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Bortoletti The Crown Fountain Pen

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Bortoletti The Crown Fountain Pen

Name: Bortoletti The Crown Fountain Pen
Brand: Bortoletti
SKU: bortoletti-the-crown-fountain-pen
Price: 129.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

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Founded in 1980 in Venice, Italy, Bortoletti Fonderia Artistica makes beautiful products for people who take pleasure in reading and writing letters. Among them is The Crown: a pen steeped in history and inspired by the kings of France Read More

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Jan 6, 2019

Come on, if you want to buy badly-balanced, garish, overpriced toys, Jinhao has cheaper and much more entertaining offerings, like their dragon and cobra pens.

RayF

22218

Jan 6, 2019

Glad to see the Writing Community is becoming less and less naive about this sort of offering. Is this a fountain pen? Technically, yes. Is it a good one? No, this is a novelty pen made by a company that specializes in novelty items (mainly for the Harry Potter crowd I'm afraid): https://www.bortoletti.com/en/Catalogo/R/tutti/T Let me put it to you this way: this pen is to Fountain Pens, as Beats are to headphones. Now that said, Beats are very popular headphones, but not among Audiophiles. So, if you're just getting into fountain pens, and this one appeals to you, be forewarned that it may not seem as desirable in the future, as it does presently. Which is to say, there is probably more than one Audiophile out there with an old pair of Beats gathering dust in the back of their drawer or closet.

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Ghostwriter

Jan 7, 2019

RayFIn addition to the quality issues you (and several others) have mentioned, I'd like to add that generally speaking slick metal sections are not very practical as the grip is adversely affected, making the pen very difficult to hold while writing. If metal sections float your boat, my recommendation would be to look elsewhere - for something more 'non-skid' (the Faber-Castell Loom is a good example of a metal section which has embossed rings around it to aid with grip). I won't get into the additional issue metal sections have - the potential for corrosion over time when using non-pH neutral inks.

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RayF

22218

Jan 7, 2019

GhostwriterCouldn't agree more. Another thing I dislike about this type of section is that it allows a manufacturer to design a generic section, and then crank out an unlimited number of barrel designs to fit it--creating what is essentially the same damn pen, over and over again. In other words, they're just putting new outfits on the same Barbie.

Citroen2cv

Oct 12, 2018

I'm all about clean lines and an industrial look, but I think this is beautiful.

Sefali

190

Oct 13, 2018

Citroen2cvIt is a nice looking pen, but it’s cheap junk. In addition to my earlier comments, take another look at the main pic. The cap and body don’t even line up. Pitiful.

The_Jniac

322

Oct 16, 2018

SefaliThat is really disappointing.

Sefali

190

Oct 11, 2018

This is a cheap kit pen guys. Being a kit pen is not a bad thing at all, but this one is built from a CHEAP kit. As an example of the quality, look at the black already coming off the threads. And that’s on one they hand picked for pics to represent the product in ads/listings.

ribrobrab

Oct 12, 2018

Sefalibeat me to it. POS.

Donnie_V

Jun 28, 2018

Is there a way for me to purchase the roller ball without buying the fountain pen?

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writerstephen

480

Jun 28, 2018

I’m going to go ahead and repost my comment on this drop, because it seems to have disappeared.
How much more would it have cost to put a Bock, Schmidt, or Jowo nib on this thing? I hate the generic IPG nibs and they dont belong on a pen at this price point.

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RayF

Couldn't agree more. Another thing I dislike about this type of section is that it allows a manufacturer to design a generic section, and then crank out an unlimited number of barrel designs to fit it--creating what is essentially the same damn pen, over and over again. In other words, they're just putting new outfits on the same Barbie. [image]

Ghostwriter

In addition to the quality issues you (and several others) have mentioned, I'd like to add that generally speaking slick metal sections are not very practical as the grip is adversely affected, making the pen very difficult to hold while writing. If metal sections float your boat, my recommendation would be to look elsewhere - for something more 'non-skid' (the Faber-Castell Loom is a good example of a metal section which has embossed rings around it to aid with grip). I won't get into the additional issue metal sections have - the potential for corrosion over time when using non-pH neutral inks.

AntsyR

Come on, if you want to buy badly-balanced, garish, overpriced toys, Jinhao has cheaper and much more entertaining offerings, like their dragon and cobra pens.