We were very pleased this week, as we had a delivery from Visconti of their new Salvador Dali Collection. Here's a few photos for your delectation of the display that we've created in the shop.
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Friday, 12 April 2013
Friday, 15 March 2013
Salvador Dali from Visconti now available!
See the full range here...
This new range from Visconti celebrates the work of Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dali, one of the greatest artists from the 20th Century. The eighteen-faceted design is available in fountain pen, ballpoint, rollerball, rollergraphic or mechanical pencil.
The Visconti Salvador Dali Collection sees his painting 'The Persistence of Memory' used as the basis for the inspiration behind the colour and design of this new range. Available in green, brown or blue, reflecting the colours used in his painting, Visconti have also featured Dali's famous melting clocks exquisitely reproduced on the clip of the pen. Salvador Dali's signature is featured around the ring at the bottom of the cap.
Material: Vegetal Resin
Colour : brown/bronze trims - green/golden trims - blu/palladium trims
Nib: Visconti Steel Nib
Filling System: Converter/Cartridge
Artistic Artwork: "Dance of Time I"© standing on the Clip and melting central band with Salvador Dalí signature engraved.
Box: Regular box with Salvador Dalí image
See them up close here...
In addition to the regular editions, Visconti have also commissioned this Limited Edition range of Fountain Pens, celebrating the works of Salvador Dali. The pen is limited to 904 pieces (referring to the day of birth of Salvador Dali, 1904). The fountain pen uses two famous patents of Visconti, the 23k. Palladium Dreamtouch nib, and the Double Reservoir filling system.
Lobster, one of the great obsessions of Dalí, hard peel and soft interior: this concept has been revisited by the material of the pen in AG 925 enameled but that leave to see the soft interior represented from the ink. Pen is delivered full of ink.
Newton: we can see two open windows on the cap that allow to see the pen interior, the feeder and the nib.
Drawer: the drawer on "Woman Aflame" represents the feminine sensuality, but in the Visconti pen represents the writing sensuality and it is used to fill up the pen.
Melting Watch: we could not resist to reproduce the "Dance of Time I" that décor half portion of the body.
Bleeding Heart: the "Unicorn" is bleeding, but on our pen it is not real bleeding blood… it is represented from the ink that slide gently towards the nib.
Surrealistic Pens Collection in Limited Edition
904 pen in blue enameling, sterling silver rodium plated 925
904 pen in green enameling, vermeil 925
Material: Sterling Silver 925
Nib: bicolor 23Kt. Dreamtouch Pd
Filling System: Double Reservoir filling system
Artistic artwork: microfusion in enameled sterling silver
Box: wood box with original pen stand reproduction of the "Profile of Time"
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Travelling Ink Wells
Nothing worse than running out of ink when you're far away from a trusty ink bottle! Luckily Visconti have just the solution.
The Visconti Travelling inkwell is the perfect accessories for anyone
wishing to be ready to write when away from home or desk. It holds about
5ml of ink - two fills for a reasonable capacity pen. Works
beautifully for all Visconti pens, ensuring almost complete filling of
their piston and powerfiller pens, but its universal fitting means it
will work for most makes of pen.
There is a rubber gasket around the mouth, in which you place the nib and part of the front section of the pen so it locks on the rubber flap. Invert the pen so the nib is bathed in ink. Then you plunge your piston and with the excess pressure produced by the piston the pen fills nicely. It is best to fill it only two-thirds to avoid leakage by pressure. If the reservoir is too full pressure rises so much you get leaks round the flap.
A useful and elegant accessory.
There is a rubber gasket around the mouth, in which you place the nib and part of the front section of the pen so it locks on the rubber flap. Invert the pen so the nib is bathed in ink. Then you plunge your piston and with the excess pressure produced by the piston the pen fills nicely. It is best to fill it only two-thirds to avoid leakage by pressure. If the reservoir is too full pressure rises so much you get leaks round the flap.
A useful and elegant accessory.
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
An olympic battle for pen supremacy...
With the spirit of the Olympics and Paralympics still in the air, we thought it apt that we had a little contest of Olympic proportions, in the pen world. A multitude of countries around the world now have their hands firmly grasped on the pen industry. But the question is, who comes out and wins gold? Is it the Japanese with their intricate nibs, is it the Brits with nostalgic throw backs to the golden age of fountain pens, perhaps the Germans striking and unique design concepts?
Lets take a look at the contenders from around the world.
Japan
Now then, for over 100 years the Japanese have been at the forefront of fountain pen nib innovation. Representing Japan we have Sailor Pens, some might say unprecedented when it comes to unique nib design, just look at the King Eagle nib for example...
Specially designed and crafted by Mr Nagahara of Sailor pens himself - this nib is made joining three nibs together on top of one another. The tipping surfaces are then specially slit to produce the double cross. The tips are then specially ground and polished to provide the ultimate in flexible writing with broad medium and fine writing possibilities.
When you look at the shear depth of range that they do as well, it's very impression, if not a little confusing at times...Probably one of the best none pens though is the King of Pens, definately wouldn't catch a British pen with that name would you...
Sailor tell us: "The 'King of Pens' is introduced as the top of the range, developed as the symbol of Sailor’s technology, quality and writing perfection gained with experience about 100 years. Special attention has been given to the oversized 21K solid gold nib (the life and soul of the fountain pen), which gives top writing quality.
USA
Over the water now to the good old US of A, what do they have to offer us? Well I suppose we'd better mention Americas oldest pen manufacturers, A T Cross. They are pretty formidable as a company, with an impressive 21 patents under their belt, including one that apparently predated the ballpoint pen...
Anyway, which pen from their ranks is coming forward to challenge for the crown? It has to be the Townsend.
Germany
One of the most well respected and illustrious pen brands steps up to the plate for Germany, Faber Castell. The underdog of the competition if you will, the Ambition Black Fountain Pen, with a high quality contemporary and simple cylindrical barrel with chrome-plated cap and trim and spring-loaded clip. Simple, yet effective, but surely not a match for the heavy weights.
Italy
The relative new boys in town, Visconti are Italy's representation, with none other than the Homo Sapiens. One of the best known and most loved pens around at the moment some might say. Is there much that can beat a pen made from bit of a cooled volcano?
GB
So who can match the ubiquitous selection of pens so far from across the planet, and stand up proud for Team GB? Come forth, the Conway Stewart Winston, if anyone can win this for GB its him.
The Conway Stewart Winston Fountain Pen is an impressive pen of great presence - Sir Winston Churchill was a man who was larger than life and had opinions to match. A substantially built man, yet a man of substance!
Whose in your olympic pen team?
Lets take a look at the contenders from around the world.
Japan
Now then, for over 100 years the Japanese have been at the forefront of fountain pen nib innovation. Representing Japan we have Sailor Pens, some might say unprecedented when it comes to unique nib design, just look at the King Eagle nib for example...
Specially designed and crafted by Mr Nagahara of Sailor pens himself - this nib is made joining three nibs together on top of one another. The tipping surfaces are then specially slit to produce the double cross. The tips are then specially ground and polished to provide the ultimate in flexible writing with broad medium and fine writing possibilities.
When you look at the shear depth of range that they do as well, it's very impression, if not a little confusing at times...Probably one of the best none pens though is the King of Pens, definately wouldn't catch a British pen with that name would you...
Sailor tell us: "The 'King of Pens' is introduced as the top of the range, developed as the symbol of Sailor’s technology, quality and writing perfection gained with experience about 100 years. Special attention has been given to the oversized 21K solid gold nib (the life and soul of the fountain pen), which gives top writing quality.
USA
Over the water now to the good old US of A, what do they have to offer us? Well I suppose we'd better mention Americas oldest pen manufacturers, A T Cross. They are pretty formidable as a company, with an impressive 21 patents under their belt, including one that apparently predated the ballpoint pen...Anyway, which pen from their ranks is coming forward to challenge for the crown? It has to be the Townsend.
Germany
One of the most well respected and illustrious pen brands steps up to the plate for Germany, Faber Castell. The underdog of the competition if you will, the Ambition Black Fountain Pen, with a high quality contemporary and simple cylindrical barrel with chrome-plated cap and trim and spring-loaded clip. Simple, yet effective, but surely not a match for the heavy weights.
Italy
The relative new boys in town, Visconti are Italy's representation, with none other than the Homo Sapiens. One of the best known and most loved pens around at the moment some might say. Is there much that can beat a pen made from bit of a cooled volcano?
GB
So who can match the ubiquitous selection of pens so far from across the planet, and stand up proud for Team GB? Come forth, the Conway Stewart Winston, if anyone can win this for GB its him.
The Conway Stewart Winston Fountain Pen is an impressive pen of great presence - Sir Winston Churchill was a man who was larger than life and had opinions to match. A substantially built man, yet a man of substance!
Whose in your olympic pen team?
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