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The follow-up to last year's popular Alba series, the new OMAS Ogiva Cocktail Limited Editions will be arriving in September 2015. Just 327 numbered pieces in each semi-translucent cotton resin finish will be made available - Bloody Mary, Blue Angel, and Vodka Yellow. Each pen is provided with your choice of 18k solid gold rhodium-plated nib in Extra Fine, Fine, Medium, Broad, Extra Broad, Stock Stub, or Stock Italic., or with14k solid gold rhodium-plated nib in Extra Fine Extra Flessible, Fine Extra Flessible, or Medium Extra Flessible. Retail price for each pen is $495, with our sale price $396. Quantities will be extremely limited, and we are now accepting pre-orders - you will not be charged until your pen is ready to ship.

 

Feel free to contact us at info@nibs.com or (323) 655-2641 with any questions or to place an order. You can also use our online order form found at https://www.secure-q...-order-form.asp.

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This just isn't fair. Who can resist a pen called "Bloody Mary"? And that blue, oh!

I can't stop buying pens and it scares me.

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This just isn't fair. Who can resist a pen called "Bloody Mary"? And that blue, oh!

 

I'll drink to that.....

 

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I'd be first in line for the Bloody Mary if my pen budget wasn't already blown for 2015. Drat!!

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Thhhpppptt. Pen budget? I preordered the blue (because I can't not buy a beautiful blue pen) but I really want all three. The yellow one is so lemony.

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Lemon...hmmm

Exactly! Hope some UK sellers are going to stock it ...... It will be alright to rename it G&T won't it?

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There are so many gorgeous Omas pens, and I know their nibs are so amazing, but I can't get past how terrible their pistons are. :( Man. These are so pretty, though. I wish they learned a thing or two from Pelikan about pistons.

Is that still true of the new Omas pens? I had heard that the old Omas pens had super stiff pistons but that it was fixed in the mid-2000's, when the Milord and Paragon had their redesigns. Is that not correct?

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Are these pistons that bad? I am kind of used to pelikan pistons :wacko:

Got a ppt of the Ogiva Cocktail series from my pen dealer today..

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I don't know if I would call them good or bad, but they are awfully stiff.

Current Wishlist:

Visconti, Visconti, and...more Visconti! (And some ST Duponts too). (Ok fine, getting on the Omas and Montblanc trains now too. Toot toot.) (And maybe on the Montegrappa one too, but only for the Miyas.)

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The Omas pens I have with pistons that have started off stiff have always loosened up for me. My issues on this class of models (Ogiva Alba) has been a few cosmetic problems with the barrel's band, but they are outweighed by them being great writers.

 

In person these cotton resin pens' colors are a bit more subdued, but quite nice nonetheless (images from Fountain Pen Hospital):

 

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My one Omas was so hard to work, out of the box, that I unscrewed the section and applied a tiny bit of silicone lubricant inside the barrel and worked it in and out several times before I tried to fill it with ink. Still a bit stiff but doesn't stick, works consistently enough - if not as easily as a Pelikan or some others - not to take away from the pleasure of using it once that's done.

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Thanks to all for the very strong interest in these pens - we try not to over-hype sales, but it's very possible these will all be pre-ordered by the time they arrive in September, so if you are considering acquiring one of these, now would be a good time to order.

 

Also, though it's not something we mention as often as our nib work, we do inspect, test, and if necessary adjust and lubricate the piston-fill mechanism on all the piston-fill pens we sell, OMAS included. Hope that is helpful to know...

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I am stymied. I preordered the blue, but I have lots of blue pens. I don't have a yellow pen. And the Vodka is so yellow. It makes me want to burst into (Coldplay) song. It makes me want lemonade (and I hate lemonade). I have J. Herbin yellow ink thanks to MassDrop. But a yellow $400 pen (with nib grinding)?

 

I'm skin and bones.

I can't stop buying pens and it scares me.

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The Omas pens I have with pistons that have started off stiff have always loosened up for me. My issues on this class of models (Ogiva Alba) has been a few cosmetic problems with the barrel's band, but they are outweighed by them being great writers.

 

In person these cotton resin pens' colors are a bit more subdued, but quite nice nonetheless (images from Fountain Pen Hospital):

 

Not to rain on the parade but I have to say I too was a bit surprised to see the actual colors versus the initial ad that was circulating (you can see the image up at nibs.com). The colors there had me jumping up and down and ready to order one and reminded me of another era. I wonder if it is harder to produce those shades, which are more subtle...

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I really liked the looks of the Ogiva Alba, but never pulled the trigger. That yellow, though... I just couldn't resist. Pre-ordered.

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