Wow! Delta Dolcevita Masterpiece

[mathguy]

The fusion nib is awful. My wife has a Delta with a fusion nib that had the gold and steel separate--so much for the "fusion." The performance of the nibs (we have three pens with that nib) has been so bad we won't buy another Delta unless it has a gold nib. Gimmicky junk.

[Bogon07]

All my Delta Fusion nibs have be smooth and nice writers. They appear to be finished slightly better than the regular steel Delta nibs. The biggest problem is the cost of the gold ornament over a regular steel nib. I haven't had any come apart yet although one of my pen friends had that problem with one of his.

[Susanna]

The nib looks tiny in proportion to the rest of the pen. Are they using a smaller nib than in the other DV pens, or is it just the perspective of the photos?

 

greg

I think it was the photo.

The pen comes either with a Fusion nib, or with a normal 14 Kt nib. It's as large as a Dolcevita Medium, approx.

And it's beautiful!

 

[gregamckinney]

Thanks Susanna.

greg

[jkingrph]

Great for Halloween.

 

That's the reason I just got one, my birthday colors!! Chatterly Luxuries has a unnumbered special edition with gold vermeil trim and an 18K nib (not fusion) on sale for $225. I would have preferred the standard Delta roller clip, but it's attractive as is.

[Tinjapan]

This is why you should always separate colors when doing your laundry.

 

David

hmmm, my emojis still wont take.

 

Anyway, great comment!

Edited July 28, 2016 by Tinjapan

[bjmoose]

Yuck. As they say, "To each, their own..." and this is definitely NOT for me...

[DustyR]

The fusion nib is awful. My wife has a Delta with a fusion nib that had the gold and steel separate--so much for the "fusion." The performance of the nibs (we have three pens with that nib) has been so bad we won't buy another Delta unless it has a gold nib. Gimmicky junk.

 

My fusion nibs have all been excellent writers, with the exception of one that looked like something happened in the manufacturing process (twisted tines and gold plate separation). The dealer swapped it out and it now writes as well as the others (all Fine nibs).

[iowa]

I have a Masterpiece with an 18k stub nib inbound. The color combination seems to be divisive, but I like it.

This will be my first Delta, and I'm looking forward to putting it through the its paces. I also ordered a bottle of Noodler's Apache Sunset to ink it with.