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Visconti Homo Sapiens Chiantishire Fountain Pen

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Visconti Homo Sapiens Chiantishire Fountain Pen

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The Visconti Homo Sapiens Chiantishire fountain pen features a clear acrylic barrel with ribbons of red celluloid suspended throughout. The cap and grip section are made of red resin, while the arc-shaped clip and cap rings are done in gleaming sterling silver Read More

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Nov 6, 2017

chatterley luxuries have this for 635USD as part of their flash sale today.

jwzhan

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Nov 4, 2017

Fahrney's has fine and broad at $765 free shipping and no tax for CA.

it-man

720

Nov 3, 2017

I bought one of the lava rock versions of these some 5 years ago. It is still amongst my favourite pens. Its expensive, but its one of those pens that will bring you a lot of joy. The nib is very flexible compared to eg, Pelikan M800, M600 etc, but not flexible like the old school flexible pens. I have small hands, but do not find is overly big. Anyway, that is my 2 cents worth.

crabbyapple

Nov 8, 2017

it-manIt's really heavy though. It was my grail pen and I owned it for some time, but I couldn't get over how heavy it was to carry around.
To end on a positive note, you're other assessments are spot on.

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it-man

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Nov 8, 2017

crabbyappleI see your point. With the cap on, it would be way too heavy. I always ied it without cap and to be fair never for long writing sessions. Nothing has beat the pilot custom pens for performance and price for me, but do t see them on MD.

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dholik8503

Nov 3, 2017

I don't own a Homo Sapiens pen, and would be interested if a broad nib was offered, and the pen was in a different color. After checking pen sites it appears this was a special production run, and the Massdrop price is a good one. However, this is not sufficiently attractive to me, and I am not buying pens these days. Too bad. Massdrop--I would like a Caran d'Ache Lemans, broad nib, special blue color--I ordered one in the last drop but my order was cancelled.

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SkipPp

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Nov 6, 2017

dholik8503I do not get the Caran d'Ache Lemans. I think we all simply have different tastes. For example, I am dying to get my hands on a Pelikan Souverän M800 Grand Place, and MassDrop offered the Renaissance, but not the Grand Place I wanted. I think they still sold them all, but it sucks that they did not have mine.

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dholik8503

Nov 6, 2017

SkipPpI agree about different tastes. The first Caran d'Ache Lemans pen I bought was from Massdrop, and I bought it because of an enthusiastic review. I felt I was spending an awful lot of money for the pen, but I was not disappointed. It's one of the cases where a Massdrop discussion has informed my tastes, and that's a wonderful part of the communities, except when people fight. The Lemans is a heavy pen, will work either posted or not posted, and the nibs are well done--they are capable of creating a broad line, and are taut, yet flexible. With a nice choice of ink, the pen is glorious. In comparison to Pelikan nibs, I think the Pelikan 800 would be closest, and the Pelikan nib is somewhat softer. I enjoy both Pelikan and Caran d'Ache, so many great pens, so little time. 😀

katerchen

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Nov 3, 2017

'tis a beauty to be sure, but there's no way I'll get suckered into buying a Visconti again as long as they keep investing in looks, but not quality control.

MorePie

Nov 3, 2017

katerchenI think I was just lucky, but my Homo Sapiens London Fog that I bought last year had a great nib.

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Trinita

Nov 3, 2017

If this was broad I would be on it. I can't pay this much money for a nib I don't like :(

Oldoiler

138

Nov 3, 2017

Is anyone buying two in case they lose the first one?

phamlinh

Nov 3, 2017

I was bummed that I already purchased one...and then I noticed it was as fine and medium. It's a decent price though! for me, it has to have a broad or 1.3mm nib.