Visconti Homo Sapiens Limited Edition Ember Fountain Pen
Visconti Homo Sapiens Limited Edition Ember Fountain Pen
Visconti Homo Sapiens Limited Edition Ember Fountain Pen.
Material: Carbon Fibre
Nib Size: Size 6
Nib Content: 18k Gold Nib
Condition: New
Filling System: Power Filler.
Colour: Black and Rose Gold
Nib Grade: EF
Once again Visconti pushes the boundaries of writing technology with the launch of its latest limited edition, the Homo Sapiens ‘Ember’. For the first time in pen history, Visconti has combined fine carbon weaving with copper mesh to create an innovative and unique pen overlay. Visconti has turned this new material into the characteristic design of the Homo Sapiens, a Visconti manufacturing icon.
The material used in the Visconti ‘Ember’ is made using similar production techniques found in the automotive world. 3k carbon fiber is intricately woven with fine copper wire, before being infused with ultra-durable epoxy resins, the same resins used in the production of structural components for formula one race cars and motorbikes.
The material is made using a compression molding technique and is then laminated by hand inside a vacuum to obtain a smooth and glossy finish. After lamination the material finally enters a curing cycle at 130 degrees, which allows the material to pass from a semi-fluid to a solid state, and gives the material stability when used at lower temperatures. All stages of the manufacturing process are highly complex and require expert knowledge and detailed attention to obtain the desired results. Once the material is fully stabilized it is turned, cut, and carefully assembled into the Visconti Homo Sapiens ‘Ember’, accented by solid bronze trims.
The Homo Sapiens Ember is limited to just 288 pieces worldwide.
What you see is what you get.
The Homo Sapiens Ember in my opinion is the best Homo Sapiens out there because of its beauty, material, difficulty and complication in making these pens, one of the most challenging pens to make for Visconti.
This one is 004 of 288
Visconti is an Italian company established in 1988 in Florence and headed by Dante Del Vecchio, deus ex machina of the creative dynamism, pervading Visconti creations. Led by his passion for vintage pens, he has been constantly in a quest for new expressions in the art of writing.
Every model is developed with the most advanced know-how, using the most precious materials available and both traditional methods and the most sophisticated and unprecedented techniques.
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, G8 held in July 2009 at L’Aquila and most recently the Centenary of the Monaco Oceanographic Museum.
The name Visconti has been for the past twenty years a synonym for writing instruments of extraordinary beauty, historically and technologically studied. The fountain pens, rollers and ballpoint pens by Visconti make up a wide range of high quality instruments with a strong identification.
It really seems that Renaissance in Florence is still at its liveliest. Located in a 15th century villa, Visconti keeps being stirred by intellectual flurry, the study of ancient models and of modern techniques in a constant dialogue and exchange of innovative ideas.
Visconti love for history and zeal for innovation, the craftsmen’s skills rediscovering, and the development of increasingly more sophisticated systems are combined with the research of unforgettable shades of color, design and naturalness to create Visconti pens and make them instantly recognizable. From this blend new writing instruments have been developed to offer a meaningful contribution in content, innovation and design.
Every pen witnesses art, archaeology, philosophy, mathematics, literature, history or current events, and much more than that. Visconti regularly pays tribute to anything which has left a mark in man’s civilization. Some of the inspiring themes include the Forbidden City, the ancient knights, the Alchemical Opus, but also Manhattan and Giacomo Casanova.
The use of celluloid, i.e. “gold for the pen specialists”, is a distinguishing feature of Visconti collections. Also, numerous systems for feeding and customizing pens were patented by Visconti.
Every creation features sophisticated and attractive design, including a number of decorations and original details. The taste for beauty can find one of its highest expressions in these pens.
Indeed the real jewels in Visconti’s crown are the limited edition fountain pens. Offered as a deluxe jewelers’ collection, they embody some of the most significant themes of the past and current history and praise brilliant inventions. In addition to these come the regular editions, in mini and midi versions.