![]() One of our reviewers wrote an eight-page letter (on A5 90 gsm vellum) without making much, if any, impression on the ink capacity and found it a pleasure to write with the pen for sustained periods.Ĭrucially, how it writes… Like nothing else, honestly. This really is intended for use, not just ornament. Pineider do it properly, and even throw a usable travelling inkwell into the package. How it fills There’s a proper, fully-fledged piston here – no cut-price captured converter nonsense. So in the hand this is a surprisingly light pen: robust, but not too hefty to wield lightly. It is quite a light pen: 32g in total, 16g uncapped. Measurement and comparison-wise the “Arco” Blue Bee has the classic medium-sized fountain pen dimensions: its length of 142mm and width of 12.7 mm and mm in the hand, so it measures up to pen reviewers’ typical Lamy Safari or Al-Star yardstick. Out of the box, the pen looks and feels good in the hand comfortable and ergonomic with no threads to irritate or distract the fingers. How it feels You will want to try writing with it, though, as soon as you see that nib. You may, quite reasonably, spend a day or two staring at the Arco Bee while it does its big glinting iridescence shtick before even attempting to write with it! The 10mm cap also bears the company logo and the legend: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. The layers of gold and blue resin look organic in origin, and they’re polished to perfection. How it looks OK, you’d have to squint pretty hard to mistake it for an actual bee, but you can see what they mean. They have other, perhaps slightly more modestly-styled fountain pens too, but their UK distributor was keen to go straight for the dandy of the bunch – and as you can see, they delivered in full. However, in 2017 new investment and leadership from the Rovagnati family saved the business and sparked new life into Pineider. Earlier this century the brand went through some torrid times under a new owner, which did not really understand the stationery and related products market, and it nearly closed completely. ![]() The venerable Florentine brand has, since 1774, supplied popes, princes and heads of state with paper and envelopes for correspondence, as well as the luxury leather cases to carry such materials. The brand’s prestige, marked by an exclusive as much as exceptional heritage, has accompanied traditions, events and trends regarding not only the Italian and European history, but it has also related to each of our personal stories, always keeping a careful look upon contemporaneity and continuously willing to bring innovation.Īrtisanal savoir-faire, uniqueness, tradition and design are the historical values that make Pineider an exclusive brand worldwide.A little bit of history Florence is not as well-known as Bologna for pen production, at least on these shores, but Pineider have been in the game for a century or two. Since 1774, Pineider represents the Excellence for handmade products in terms of paper, writing instruments and leather goods. ![]() The Pineider La Grande Belleza fountain pen has a soft 14kt gold flex quill-cut nib and uses a piston filling system. ![]() The new material not only looks like the beloved Arco, it is much more durable (and not flammable!). After months of research, Pineider has reproduced the Arco color using several layers of resin, re-creating the visual effect of the celluloid. One of the classic color patterns was known as Arco, a stratification of many layers of materials. The gorgeous Pineider La Grande Bellezza Arco limited edition is another design innovation by Dante del Vecchio, inspired by the colors of celluloid pens made in the 1930s.
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