I have never been to anxious to acquire a Montegrappa, but this one may change that.

I have seen the ballpoint version and it is very nice. I like Montegrappa fountain pens, too.

Bisquitlips, that is a nice pen. What's the material made of?

I saw the Stradivarius last week at a local pen shoppe.Oh my!!!! What a beauty!

Cannot afford it for quite awhile,but i could love that pen!

Jim

Beautiful pen indeed - looks like a spin off of the Montblanc Humboldt LE. I would check that it has a real piston and not some integrated converter masquerading as a piston and holding an inadequate amount of ink, like some other recent Montegrappas.

The Montegrappa site says it is resin, but I have not seen resin look like this before. Of course my knowledge is far less than most here on this board so perhaps someone could shed some light on it for us.

It caught my eye and at first I though it celluloid.

Very good point.

Any idea how much one of this baby cost?

Paradise pen had it at a tick under $1000.

Jim

They should've covered it in wood for that price. It would've been closer to a violin.

this pen is just like a mont blanc the same feed and nib as a mont blanc and the piston is not like montegrappa. it is just like a writers sires its a mont blanc just looks difrent. no ebanite feed as well take a close look at a 146 and looks at that.

Yes guys, I am afraid that after creating sinergy in the car manufacturing (VW-Audi-Seat-Skoda), germans turned this skill into pens... following are info I took off the last issue of Penna, an italian pen magazine:

Montegrappa launches its first FP out of a new collection called "Genio Creativo"; each year a "Creative Genius" of our world will be remembered with a special LE FP. First one is dedicate to Antonio Stradivari.

Body: natural resin
Finish: platinum plated
Decorative work: cap engraved "Montegrappa" and set with topaz on cap top, clip design recalls the four strings of the violin
Nib: 18K white gold with yellow gold image of a violin and initials A.S., availables size F and M

2.000 pieces produced, price 700€


...not for me, then.
btw, looks like any writers edition will be followed by its twin Genio Creativo.

Fountain Pen Hospital has it for $795 (perhaps it will be further discounted during their Expo). Beautiful pen, I just bought my first Montegrappa, NeroUno, and I absolutely love it. Might consider getting this one in a few months time, if they're still around!

Hi, RedRob.

Could you please explain the phrase in black?

I dind´t know it and you saiy it appears in some recent Montegrappa pens.
Wich pens?
Could you please say us where did you read it?

Thanks.

It is indeed resin. When I visited the factory last summer, they were preparing production for this very pen. And they showed me the rods from which they cut the pens. Very beautiful material, reminiscent of mottled ebonite, and also more scratch-resistant than celluloid, I assume.

I've seen it -- and I wasn't all that impressed, actually.

From what I've gathered it is something akin to the integrated piston on the Taccia Andante. There's a converter in there that cannot be accessed, but that can be turned with the piston knob. THe piston knob itself does not move up or down, leaving a gap with the barrel, like on most (not all) true piston fillers. Stipula did something similar on their Etrurias, except the converter is extra-large and one can access and replace it with a cartridge.

The Montegrappa 1930 Extra is apparently one such pen. I've read this in a thread on FPN or PT and some of the replies mentioned that other pens carried the same (cheap) system, unfit for such a large and expensive pen. Try a search in the reviews forum.

Here's the link Montegrappa 1930 review on FPN.