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My Holy Grail!


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It took me 5 years since I dreamt of this pen! And finally I hv gotten what I hv asked for, the Visconti La Bibbia Fountain pen. Hope to get it before this Christmas !

 

Bit of description on my pen:

 

The Christian Bible

This pen is turned into single resin ivory (coloured) bars and the cap has the same dimensions of the pen shaft. This choice reminds us to the partition in Old Testament (the pen body) and New Testament (the cap).

In the shaft our artist has represented the story of the Old Testament according to its most significant scenes: Adam and Eve, Noah’s Arch, David and Goliath, Abraham and Isaac, Moses and the Decalogue, while on the cap we find scenes of Jesus’ life: His Birth, His Baptism, the Last Supper, and the Ascent to Heaven.

The head and blind cap, with their 10 lateral facets, remind us of the Decalogue- their form and the engraving in Hebrew on the blind cap recall the two stone tablets.

The Holy Grail is hidden inside the blind cap and has the function of activating the Power Filler.

 

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Congratulations! I hope it arrives in time - but in reality whatever day it arrives will be Christmas for YOU!

"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." Earnest Hemingway

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That pen is beautiful. I hope it writes as well as it looks. It's nice to see people get their grail pens.

You commit yourself to such a level where there is no compromise. You give everything you have, everything, absolutely everything. - Senna

I want to convey the fine line between passion and violence. I've got so much wickedness and sin, No, it wont be long until your break, Because I'm evil - Bat for Lashes

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Beautiful piece of artwork in a pen. I hope you enjoy it once you receive it and it meets your expectations.

Brad

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

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Woohoo! Your pen is outstanding. That's really great of FedEx to deliver on Christmas. The presentation box is amazing too. visconti knows how to make a beautiful pen. Enjoy :)

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