Hi all,
For those of you who are still deciding on whether you should get yourself an Etruria 991 or not, here is something to make it even more difficult .

A few Etruria 991s:


Closeup of the caps:


Some nib shots:
B nib


1.1 italic


1.1 italic:close-up


One of these days I hope to achieve a picture quality these pens really deserve .

Warm regards, Wim

Edit: pics of the same pen twice after all..

Hi,

How come the 0.9 and 1.1 have the same ink spots on them? Just wondering...

Dillon

Looks more like a chocolate cookie. Nice pen!

I think Wim is working for the Italian Fountain Pen Academy

Ah Wim,
Could you please stop posting these pics for about a year. I'm going to pretend I didn't see these and instead stare at my I Castoni for awhile.

Thanks.

Yours truly,
Karin

hey nice pics Wim

i would have thought that italics nibs the tip would be at an angle. i guess that's only if they are stubs. so what makes it italic is what happens underneath the tip??

Nope, Stubs are straight across also. You're probably thinking about an italic oblique nib.

Bryan

Yes!! That's right, it's the obliques with the angle cut nib tips! Thanks Bryan. So how is a nib a stub versus italic, something is done to them below the tip?? I know stub is not the same as italic.

Hi Centurion,

there is sort of continuum between crisp italic, cursive italic and stub. The former being the one with the sharpest edges and the best line contrast, the latter the most rounded of them.

This page on Richard Binder's site has to be the clearest explanation of the differences and practical applications of these nibs.

thanks denis for the info and resource.

Hi Dillon,

Similar, not the same . Up to my old tricks again. I do want to create another ink review, and did fill some pens with different inks, but no time yet...

Warm regards, Wim

Hi Slush,

Well, these pens do have a favourable effect on my chocolate and cookie intake...

Warm regards, WIm

Nah, the sections are clearly not the same, and I am not such a good photographer that I can make them look the same regardless . Similar pens, similar inks, that's all, waiting for the review .

Warm regards, Wim

Hi Karin,

I'm awfully sorry, but I don't think I'll manage that...

Warm regards, WIm

A lovely pen, Wim....I remember you describing the brown colour as chocolatey in another thread.... ...

hum hum... they are exactly the same : just rotated slightly, but identical...

ROTFL!

Ok, sold a pen, ordered a pen. The Swisher/Stipula blue black ETRURIA.

Wim, Wim, Wim.
What a combination of wonderful person and Stipula Etruria lover.

You have...three of those? Gulp. If you think you could be happy still with just two, contact me and I'll send you my address.

Agreed!

So that's why you sold the Tame-nuri, Karin!! ^_^
(good for you sticking to your guns with regard to pen purchases, though...Bravo!)

Hi Maja,
The Swisher Stipula is significantly less expensive than the others. It was on clearance
That means I have some money to put against my debt. :ph34r:
It was all cleared with the significant other.
I love the avatar.

Another one bites the dust...

Actually, I'm keeping an eye out for an Etruria which I don't even know exists... a black C/C (only cause I think the piston filler might be too fat for me) with silver trims... How, Master Wim...? Do you know if these existed...?

I get the feeling that pretty soon, Wim will have everyone owning an Etruria each!!

So, Karin, you're new strategy has evolved from taking a hiatus in pen purchases to getting rid of your current pens in order to get new ones, eh?

I think that`s going to happen. Once I sold the Tamenuri, I wanted to sell many more pens. Sell, sell, sell, and then buy, buy, (bye-bye)

I might follow suit soon, though i don't have that many pens to sell. So it might be a case of pen-buying grossly outweighing the pen-selling. :doh:

Thanks!

Oh, I looked up the Swisher Stipula..."Only thirty-six of these fountain pens were made.(from Swisherpens.com website)....Very nice!

Hi Karin,
(lost for words)

Well, temporarily at least. You're too kind...

Anyway, that Blue-Black is a lovely pen, especially at the sale-price: only slightly more than an Etruria nib... (after all, I am Dutch ).

BTW, what nib did you get with it?

Warm regards, Wim

Hi tooloose,

Well, acoording to Denis, it's all the same pen...

Warm regards, Wim

Hi grasshopper, As far as I know, the original piston fillers were only made in "Grande" format, including the black one. The only "Medium" format Etrurias I am aware of, are the later Etruria Amber ones, i.e., based on the Etruria Amber with big piston converter, and they are c/c pens. They are exceedingly hard to get, though, because they are sold out right now and no longer produced. They come in a silver trim and a vermeil trim version. If I am not mistaken, they were available with the metal caps as well, which means another four versions.

Maybe Dave Mallinder can tell a little more about these.

Yeah, maybe it's time to buy some shares in the company!

Warm regards, Wim

There was a black Etruria on Ebay a little while ago, with a sterling silver cap. No trim around the end of the barrel, so I assume it was a c/c pen. It was a great-looking pen and I was sorely tempted, but had already ordered my 991 from Susanna - and I wanted the big piston converter anyway

Hi Richard,

Not to worry. That 991 is a magnificent pen, and a great deal too! Just as an inidcation: I visited the local B&M store last Saturday, just for an update on new stuff , and they had a 991 in, in the luxury box, rather than the standard box, but at 675 euros you can buy almost 3 at Susanna's... A rather large price difference, just for a bigger box, I think .

Warm regards, Wim

Hi Wim,
I was going to get a .9 stub, but the only options available were the usual F, M, and B.
I got a B so that I can have Richard stub it if I choose to.


9 :bunny1:

Hi Karin,

and the EF... Or is it sold out? Very smooth for such a fine point...

Warmest regards, Wim

Thank you, my (Etruria) master.


(see my post below)

I think I saw the same one you're mentioning, Richard. In fact, I saw another one which was an all black C/C with gold trims, so since I've seen a larger all black piston filler with silver trims, I was hoping that there might be a smaller one with silver trims.

Oh well.

Enjoy your 991!!

Hi GH,
Warm regards, Wim

edit : picture removed... no need to show to everyone how AR I am

Hi Denis,

Ah! You finally discovered the little secret! I only have 1 991!

Actually, on a more serious note, you were right all along. I just checked all 3 sections, and I have clearly mislabeled the pictures. Apologies for not checking that immediately. I only checked the nibs, and to my defense I must say they both had ink spots, of similar inks, in roughly the same places... I guess it'll teach me to look twice, next time .

I'll edit the original .

Warm regards, Wim

aahhh... not that it makes a difference, but I thought I was becoming crazy

becoming?

Hi KCat, I think Denis meant: compared to me .

Warmest regards, Wim

Well , Ethel, on the FPN scale I'm still average

Ricky

I would not even dare to compare myself to the Grand Puba of Crazyness

Wim,

to come back to the topic, now that my fixation on pictures switching has been put to rest , do you have any of the Etrurias that come with silver caps ? Is it an overlay, as it seems to be on the pictures ? Are they as gorgeous as I imagine they are ?

Finally, thank you for having put in my mind all those Stipulas that don't fit in the budget... <_<

He's really good at that, isn't he Denis? It's a shame that Wim isn't Roman Catholic. Then, at least, he'd have to visit the confessional occasionally and atone for his sins!

Hi Denis,
To answer your questions one at a time: Phew, I'm glad... No, I don't. Yes, they are, at least the ones from a year and a half ago or so. There were one or two older ones with proper metal caps, but I have never ever seen one. Do you want my honest opinion? No they are not. They somehow are not right. And I don't think they were manufactured for any length of time. They just didn't sell. To be frank, a little piece of the celluloid sticking out from amongst the gold or silver, was just plain ugly, IMO. I won't ever buy one, unless I become a multi-millionaire and a true collector . But I do have 3 991s, and 2 Nudas, for that matter.
It's only a pleasure !

Warm regards, Wim

I think it's worse than that... he might be the devil himself

Hi Roger,

Who says I am not a Roman-Catholic? And what sins are you talking about? Having good taste and apssing that on?

Warm regards, Wim

Hi Denis,

Just to put you at ease: I was baptised, did my first Holy Commuion at age 6, even did my Confirmationat age twelf or so.

Ok, I don't go to church anymore, but they certainly tried to bring me up the Catholic way.

Warm regards, Wim

That could explain your attraction to Italian pens. I'm sure you would have sticked to a Firenze-Catholic church

Hi Denis,

I was wondering whether you were going to make a remark like that!

Hey, I spent a year in Italy, and I think Firenze is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. What would you expect?

Warm regards, Wim