gerigo Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Michael Jenks has a new modified Homo Sapiens he received from Dante Del Vecchio. I wonder whether he will bring it to regular production? I guess if we pester him enough, he might?! Link to post Share on other sites
Mulrich Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I really like my HS but I would gladly sell it to buy that one. I've been looking for a double reservoir Visconti but hadn't found one I like. This would be just about perfect. Link to post Share on other sites
macaddicted Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 A nice development. I'll stick with my Florentine Hills. Link to post Share on other sites
mirosc Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Nice idea with the double reservoir - Geha had developed something similar back in the 60s and 70s which I found to be very helpful in daily work.Still I think that the HS only works with the bronze trims. Greetings,Michael Link to post Share on other sites
Bogon07 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I like the transparent ring but not the big ink window cut out on the barrel (makes me think of a Lamy Safari/Al-Star). sinistral hypergraphica - a slurry of ink Link to post Share on other sites
rickygene Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I bought a Homo Sapiens last month (from Peters of Kensington here in Australia). Absolutely love the pen but an integrated ink view window-reservoir would be the icing on the cake. Like Bogon07 I don't think the ink window on the side of the barrel looks good nor is it necessary in my opinion. Great to see Visconti continuing to innovate. Link to post Share on other sites
DonLeone Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 They should have done ink windows on the spots where the silver homo sapiens has rings on the barrel or at least make it like the ink window on the Lamy 2000. Probably just me but seeing a nearly or 1/3 empty pen and having beads of ink visible like that makes me feel kind of sad. I like the TWSBI 580 because it takes a while to get that sad look and it doesn't last too long. It's why I opted not to get a vac 700. If I saw the sadness in my HS, ... it would just be sad. Very thin, not too noticeable windows like lamy 2000 would be nicer. Not even have the ring with the HS writing on it, keep it all bronze/steel/silver and have very subtle ink windows that don't go all around but like the 2000 have small portions of ink window. They could have done a divina proporzione ink window swirl, 2000-style that would look better than this. >8[ This is a grumpy. Get it? Grumpy smiley? Huehue >8[ I tend to ramble and write wallotexts. I do that. Link to post Share on other sites
notsimar Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I like this version, but agree, the barrel window is excessive. Might be more interesting to have three windows, like the three arches of the Ponte Vecchio. Regards, Simar "Be the change you want to see in the world." -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Link to post Share on other sites
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