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I Fell In Love With A Van Gogh .......


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Yesterday, I've been visiting my Fountain Pen dealer in Liège ( Belgium ) and nearly had a heart attack : they had a new display full of Visconti Van Gogh ...... Woaw ....


I really like my Visconti Homo Sapiens. It's probably one of my prefered pens. Seing those splendid Van Gogh, I felt in love ....


Yes, I know, I have sooooo many fountain pens ... So well, I resisted and bought .... nothing !!!! But since then, I'm thinking about those pens ...


On my Homo Sapiens, I have a 23 Ct Palladium M nib which is fabulous. I intend to go one of these days to my dealer to try the Van Gogh steel nib in order to see if it's fine. If I like it, the question will be : which one of those splendid pens will I buy ????? I love nearly all of it but cannot afford buying nearly 10 Visconti the same day ......



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Were they selling these pens separately? I know that the pre-release colours were available in the framed 12-pen set, which I believe you have pictured, but understood that only the released colours would be obtainable on their own. Visconti were planning to slowly release the remaining colours over the coming years.

 

The colours/patterns available separately are (to my knowledge):

  • Starry Night
  • Flowers
  • Room in Arles
  • Portrait Blue
  • Irises (new release)
  • Pollard Willow (new release)
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BTW I have a Visconti steel nib (M) in my Michelangelo and it's a lovely smooth and wet nib, but feels different to the Dreamtouch nib. I'd recommend trying it before buying to be sure, but I suspect you'll like it. My steel M runs a bit narrower than the fat M on my Dreamtouch.

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BTW I have a Visconti steel nib (M) in my Michelangelo

You shouldn't: Michelangelo had a 14 kt gold nib, later substituted by a 23 kt palladium nib, but not a steel one!

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You shouldn't: Michelangelo had a 14 kt gold nib, later substituted by a 23 kt palladium nib, but not a steel one!

 

Hi Susanna. It's one of the new "Back to Black" versions of the Michelangelo. Not sure why this version differs from the others in the Michelangelo range, but it's definitely a steel nib in this one. Perhaps Visconti thought it would appeal to a younger audience with lower disposable income.

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Starry Night has often caught my eye each time. Just curious how thick the material feels.

 

The material on the current Van Gogh pens feels "hard". It's quite a solid plastic without the depth you often see in celluloids or other resins. It really looks like a painted surface... except the colour is in the surface rather than on the surface.

 

I have a Van Gogh Portrait Blue BP and a Michelangelo FP. The metal section on the Michelangelo has been quite comfortable, no slipping due to the subtle ridge. It's ruthenium coated, so the Van Gogh section may feel slightly different.

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