe next year....

 

Mark

[dms525]

2 hours ago, ArchiMark said:

 

Very nice pen!

 

What about Leonardo's Blue ink? Think it would go well with the color of this pen.

 

 

 

 

Very handsome pen, David!

 

Nice that Salvatore could tune it in person for your....

 

Unfortunately, was not able to make it to the show this year.....maybe next year....

 

Mark

Thanks, Mark!

 

Friday morning, when I was in the show, it was mobbed. I ran through my "to do list" and did almost no browsing. I did have an unexpectedly fruitful chat with Shawn Newton about adapting a couple of Oldwin pens to take other nibs. I really don't like the stock nibs that M. Mora used.

 

As you have probably gathered, I am a major Leonardo Pen fan boy. It was a real treat finally meeting Salvatore face to face. 

 

I got to the Leonardo table early. Salvatore was not quite set up to tune nibs. He was fumbling around trying to find his loup, so I lent him mine. When we met, what he wanted to talk about was not pens but the Italian dishes I cooked and had posted on social media.  Turns out, I cook a lot of dishes with which he is not familiar. They are from Tuscany or the Veneto, and he only knows Southern Italian food. We forget how very "regional" Italy is. 

 

And, by the way, the pen is really a great writer.

 

David

[dms525]

Leonardo pens + Brooks Primary Manipulation 1 = Irresistible (to me at least)

 

 

David

[ArchiMark]

19 minutes ago, dms525 said:

Leonardo pens + Brooks Primary Manipulation 1 = Irresistible (to me at least)

 

 

David

 

Wow, David!

 

You continue to knock me out with your incredible Leonardo collection!

 

Makes me think of summer day and good sorbet or gelato.....

 

Great that you got to meet Salvatore and talk pens and Italian food.....

 

Yum!

 

Mark

 

 

[Chimera01]

On 10/26/2024 at 2:13 AM, dms525 said:

Leonardo pens + Brooks Primary Manipulation 1 = Irresistible (to me at least)

 

 

David

Oh wow David! I've only got one of these... but I completely get the irresistible nature of Brooks Primary Manipulation 1...

[Surlyprof]

On 10/26/2024 at 10:13 AM, dms525 said:

Leonardo pens + Brooks Primary Manipulation 1 = Irresistible (to me at least)

 

 

David

Nice collection.  What do you think of Stilograph Corsani’s Le Grande Ibrida Matte?  I really like the contrast between the PM resin and matte black.  I am tempted to get one but I’m not interested in the titanium nib.

[dms525]

2 hours ago, Surlyprof said:

Nice collection.  What do you think of Stilograph Corsani’s Le Grande Ibrida Matte?  I really like the contrast between the PM resin and matte black.  I am tempted to get one but I’m not interested in the titanium nib.

Thanks!

 

I do not like the contrast, but, if you do, that's fine. It's a free country, at least for a few more weeks. I have just one titanium nib. I got it with a Conid Bulkfiller. It is soft but not springy. I don't like it at all. 

 

If the titanium nib is on a screw-in housing, and you really like the pen otherwise, you could easily swap in a nib you like better. If it is friction fit and glued in, it's more challenging. FWIW, Leonardo's friction fit gold nibs are easy to pull out and push back in.

 

Happy writing!

 

David

[alfredop]

Some black Leonardos:

[dms525]

3 hours ago, alfredop said:

Some black Leonardos:

 

Nice collection!

 

Here are my black Leonardos:

 

 

David

[alfredop]

The Dodici with the guillonche is beatiful 👍.

 

 

[dms525]

Pen Boutique recently offered a limited edition of 70 Leonardo Pens in a lovely brown, translucent celluloid. The pens were offered with steel nibs and no stubs. I couldn't resist buying this special pen, but I changed the steel Fine Flex nib it came with for a gold Leonardo 1.1mm stub.

 

 

 

 

David