Visconti
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>==About Visconti ==
Visconti is an Italian manufacturer of fine fountain pens, ball pens and rollerball pens. The company was founded in 1988 in Florence by Dante Del Vecchio and Luigi Poli, collectors of fountain pens for many years. Their products represented the rediscovery and relaunch of celluloid as material for fountain pens.
History
Visconti writing instruments are handmade in Florence, Italy from precious and unique materials. With an eye toward re-discovering and preserving forgotten artisan traditions, toward devising and implementing advanced technology, and toward fitting inspired form to function, Visconti is the world leader in design and technical innovation.
In 1988, after several years of experience in the field of fountain pens, Dante Del Vecchio and Luigi Poli, also collectors of antique writing instruments, decided to set up a company with the aim of producing and promoting celluloid fountain pens.
Although this material had been abandoned by the established brands since more than thirty years, Dante Del Vecchio and Luigi Poli strongly believed in its technical and aesthetic value and in a tradition of more than fifty years of beautiful fountain pens. Celluloid is an environmentally friendly and modern material, which does not derive from petroleum products, but from cellulose and camphor. It is not only available in a very wide range of colors, but it is also shockproof — a fundamental characteristic for a valuable pen production.
At the outset the biggest problem was finding the celluloid, which had become extremely scarce. One of the oldest companies to produce celluloid had even thrown out its production machinery. However, convinced by Del Vecchio and Poli's tenacity, that same company resumed production.
The second problem was finding the machines, but in time the two owners managed to put together a team of artisans with varied experience who, out of pure love for fountain pens, applied their talents to the various phases of handcrafting celluloid. Two years after the first collection, in 1990, Visconti achieved a small undertaking in the area of industrial archaeology, and was able to assert itself definitively in the world of pen collection, with the series of numbered and certified pens made of material from the 1950's.
After years of experience in the making of celluloid, Visconti is the largest celluloid pen factory worldwide and offers its service and experience to anyone who wishes to produce pens with this material. Always sensitive to market demands Visconti extended its experience to other materials like ebonite, acrylics, lucite, bakelite and ivory; and following the Florentine tradition Visconti extended to — and even introduced new techniques for — solid silver, solid gold and precious jewelry.
NATO Russian Summit and Visconti
Because Visconti pens bear stylish character and undying charisma, they were selected for such history-making events as signing the NATO-Russia Summit on May 28, 2002, which marked the end of the cold war, and as a present for the twenty-five signatories of the European Constitution in 2005.
Bestsellers of Visconti from PenBoutique Ltd
- The Christian Bible Vermeil Fountain and Rollerball Pen " La Bibbia"
- Visconti Forbidden City Black and Sterling Fountain Pen
Wonderful world of Visconti
The perfect solution
Visconti, the creator of the travelling ink pot, proudly introduces its '97 Travelling Ink Pot which makes your piston filling fountain pen convenient, easier, cleaner, safer, faster and more enjoyable. The '97 Travelling Ink Pot lets you fill your fountain pen:
- Anywhere, anytime
- To capacity
- With no ink touching the grip section
- By utilizing 100% of the ink inside the ink pot
- Conveniently, safely, cleanly
No more travelling with glass ink bottles! No more messy grip section! No more pouring ink from a half used bottle into another! Actually, more than a "travelling" ink pot, the '97 Travelling Ink Pot is sure to become your preferred method of filling your fountain pen at home or in your office, as well as when travelling. The Visconti Travelling Ink Pot has been tested on most fountain pens which are currently available. Considering the enormous number of models available we advise you to always carry out a test-fill using water before using the ink pot. ATTENTION: Antique or older pens which use a rubber holder, a lever or a push button for filling can not be filled using this ink pot.
