The Visconti Homosapiens is an iconic pen of Visconti. I bought the Fine nib and Mr.Joost as always was very helpful in procuring it quickly and shipping it.
The palladium 23KT nib is as smooth as silk and has a bit of bounce to it to. Overall a must have possession.
The Homo Sapiens Bronze is the first Visconti I've added to my collection of pens. I own several Montblancs and Lamys with gold nibs, so these brands are my reference. I've ordered the HS because of its astonishing design and the exceptional lava-based material. I choose the 1.3mm stub nib, because something like this was still missing in my collection. The intended use is signatures and writing titles/subtitles in documents. Currently I use it with bottled Montblanc ink, which i never had an issue with. Besides all this positive remarks, there's one downside: the pen is kind of a hard-starter although it writes relatively wet. In direct comparison to the 14k and 18k gold nibs from Montblanc, the Visconti palladium nib is just not as smooth as I hoped. At this point, I have to subtract 1 star for quality for this issue.
This is my first purchase with appelboom. When I saw that the pen is coming from Italy(far from the US) and it travels almost all the europian country I was in fear about whether I will get the pen on time or not. Surprisingly I got everything at the right time.
Pros:
1) Excellent look( soon after it launches it made a place in many of the fountain pen bloggers' top list because of its resin mixed, lava material of Mount Itna; so it is hygroscopic(it absorbs your sweat from your hand and give you a soothing feel to hold)
2) Smooth writing
Cons:
1) Bit heavy( so might be problematic with a small hand, my hand size is medium and I find it a pleasure to write).
2) Ink window is not there.
I will update my review again after writing with it for 6 months.
Very nice writing instrument. I immediately fell in love with the material and the nib is really smooth. After being a bit nervous after reading about issues with nibs other people face with Visconti, I cannot complain about my nib. Works like a charm.
This pen came to my collection relatively early as my third pen, to commemorate someones passing away. But I can tell it will be a solid base for the collection.
De lava pennen van Visconti zijn een droom om mee te werken. Het materiaal is aangenaam, zeker bij langdurig gebruik, omdat eventueel zweet via het ademend materiaal kan afvloeien en je steeds een goede grip behoudt.
Ik had nog geen ervaring met het vulsysteem van Visconti en moest wel even spieken op YouTube. Maar het werkt goed.
De palladium penpunt is uitzonderlijk. Zacht, vloeiend en een beetje flex voor lijn variatie.
Ik vind deze pen een echte aanrader.
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