Visconti Opera Star Dust Question- Misaligned Cap?!

[radconsta]

Hello all!

I received yesterday a stardust pen from Canada.

The facets of the cap do not align with the facets on the body. Is that normal? It looks kinda silly like that and I thought maybe the pen is defective... I know that viscontis Quality control is awful!

[mulrich]

I'm of the opinion that Visconti's QC problems are a little overblown, but everyone has different experiences. That being said…

 

I have an opera-style Visconti the and the facets line up when I really crank the cap on tight. Your pen seems outside the range of what should be acceptable for an opera pen though, so you would be in your right to contact the vendor.

The threads in a cap normally have 2-3 starting positions, is it possible that the facets line up if starting from a different position? This isn't an issue on my opera but it is an issue on some pens with patterns that carry through the barrel and cap (e.g., Omas Arco).

Sorry you're experiencing this problem; I hope the pen is a good writer.

[lionheartlee]

Ive only had one issue with Visconti quality control, and thats out of 14 pens. But not having the alignment would bother me. I would contact ether your seller, or Coles of London

[Driften]

That pen has a hook safe cap system and you are saying each of the many (my HS has 5) positions it can be capped don't line up, or only the position with the nib pointing up as you cap does not line up the flats?

 

I would definitely talk with the seller about an exchange if you can't line up the flats when capped.

[mulrich]

That pen has a hook safe cap system and you are saying each of the many (my HS has 5) positions it can be capped don't line up, or only the position with the nib pointing up as you cap does not line up the flats?

 

I would definitely talk with the seller about an exchange if you can't line up the flats when capped.

 

I didn't realize the new opera used a hook safe cap. With five starting points on the cap and four facets on the barrel, I imagine there's only one combination that lines everything up correctly. Hmmm…

I just checked a Visconti Brunelleschi, which has eight facets but the cap only has four starting points, so the cap and barrel always line up nicely. So I assume the silver dust also has four facets, if so and the cap and barrel don't line up the pen definitely needs to be sent back.

[Driften]

 

I didn't realize the new opera used a hook safe cap. With five starting points on the cap and four facets on the barrel, I imagine there's only one combination that lines everything up correctly. Hmmm…

I just checked a Visconti Brunelleschi, which has eight facets but the cap only has four starting points, so the cap and barrel always line up nicely. So I assume the silver dust also has four facets, if so and the cap and barrel don't line up the pen definitely needs to be sent back.

 

 

Only some Opera models use the hook safe system. The Opera Silver Dust just happens to be one of them.

You can see it I this picture

 

 

My Opera Club (C/C) uses a screw cap and the cap indexes off the section. When I screw the cap on to the body with the section removed the flats don't line up. I counted on my Homo Sapiens and it has 5 hooks for the system.