Welcome to Inkmas Day 10! I recently started revisiting older ink lines and fell in love with the bright blue of Montegrappa Sapphire.
The color is very close to Birmingham Pen’s Polar Bear and KWZ Walk Over Vistula. Both of those blues also have a beautiful red sheen which is also present in Sapphire.
On Midori MD paper, the blue of Sapphire pops against the off white tone.
Shifting the angle…
Shot after beautiful shot of the elegant Montegrappa Elmo 01 Very Peri fountain pen. 😍💜💙 Can you picture this pen in your life? Tell me all the places you’d slip her out and feel beautiful writing with, because I can definitely imagine a few. ✨✒️
On the one hand, it'd be kinda amazing to have it. One the other hand, it is so over the top! (But what else should I expect for something that costs more than my old car???)
Monte Grappa is a mountain of the Venetian Prealps in Italy. Some of the events of World War I and World War II took place on Monte Grappa, and a memorial monument, the statue of the Madonna del Grappa, and a World War Museum lie on the mountain. The remains of over 12,000 Italian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers who died in wars are kept here.
💜 My first time handling a Montegrappa/Kenro fountain pen, and I have to say. I get it.
This is the Montegrappa Elmo 01 in Very Peri, and I can *feel* the difference in quality. There’s a luxe weight to the pen, intricate detailing in the smooth-writing nib (just a hint of feedback to let you know it’s making contact with the paper) and the cap twists down to a solid and secure stop rather than continuing to turn and possibly resulting in an over tightened cracking mishap. Then there’s the packaging. A gold embossed box lined with textured silk to match a single pen sleeve topped with a gold button clasp. The entire unboxing experience makes this an excellent gift candidate, if not for a friend or loved one, then for yourself. 😍💜🎁