D-Parmy, New Italian Brand Of Wooden Pens

[Susanna]

Few weeks ago, I saw an article in PENNA MAGAZINE about D-Parmy and its Limited Edition, the Giuseppe Verdi. It made me curious. It seemed beautiful, and never heard of it before. Thus, I got in touch with them.

 

D-Parmy pens are absolutely hand made, starting from a solid block of wood, then turned, refined, and inlaid, all by hand. Inlay is a typical art work of the region where D-Parmy is located, famous in all Europe since centuries.

Mr. Parmiggiani - D-Parmy's owner and designer - told me that he founded the company because of its two passions: wood, and fountain pens. And this is the result:

http://www.giardino.it/pens/IMMAGINI/copDParmy.jpg

The pen is made in "Bois de Rose", which is not a rose's wood (as I thought at first): it comes from exotic trees and its name is due to its scent. The pen's barrel was inlaid with ebony and maple wood, and hand-painted.

Moreover, D-Parmy produces in-home also all the metal parts (clip, rings, grip, etc), excluding the nib (18 Kt gold).

To read the whole interview, please go to my Blog.

 

I'd like to show here another inlaid pen, that amazed me. Its name is Puà (from the French word "pois") and it's made in ebony, with maple wood dots. Dots are not painted, they're inlaid!

http://www.giardino.it/pens/d-parmy/IMMAGINI/PuaCh.jpg

 

And this is another model, La Première.
It's made with "Bois de Rose" or "Bois de Violette" (same reason for the name, this wood smells of pansy), or Ebony. This is the Bois de Violette version:

http://www.giardino.it/pens/d-parmy/IMMAGINI/PremiereVioletteStilo.jpg

They're large size, beautiful, and carefully refined. Inlays are perfectly matching, they really seem painted.

Very nice pens.

[RMN]

Looks nice.

 

They are "kit-pens" ?

 

He buys the sections complete and manufactures the cap and barrel? Where are the sections from?

 

D.ick

 

 

 

EDIT: Ok, I should have read your blog first and ask questions later....

Metal parts are made in house. And including the nib, apparently.... That must be a man of many talents.. Woodturner, goldsmith......

 

D.ick

Edited November 18, 2013 by RMN

[Susanna]

EDIT: Ok, I should have read your blog first and ask questions later....

Metal parts are made in house. And including the nib, apparently.... That must be a man of many talents.. Woodturner, goldsmith......

Not the nib, that comes from Bock, I think; but the other metal parts are made in house. One of the family's companies is mechanical, and the "man of many talents" is not alone. He designs and manages, but artisans turn wood, and cabinet-makers make inlays, etc.

[Susanna]

I'm reviving this topic, after more than one year ago, because the Giuseppe Verdi Limited Edition are almost sold out. Very few pieces left, at D-Parmy head office.

 

http://www.giardino.it/pens/d-parmy/IMMAGINI/VerdiCh.jpg

 

On one hand, I'm happy to see that a precious product - really hand made, with skilled craftsmanship for construction and decoration (turning, inlay, painting) - had a so great success, although its high-level price and the almost unknown brand's name.

On the other hand, I'm sorry because they will be sold out soon, and being a limited edition, when it's sold out, it's really sold out, forever...

 

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