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OK, so they're not really twins. More like brothers born 12 years apart.

 

I have owned an Omas Titanium T2 for some time. I recently was able to add the newer Omas Arte Italiana Bronze Titanium and thought I’d take some photos of the two pens, which make a striking pair.

 

 

http://www.fototime.com/%7BC86D0706-F632-4749-8243-3B49F5FBAB51%7D/origpict/DSCN7714.JPG

 

 

The T2 was issued in 2000 as a Limited Edition of 750 fountain pens. It was produced from solid titanium and is the “standard” silver-gray titanium color, with yellow gold trim.

 

 

http://www.fototime.com/%7B4B7C06DB-D4D2-483D-9492-B6D5744CDB7B%7D/origpict/DSCN7717.JPG

 

The Arte Italiana Bronze Titanium was issued in 2012 as a Limited Edition of only 100 fountain pens. This was also produced from solid titanium but was given a PVD treatment to produce what Omas calls a “bronze” color which I would describe as silver-rose. Whatever one calls it, the color is most appealing! This pen carries rose gold trim.

 

 

http://www.fototime.com/%7B12254C9F-00D0-4736-BE57-7E6E34538206%7D/origpict/DSCN7721.JPG

 

 

The cap bands clearly show the color difference. The T2 has the traditional Greek Key design, while the Bronze adds the Omas name.

 

http://www.fototime.com/%7B418A6FD2-7330-4991-9782-120A24B3DCEA%7D/origpict/DSCN7716.JPG

 

 

The T2 nib bears the Omas 75th Anniversary logo. Sorry about the lack of focus on the comparative photo!

 

http://www.fototime.com/%7B6DE7B71E-26B4-4730-97A3-3AEF02890212%7D/origpict/DSCN7720.JPG

 

http://www.fototime.com/%7BC9906329-7F48-48D8-BA3D-9E91A5FE8E07%7D/origpict/DSCN7719.JPG

 

The T2 also has special nomenclature on the barrel, along with the piece number of the edition of 750. Please note this particular picture was borrowed from nibs.com and is not my pen, as all the other photos are.

 

The Bronze has no barrel markings (or cap marking for that matter) but simply carries the piece number xx/100 engraved on the section.

 

 

http://www.fototime.com/%7B148E0F76-A4CA-408A-9D7A-B3DF8D9983EE%7D/origpict/OmasT2LEimprint.jpg

 

 

Thanks for reading my post! I hope you enjoyed my little tour of two great pens!

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Thanks for showing these two pens together. I'd love to see that Bronze in person (I have the original T2 but didn't know about the Bronze edition). Sometime I'd like to see you post a photo or two or three showing all your Omas pens! These two are really beautiful!

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both are awesome congrats :thumbup:

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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I love Omas. It ia my first pen love. They are by far the most beautiful pens in celluloid. I can't say enough how much I appreciate their product. Then again I guess since own more than 15 that says it all. I love titanium but that's one of the few I don't own,. Since I have an EDC Bronze knife, maybe I am missing something. And Kenro is outstanding to deal with, great people......

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Those are great looking fountain pens. I've seen Titanium made colorful before, and they must have exercised a lot of control over the process to get it to look like that. OTOH, I last paid attention to the process of getting colors into Titanium about 30 years ago.

 

Besides that they look great, you don't have to worry about the barrel or cap getting crushed by something else in your pocket :thumbup: !

 

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Anyone interested, over at FPGeeks, there is a Bryant video and at the end a surprise. Let's just say it was a deal I couldn't refuse......

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Another pair of twins on regular rotation...on Cartilia notebook from Ancona.

http://i57.tinypic.com/sdhhsn.jpg

Ooooooh!!!!!!!!!! Wow! Thanks for posting these beauties!

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I was fortunate enough to get one of the 2013 LE PVD bronzed Titaniums. I am so pleased with the pen, its presence and finish and everything about it. The deal Bryant had it at made it just to good to ignore. It is an excellent and superb pen and at a spectacular price it doesn't get any better than that......

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I've seen multiple sites stating that the PVD coating on the LE Titanium bronze is DLC (Diamond Like Carbon).... however some sites states the material to be Titanium and Bronze, which leads me to think that the PVD coating was depositing vaporized Bronze over the titanium instead of diamond-like-carbon.

 

Can anyone confirm this? The reason I ask is that the wear resistance would be way different depending how what it actually is.

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