Delta Gallery Blue Moon

[dms525]

I have a Delta Galleria Blue Moon from right before Delta went out of business. Its resin is mostly red and blue with a bit of white. Recently Giardina Italiana visited Nino Marino and acquired a small number of Delta pens assembled from un-used parts.  Notably, these are fitted with JoWo nibs, while Delta used Bock nibs in the "old days." Susanna offered a few Blue Moon models with exceptionally beautiful resins that had quite a lot of yellow in addition to red, blue and white. I was able to buy one with a stub nib. I think it is stunning. It writes very nicely too.

 

This model is the size of a Dolce Vita Medium - The same length as a Pelikan M600, although girthier. The section is significantly thicker on the Deltas and, for me, very ergonomic.

 

 

 

 

 

David

[Misfit]

Thank you for sharing this. As an owner of the original Delta Gallery Blue Moon pen, I was surprised to see the yellow.  I get emails from Giardino, and thought but there was no yellow before. 
 

Your photos show the pen better. The yellow is balanced and looks fine. I’m happy with the red, blue and white. Mine has a large area of solid red. Do either of yours have that?

[dms525]

13 minutes ago, Misfit said:

Thank you for sharing this. As an owner of the original Delta Gallery Blue Moon pen, I was surprised to see the yellow.  I get emails from Giardino, and thought but there was no yellow before. 
 

Your photos show the pen better. The yellow is balanced and looks fine. I’m happy with the red, blue and white. Mine has a large area of solid red. Do either of yours have that?

 

Not really. The blue and red are about equal in area on my older one. 

 

I seem to recall that there were Gallery models with more colors in the original issue.

 

David

[Karmachanic]

Congrats on bagging what is probably one of the last Deltas.

[Doug C]

That's why I'm holding on to my original dolce vita.

That is a beautiful pen you have David. 

[Susanna]

On 5/15/2023 at 9:02 PM, dms525 said:

Recently Giardina Italiana visited Nino Marino and acquired a small number of Delta pens assembled from un-used parts.

 

Yes, correct!
And here is the article I wrote, in my blog, about my visit:
http://blog.giardino.it/2023/05/a-visit-to-delta/

[NoGaBiker]

I know this thread is a year-plus old but I was just searching for something about Dolce Vitas (just bought a used 18k original Midsize), and came across it. I too bought this exact pen in, I want to say, 2022 -- whenever they were first announced and all nibs were available. I got the 1.1 as well. It's a great looking pen and a lovely writer, though unlike you I'd just as soon have a bit of taper to the section.