To be brief, I enjoy the idea of historic communication linked with the Rosetta Stone and how a pen company created a pen to embody that. Such a masterpiece of a pen.
@@peterpuleo2904 Oooh, I envy you that, I can just imagine how incredible it must have been looking at a tablet that allowed scholars to unlock so much of history.
@@Inevitable.Change Yes. There is a funny back story. I went to the British Museum in London and asked one of the curators to direct me to the Code of Hammurabi. He looked at me and said, "Go to Paris, it is in the Louvre." I was so embarrassed, but now I look back and LOL ! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you.
@@peterpuleo2904 The Louvre is definitely on my list of places to visit, with my penchant for walking and spending minutes staring at individual art pieces, it takes me hours to get through the smallest of exhibition spaces. I could probably spend months at Louvre. Thank you for the Christmas wishes! Happy holidays and season's greetings to you and yours!
Beautiful pen. Still outside my scope (so far), but what a piece. I vibe with your comment acknowledging cartridge/converter pens with piston/vacuum setups. Sometimes the most reliable item is the one most easily repaired.
Two of my grail pens right there... The Rosetta Stone and the Magna Carta... If you ever fancy parting with the Magna Carta let me know... Another great video and I am in awe of some of your beauties.
@@PenultimateDave thanks.. I see Onoto do an Acrylic Rosetta stone.... With aged silver furniture.. you can spec it with the plunge filler and gold nib... May look into that.. another great review Dave
I did check out the acrylic version of the Rosetta Stone at the London Pen Show in October, it looked very nice, but I felt it just wasn't as grand as the silver one. Then again, it comes at a much lower price point so definitely more affordable! I think the acrylic version being a black resin would have been better if they had filled in the inscriptions with maybe a coloured paint like they do on say the chased versions, making the inscriptions stand out a lot more.
Great video. The pen is gorgeous, and I feel the price you paid was worth it. Thank you so much for sharing it. Merry Christmas and thank you for all the great content of the past year.
Beautiful pen. As for filling systems as long as they deliver ink efficiently, are easy to clean and hold a reasonable amount of ink that’s all that matters regardless of price point. I have a Montegrappa Historia limited edition made in 1999, a very expensive pen and stunningly finished in sterling silver and celluloid with a beautiful nib and I do not feel it a lesser pen having a CC compared to my Montblanc Hitchcock piston filller, same with my DuPont CC compared to my two piston fill Stipula Tuscany Dreams. What I would never want as I have vintage pens with them is button or lever fill modern pens, Conway Stewart do a lever fill and I saw a button fill on another expensive brand. Both should have remained extinct as they are terrible, inefficient hard to clean systems, only good if you only ever use one colour of ink! I so wish Parker would bring back the aerometric system. Cheap to make, holds a good amount of ink, delivers the ink beautifully and is quick to fill and clean.
I will take a CC over a lever or button filler any day for the reasons you provide. The nibs on some of the vintage lever fillers are quite exceptional, but cleaning is tedious. Your "one color " recommendation is well taken.
@@peterpuleo2904 The nibs are what keep me using them! One of my favourite nibs of all time is on my 1920’s button fill Big Red Parker. I just keep it filled with Quink blue ink, that keeps the pleasure in using it going, same with an old CS with the lever fill. I just use a diamine brown ink in that one has it has an incredible flex and combined with the brown ink gives tons of shading.
@@ianmedium I also have Big Red Parker vintage but the F nib is a bit of a nail. At the Pen show I attend annually, the Big Reds and Duofolds are costly. My CS levers have lovely, bouncy nibs. Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays !
@Ian, completely agree with you on all your points. I don't think people should put down a cartridge converter pen because it's over a certain price point. They are both easy to clean and easy to repair/replace. I only have one button fill (if you can call it that) a Pilot Con 70 and I have to say I am not a fan of it. I don't have any lever fills but mostly because I would struggle accessing the lever. I'm not a great fan of sacs even though I have quite a few in my collection, they're supposed to last (latex) around 10-15 years but several I've already had to replace around the 2nd year mark.
@@peterpuleo2904 I am lucky, I got mine before the prices went crazy and it has a wonderful broad stub, I am going to make your cry with this but mine came from eBay ten years ago and I paid $50 restored! Thank you for your kind Christmas greetings and I wish you the same also.
To be brief, I enjoy the idea of historic communication linked with the Rosetta Stone and how a pen company created a pen to embody that. Such a masterpiece of a pen.
I saw the Rosetta Stone in London at the British Museum. Quite a sight.
@@peterpuleo2904 Oooh, I envy you that, I can just imagine how incredible it must have been looking at a tablet that allowed scholars to unlock so much of history.
@@Inevitable.Change Yes. There is a funny back story. I went to the British Museum in London and asked one of the curators to direct me to the Code of Hammurabi. He looked at me and said, "Go to Paris, it is in the Louvre." I was so embarrassed, but now I look back and LOL ! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you.
@@peterpuleo2904 The Louvre is definitely on my list of places to visit, with my penchant for walking and spending minutes staring at individual art pieces, it takes me hours to get through the smallest of exhibition spaces. I could probably spend months at Louvre. Thank you for the Christmas wishes! Happy holidays and season's greetings to you and yours!
@@Inevitable.Change We are 'birds-of-a-feather' !
Extraordinary ! I am a big fan of CC systems.
Beautiful pen. Still outside my scope (so far), but what a piece. I vibe with your comment acknowledging cartridge/converter pens with piston/vacuum setups. Sometimes the most reliable item is the one most easily repaired.
Two of my grail pens right there... The Rosetta Stone and the Magna Carta... If you ever fancy parting with the Magna Carta let me know...
Another great video and I am in awe of some of your beauties.
I will certainly let you know Elliot!
@@PenultimateDave thanks.. I see Onoto do an Acrylic Rosetta stone.... With aged silver furniture.. you can spec it with the plunge filler and gold nib... May look into that.. another great review Dave
I did check out the acrylic version of the Rosetta Stone at the London Pen Show in October, it looked very nice, but I felt it just wasn't as grand as the silver one. Then again, it comes at a much lower price point so definitely more affordable! I think the acrylic version being a black resin would have been better if they had filled in the inscriptions with maybe a coloured paint like they do on say the chased versions, making the inscriptions stand out a lot more.
Great video. The pen is gorgeous, and I feel the price you paid was worth it. Thank you so much for sharing it.
Merry Christmas and thank you for all the great content of the past year.
Thanks and Merry Christmas!
Beautiful pen. As for filling systems as long as they deliver ink efficiently, are easy to clean and hold a reasonable amount of ink that’s all that matters regardless of price point. I have a Montegrappa Historia limited edition made in 1999, a very expensive pen and stunningly finished in sterling silver and celluloid with a beautiful nib and I do not feel it a lesser pen having a CC compared to my Montblanc Hitchcock piston filller, same with my DuPont CC compared to my two piston fill Stipula Tuscany Dreams.
What I would never want as I have vintage pens with them is button or lever fill modern pens, Conway Stewart do a lever fill and I saw a button fill on another expensive brand.
Both should have remained extinct as they are terrible, inefficient hard to clean systems, only good if you only ever use one colour of ink! I so wish Parker would bring back the aerometric system. Cheap to make, holds a good amount of ink, delivers the ink beautifully and is quick to fill and clean.
I will take a CC over a lever or button filler any day for the reasons you provide. The nibs on some of the vintage lever fillers are quite exceptional, but cleaning is tedious. Your "one color " recommendation is well taken.
@@peterpuleo2904 The nibs are what keep me using them! One of my favourite nibs of all time is on my 1920’s button fill Big Red Parker. I just keep it filled with Quink blue ink, that keeps the pleasure in using it going, same with an old CS with the lever fill. I just use a diamine brown ink in that one has it has an incredible flex and combined with the brown ink gives tons of shading.
@@ianmedium I also have Big Red Parker vintage but the F nib is a bit of a nail. At the Pen show I attend annually, the Big Reds and Duofolds are costly. My CS levers have lovely, bouncy nibs. Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays !
@Ian, completely agree with you on all your points. I don't think people should put down a cartridge converter pen because it's over a certain price point. They are both easy to clean and easy to repair/replace.
I only have one button fill (if you can call it that) a Pilot Con 70 and I have to say I am not a fan of it. I don't have any lever fills but mostly because I would struggle accessing the lever. I'm not a great fan of sacs even though I have quite a few in my collection, they're supposed to last (latex) around 10-15 years but several I've already had to replace around the 2nd year mark.
@@peterpuleo2904 I am lucky, I got mine before the prices went crazy and it has a wonderful broad stub, I am going to make your cry with this but mine came from eBay ten years ago and I paid $50 restored! Thank you for your kind Christmas greetings and I wish you the same also.