The Visconti Homo Sapiens Volcano Lava Black with Bronze Trim Fountain Pen. More than five thousand years ago Homo-sapiens marked the dawn of human history and the invention of writing thus began. The same age discovers metallurgy, allowing the mastery of metals which signified the beginning of human evolution all the way to the invention of the wheel. The first great civilizations arose on the Nile, Tigris and Euphrates river banks and soon began the development of sciences like algebra, geometry, astronomy and engineering.
The pen is made from a material that is as antique as the world around us: lava from the Etna volcano. Lava has many characteristics that make it very unique in the manufacturing of writing instruments. Visconti has successfully produced a material containing over 50% pure basaltic lava, catalysed together with resin in a formula that is patented and obviously kept secret. The extraordinary characteristics of basaltic lava practically transform it into a material perfectly fit to writing instruments.
All metallic parts of the pen were inspired by the Bronze Age. The Bronze Age, almost contemporary to the invention of writing, marked the dawn of human civilization. The clip, the decorative rings and the metal accessories, with the exception of the piston, are all in bronze. Homo-sapiens is made with natural bronze like the antique formula that does not require plating or protection treatments which alter its original almost pink colour and which can be easily polished with special products.The high vacuum power filler charging system is made of titanium, the only material resistant to ink aggressiveness.
Virtually unbreakable: It has a high degree of resilience.
Flame-proof: Visconti lava has a resistance to heat of over 100°C
Slightly hygroscopic: allowing it to absorb hand sweat during use.
Dense: to the touch, allowing the best possible finger-relaxing grip.
Value: the 23 ct 950/1000 palladium nib is the purest nib ever manufactured in fountain pen history.
It contains 95% pure palladium against 75% pure gold in the 18 ct nib and 58% gold in the 14 ct nib.
Palladium actually melts at much higher temperatures than gold: 1552°C against 1063°C.
Flexibility and Memory: Palladium has the best possible properties for any type of writing, enhanced by some 30% compared to the same nib in 18 ct gold.
Originality: the palladium nib will render even more exclusive your Visconti, either as a collection piece or as a daily use fountain pen.
Material: Basaltic Lava from the Etna Volcano
Metallic parts: 100% bronze
Packaging: Visconti pen case with polishing cloth.
Available in XF, F, M, B, BB, and 1.3 stub.
Filling System: High vacuum power filler
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