My new Taccia

[ht1]

 

This snap should give you a pretty good idea of what one Taccia Swisher Mint looks like. The other side of the cap is more like the barrel section you see. BTW, when I look at it the word "mint" does not come to mind. :ltcapd:

 

 

My mint stripe came in today. It is very different from this picture in regard to color distribution, but the colors are the same. I thought the word "mint" referred to a mint green stripe, but as soon as I looked at the pen I could tell it refers to mint candy. I have seen spearmint striped candy with the white and green mixture of color that resembles the design on the pen. I like the desert swirl better.

 

Neither of these two pens would have been my choice based on color selection if there had been other choices. The more I use the desert swirl, the more I like the way it looks. I'm sure the mint stripe will be the same. I've already inked it, and it writes just as well as the desert swirl. I'm definitely glad that I purchased these two.

 

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[Opus104]

I just got a Desert Swirl. Wow - what an amazing steel nib. By far smoother than most of the gold nibs I have. The pen is HUGE capped. But uncapped it is wonderfully comfortable (the threads just sit at the very end of the cap, making the capped size 6 inches).

 

Buy one of these while they last!! The best deal on my desk.

[ht1]

I recently purchased a Taccia Staccato Jasper Red. The combined cost of the Taccia Mint Stripe and the Desert Swirl that I bought was less than the Staccato. The Staccato is a great pen, but I think the Mint Stripe and the Desert Swirl are a little better. It is a great buy. I wish there were more color options.

 

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[patrickrhone]

I just bought mine today in Lunar Blue. Very impressed so far. This is a big pen. Very beautiful and a smooth writer. I have a picture and short review in this post here.

[hardyb]

Yes I have a lunar blue which I picked up at the DC Pen show and I love the color, it is really a beautiful deep blue and much more deep space then lunar IMHO. Writes very well.

Edited March 4, 2008 by hardyb

[Stephen-I-am]

Does Taccia make a pen in the M6xx size range?

 

Stephen

[ht1]

Taccia makes several sizes of pens. The dimensions are given on Swisherpens website when you look up each of the styles (portuguese, staccato, continental, etc.). I'm not certain if they match the M6xx size, but the measurement info on their website should be helpful.

 

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I checked...the Imperial Portuguese and the Continental are similar in size to the M6xx.

Edited March 4, 2008 by ht1

[jonro]

Is the Taccia fine nib a true fine or does it run wide?

[ht1]

I think the Taccia fine is very similar to the Waterman Phileas Fine.

 

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