Just got word from Bob at Bittner that the Visconti deal would be June 13-14 11-6.

BTW, Ken Jones (national sales manager for Visconti) will be there.

Oo! I could bring this!




Bella, bella!

Sorry for my ignorance, but what is the Visconti deal about?

It's a sale, and the national sales manager for Visconti will be there both days (that's the kind of pull Bittner has).

Deirdre, do you think I'd be able to swap out my F nib for an XF? Or do I have to send my gorgeous new pen to Visconti? (I love my gorgeous new pen.)

Hmmm, that fine nib looks like just the kind of fine I like, slightly on the thicker and juicier side of true fine. I am getting all conflicted about the nib choice for my first Visconti, an Opera Club. I poked my fingers with many Opera Clubs with fine nibs at the L.A. pen show and they felt rather sharp. The mediums felt much smoother. So it is back to the eternal nib dilemma for me: get a fine and risk getting a scratchy feeling dry nib, or get a medium that is a gusher writing like a broad Hmmmm

Of course, the solution to this dilemma that almost always works is to get a medium and use it only on nice paper

It should be a nice little drive to Carmel for you folks. I do miss the Bay Area sometimes. Be hard negotiators with Ken and Bittner. At the L.A. show, Bittner quoted me MSRP for an Opera Club, but when I gave them a polite look, they quickly quoted me a "show special" that was still too high. But the Visconti distributor had fairly decent prices, especially on the Aida. But Pam was still better on a number of pens (Van Goh, Opera CLub) But I didn't negotiate at all with the distributor and it seems like he might be willing to bargain a little. Good luck and have fun.

What is it with this coming weekend? It's like a time warp where every even ever planned or ever to be planned is happening only on June 14th and 15th. Three friends are having theatrical performances, Two are moving, there's a great motorcycle ride (Peak to Peak Diablo to Hamilton) and Fathers Day. Now the Visconti sale....

I think it's fair to say I won't be able to make it.

Stylo, I can't speak about Opera Clubs, but this Metropolis's F is so smooth, I wanna spread it on toast!

This Metropolis's F is so smooth, I gave it my actual phone number... and hoped it would call!

Ahem.

Just thinking of the joke format. I know it's a pen. I didn't really give it my phone number.... (It's a PEN!)

Seriously, though, smooooooooooooove.

But still too thick for my usual writing purposes. Good for headings and addressing envelopes! But I want to use it for more than that. So I'll have to get a finer nib. Somehow.

I am not even sure Visonti makes an XF for that pen. You may have to send it off to a nibmeister.

ethernautrix, I just remembered. That must be the Metropolis you got from Pam

Yes! I got lucky!