The homo sapiens is a very nice daily writer, the cap mechanism is nice for quick cap and uncap, the nib is smooth and juicy, and the body is solid and warm on touch.
I have been using this pen daily since I received it. I was a bit worried about the nib but Appelboom came through and tested the nib before shipping. Truly phenomenal customer service as usual from Appelboom. Thank you so much!
It has been almost an year since I bought this pen from Appelboom and have had a wide grin on my face and a blissful state of mind whenever I write with it. The nib, ink flow and the overall quality of the pen is simply amazing. I'm very happy with the performance of the pen, and the unmatched price offer at Appelboom has only made it that much more pleasurable.
This pen is known as a grail pen for many people, I included (along with the London Fog). This pen writes very wet, it shows off ink it is filled with unlike any other pen that I have or ever tried. The nib is bouncy and supremely smooth, I have no pen smoother than this, truly like a red-hot glowing knife through cool butter. The finish is amazing and so far nothing has scratched it, I’m actually sure that it has scratched other things. The finish on the clip does patina but with a jewelers cloth, you are able to remove the patina to get it back to its bronze/rose gold finish.
I had considered purchasing a Visconti HS for some time, but hesitated because I had heard reports of quality control. When I finally decided to purchase, I asked Appelboom to tune the nib. (I ordered a Medium.) It arrived in perfect condition, and the HS is now among my favorite pens. It has heft. It is balanced. The material is unique and appealing. And, most important, it writes consistently and smoothly.
I am very happy I bought this pen with Appelboom! The pen came very fast from very far (Netherlands to Canada in three days only!). They checked my pen and the thines were perfectly aligned: it wrote immediately out of the box. The packaging was also great and Appelboom also included two cookies that were delicious. It was very thoughtful on their end.
The only thing was that I was not expecting the Fine nib to be so fine (on review on Youtube, every fine nib was very broad). I had to smooth out the nib a bit on my end, but it is not Appelboom's fault as it is not their mandate to smooth out the nib!
I bought this pen as a present for my husband on his 50th birthday, because I wanted to give him something special and unique, and what would be more special than a fountain pen made with lava from the Etna volcano? I had read excellent reviews on this pen. so I knew it had to be a great product. It really is. The 23 ct palladium Dreamtouch nib is really a dream, it writes so smoothly, better than I had expected. I got it with an EF-nib, and it has an excellent flow. It's surprisingly smooth for an extra fine nib! It's the most wonderful EF nib I have ever seen. The pen is heavy and the material feels smooth and warm. It's hard to describe it, as there's nothing quite like it. The closing mechanism of the cap is also great. My husband loves this pen, and I do too.
I could not be happier with the service and experience I had with Appelboom.com.
Excellent service and price for this Homo Sapiens Bronze Age. The delivery time was amazingly fast. I'm not so pleased with the nib. I've read and heard the horror stories and had hoped that Visconti had addressed them. Nib is very "skippy" and is not a dependable writer. I will be sending it away for nib tuning soon.
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