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furiozzo NOS (New Old Stock)

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I have the Oldwin Arco Verde "Lunar Waving".
Excuse me for the poor quality of the photos.

 

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Shmurzik Near Mint

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Unfortunately, I returned my Oldwin as it had several issues, with the nib and the finish which I could not come to terms with at such a price point. Good customer service from Mr Mora though no complaints there.

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Unfortunately, I returned my Oldwin as it had several issues, with the nib and the finish which I could not come to terms with at such a price point. Good customer service from Mr Mora though no complaints there.

Can you elaborate on the issues? I want to have an idea of what to look out for. Thanks

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Wowzers that arco verde looks amaaaazing! I wish I'd got that now instead of the lucens... Thank you for posting pics- I've been on the lookout for them since December!

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Shmurzik Near Mint

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Can you elaborate on the issues? I want to have an idea of what to look out for. Thanks

To start with, the body was all covered in micro scratches, as if the pen had been used for a while. Plus the area of the section near the threads was not polished to the same degree as the rest of the pen, there was a mm or two of the material almost matte. Mr Mora told me that this was inevitable because the pen is hand made. I am sceptical about that. My Nakaya is completely hand made but it is literally flawless, I actually inspected it with a loupe and could not find a single issue (and mind you, it is cheaper than Oldwin). I am of the view that premium hand made objects should receive more attention than mass produced.

 

Then I discovered that the nib was overpolished, to the point where it had the notorious baby's bottom problem – it would hard start and skip on smooth paper.

 

Finally, I found a small chip at the end of the barrel, where it tapers. Celluloid is rather temperamental material and I wouldn't want the crystallisation process to start developing in that area.

 

Separately all of these things may be considered to be fairly minor. However, at such a price point I expect the pen to be flawless and the nib to be well adjusted, without me needing to spend time and money on a nibmeister. To be fair, Mr Mora offered me to have a look at the nib and try to do more polish on the barrel. I would have agreed if it was one issue, I guess I was disappointed to discover so many of them, more so as I had heightened expectations having read glorious reviews about Oldwins. And this may well be just this one pen but that was sufficient for me.

 

That said, I cannot stress enough the high level of customer service from Mr Mora who was very responsive and courteous and refunded my order no problem. Maybe it's just me with my strict standards... spoiled by the Japanese quality :)

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Here is the other Arco Verde. I went with the gold trim. Since furiozzo provided so many nice photos of his pen, I am just posting 2 glamour shots. As you can see, the pattern on my pen is a little different, and why i picked the gold trim instad of the better matching rhodium.

 

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dms525 Antique

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Ah, Zaddick, doesn't the pain feel wonderful? :lticaptd:

 

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Thank you for the review! The Oldwin Art Deco is on my grail list and this one is one of the prettiest! I have seen it on a couple of visits to Mr. Nora's shop and it is exquisite! Enjoy!

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Thank you for the review! The Oldwin Art Deco is on my grail list and this one is one of the prettiest! I have seen it on a couple of visits to Mr. Nora's shop and it is exquisite! Enjoy!

 

You are most welcome. Thanks for you comment.

 

If I lived in Paris, I think I would be in Mora's too often for my financial health.

 

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Ah, Zaddick, doesn't the pain feel wonderful? :lticaptd:

 

David

While the celluloid is disappointingly short on that fantastic blue on my pen, the nib is a nice wet writer. That's good for me as I tend to like wider nibs so the wetness makes up for the fact it is an M to some extent.

 

Let's just say I like the pens enough to have bought 4 since December. Yikes!

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