New Aurora Mar Adriatico - Adriatic Sea

[novelli]

This is the 4th ad last edition dedicated to the Italian seas. After the

Mar Ligure in blue

http://www.novelli.it/images/limited/2141204880.jpg

Mar Tirreno in green

http://www.novelli.it/images/limited/2141205275.jpg

Mar Ionio in yellow

http://www.novelli.it/images/limited/2141205494.jpg

 

Aurora produces the Mar Adriatico in white

 

http://www.novelli.it/images/limited/2141205851.jpg

 

 

celebrating Venice and all the wonderful places on that coast.

 

For more information please CLICK HERE.

 

Regards,

Marco

Novelli.it

 

 

 

[ricenoddle]

Great!!! I just expect the 4th edition for a long time!!!

[rokurinpapa]

Do you know why the color is white ?

 

rokurinpapa

[RMN]

Do you know why the color is white ?

 

rokurinpapa

When they were announcing this series I heard the colours would be based on the perceived colours when looking at the waters of those seas. Not having been there I could not judge if these are actually correct....

 

 

D.ick

[georges zaslavsky]

No thanks, anything made after 1995 at Aurora has a horribly stiff and dull nib. I have tried several modern made auroras and was vastly disappointed in their nibs.

[rokurinpapa]

When they were announcing this series I heard the colours would be based on the perceived colours when looking at the waters of those seas. Not having been there I could not judge if these are actually correct....

 

 

D.ick

 

I have Mar Ligure and Mar Ionio because the colors are very attractive and impressive as scenes of the Italian Seas.

But I cannot imagine the green and the white as the color of the Italian seas. Any opinions?

 

rokurinpapa

[RMN]

I think the colour can be influenced by the materials of the see bottom, algae content etc...

 

 

D.ick

[mbradley]

Perhaps the white represents the foam on a wave?

 

Michael

[eric47]

I think the colour can be influenced by the materials of the see bottom, algae content etc...

 

 

D.ick

 

The reflection of the moon -- luna* in Italian -- on the Adriatico at night is white.

 

Marco mentioned Venice. I think the traditional masks wore during Carnivale are white, I think that's stretching it however.

 

Aurora still hasn't posted the official press release on their site, as they did with the previous pens. Hopefully that will settle it.

 

*With a more practical eye, white is the remaining LE Auroloide that they could tweak slightly for use on that style of pen:

Red - 85th Anniversary, the first pen with the design. Red also used on the 75th Anniversary and Fuoco Minima

Blue - Mare, Mar Ligure, Acqua Minima

Green - Primavera, Mar Tirreno

Yellow - Sole, Sole Minima, Mar Ionio

White - Luna Minima, Mar Adriatico

 

I was hoping that they would have tweaked the Nettuno Docet brown (which Aurora made) for the Adricatico. That's usually the color of the sea around the Po Delta.

Edited September 21, 2014 by eric47

[rokurinpapa]

 

 

*With a more practical eye, white is the remaining LE Auroloide that they could tweak slightly for use on that style of pen:

Red - 85th Anniversary, the first pen with the design. Red also used on the 75th Anniversary and Fuoco Minima

Blue - Mare, Mar Ligure, Acqua Minima

Green - Primavera, Mar Tirreno

Yellow - Sole, Sole Minima, Mar Ionio

White - Luna Minima, Mar Adriatico

 

I was hoping that they would have tweaked the Nettuno Docet brown (which Aurora made) for the Adricatico. That's usually the color of the sea around the Po Delta.

 

I think your opinion may get to a part of the heart of the matter. By the way, it seems that Mare is different from

Mar Ligure, I think.

 

rokurinpapa

Edited September 23, 2014 by rokurinpapa

[eric47]

 

I think your opinion may get to a part of the heart of the matter. By the way, it seems that Mare is different from

Mar Ligure, I think.

 

rokurinpapa

I said they'd tweak the Auroloide, meaning that it is or would be slightly different. So the Blue is indeed slightly different on the Mare and Mar Ligure, as the materials on are the green and red pens.

 

I have compared the yellows, I haven't collected the yellow Mar pen yet.

 

Would have been nice to see a return of the rich green/blue seen on the early green Optimas, even the ones that didn't shrink. Over time the green has become quite bright, although not as bright as the Primavera.

Edited September 23, 2014 by eric47

[Koyote]

No thanks, anything made after 1995 at Aurora has a horribly stiff and dull nib. I have tried several modern made auroras and was vastly disappointed in their nibs.

 

georges, I love the way you state your opinions as if they are the final say on every matter. We always know exactly what you think.

 

 

By the way, my post-1995 Optima has one of the best nibs I have used. But then, I probably lack refinement.

[georges zaslavsky]

 

georges, I love the way you state your opinions as if they are the final say on every matter. We always know exactly what you think.

 

 

By the way, my post-1995 Optima has one of the best nibs I have used. But then, I probably lack refinement.

No you are not lacking refinement. The nibs on the modern aurora are smooth but rigid as nails. My opinion regarding Visconti was right (let's just count how many quality control issues threads there are on pfn regarding this brand) and regarding Delta aside a nice celluloid body or silver or enamel attributes, a boring or too rigid nib doesn't justify a high price, again I think that remark is well justified.

Are the post 1995 Optima having semi flexible or flexible nibs like Omas pens made from the mid 1990s or the new ones fitted with the Extra Flessile nibs? no. Even Stipula and Montegrappa offer semiflex to flex nibs out of the box with something exceptional. But to each their own, some people are more demanding than others. I am one of these people.

Edited September 29, 2014 by georges zaslavsky

[RMN]

Georges, once again you are mixing up quality with personal taste.

You have of course every right to be disappointed in a penmaker when they don't make the nibs you like. But that does not make the other nibs bad. They are very good stiff nibs, and many many penusers around the world like them just like that.

You are not more demanding, you are demanding something different from what is sold. That can be frustrating. But if you say you are more demanding you are putting all those people liking those stiff nibs away as inferior penusers compared to your superior tastes.And that I can not accept.

 

And I am afraid you will be more and more disappointed, as penmakers are more and more simplifying there penlines and nibchoices.

It will be as with photocameras, you will have to look real good to find a camera using film instead of digital recording.

 

 

D.ick

[georges zaslavsky]

Georges, once again you are mixing up quality with personal taste.

You have of course every right to be disappointed in a penmaker when they don't make the nibs you like. But that does not make the other nibs bad. They are very good stiff nibs, and many many penusers around the world like them just like that.

You are not more demanding, you are demanding something different from what is sold. That can be frustrating. But if you say you are more demanding you are putting all those people liking those stiff nibs away as inferior penusers compared to your superior tastes.And that I can not accept.

 

And I am afraid you will be more and more disappointed, as penmakers are more and more simplifying there penlines and nibchoices.

It will be as with photocameras, you will have to look real good to find a camera using film instead of digital recording.

 

 

D.ick

There are indeed very good stiff nibs which is the case of vintage Sheaffer, vintage Parkers, Aurora, Visconti, Marlens, Krones and Guiseppe Urso.

Yes I am disappointed of the penmakers simplifying the nibchoices and penlines. I meant that I am more demanding in the way that I want something different from what is sold. Put a nib has to be something else other than writing with a ballboint and bring a real sensation when writing.You can have a good camera if you buy one used but indeed it won't be cheap either.

Edited September 29, 2014 by georges zaslavsky

[Sami]

This is the 4th ad last edition dedicated to the Italian seas. After the

Mar Ligure in blue

http://www.novelli.it/images/limited/2141204880.jpg

Mar Tirreno in green

http://www.novelli.it/images/limited/2141205275.jpg

Mar Ionio in yellow

http://www.novelli.it/images/limited/2141205494.jpg

 

Aurora produces the Mar Adriatico in white

 

http://www.novelli.it/images/limited/2141205851.jpg

 

 

celebrating Venice and all the wonderful places on that coast.

 

For more information please CLICK HERE.

 

Regards,

Marco

Novelli.it

 

 

 

The Mar Adriatico pen in the picture is aqua blue rather than white. Which is it going to be?

 

I have the Mar Ionio fountain pen. The yellow-orange auroloid is so light that the underlying pen structures affect its perceived colour; in places it seems rather dark and slightly brownish. Surely white (or aqua blue) auroloid will show the same problem.

 

The broad nib on my Mar Ionio is rather stiff but pleasant to use, smooth and generous. In contrast, the medium nib on my Aurora Afrika is unpleasant in use: the line is thin and unsatisfying unless I exert pressure, then it writes wetter and bolder but my hand gets tired.

[Sami]

I would like to add that in all Aurora's promotional photos the Mar Ionio has been 'photoshopped' in order to remove the dark patches.

[eric47]

I would like to add that in all Aurora's promotional photos the Mar Ionio has been 'photoshopped' in order to remove the dark patches.

 

Sami, the original photo Marco (Novelli) posted was indeed white. I remember it.

 

but the photo both here and on their site is different -- and it looks like a photo of an actual pen. Could also send a message to Novelli/Marco for clarification.

[novelli]

 

Sami, the original photo Marco (Novelli) posted was indeed white. I remember it.

 

but the photo both here and on their site is different -- and it looks like a photo of an actual pen. Could also send a message to Novelli/Marco for clarification.

 

 

 

Sami, the original photo Marco (Novelli) posted was indeed white. I remember it.

 

but the photo both here and on their site is different -- and it looks like a photo of an actual pen. Could also send a message to Novelli/Marco for clarification.

Eric47, you are absolutely right, the Mar Adriatico originally was white, after receiving the resin they realized it was defective and they decided to change with the the light blue that is the final version. This pen is in stock now.

Regards,

Marco

Novelli.it

[Thanman]

Beautiful!