rpsyed
May 7th, 2016, 05:42 PM
http://i.imgur.com/7x4nKSN.jpg
The Romillo Sil has long been on my radar, ever since I first heard about Romillo. The gentle tapering lines and absence of section threads made for such a clean and attractive design. A pen without any unnecessary parts or ornamentation, fitted with a wonderful handmade nib.
http://i.imgur.com/wA3LYuB.jpg
I knew I had to have one but for the first couple Romillo pens I bought (an Eo #9 and Essential #9), I went with the threaded models. It seemed safer. The Romillo cap lips are very, very thin and while I believe Alvaro would handle any warranty work without hassle I’d rather not have to deal with it in the first place.
http://i.imgur.com/OuGPIga.jpg
Romillo Sil #9 and Platinum 3776 Century.
http://i.imgur.com/w1GKXUX.jpg
Eventually, I took a gamble and ordered my Sil #9, in the lovely terracotta ebonite. I prefer simple designs generally and I felt like a solid color ebonite better fit the Sil model (I was also worried about the the mottled pattern being broken by the threads that connect the barrel and section together.
http://i.imgur.com/Gr8iPsw.jpg
Romillo Sil #9 and Platinum 3776 Century nibs. I swapped the nibs on 3776 and Nakaya Piccolo.
http://i.imgur.com/yB0YNUW.jpg
From left: Romillo Sil #9, Essential #9 and Eo #9.
In the end, I wound up with the Sil in terracotta ebonite, the lentil roll-stop and the barrel-end cabochon. I had got the cabochon, which is a solid 18kt disc with the Romillo logo in deep relief, on my Essential and always thought it was a nice and subtle touch to an otherwise minimally adorned pen. It also kind of cool that the Romillo logo is a stylized ‘R’, which is my first initial. I’ve not personally asked, but in another review, I read Alvaro was open to doing custom barrel cabochons, if you wish for something other than the stylized ‘R.’
http://i.imgur.com/bozp3iu.jpg
The certificate and writing sample for my pen. Each Romillo pen comes with one.
http://i.imgur.com/MXzr4z4.jpg
Instructions for the eyedropper filling system.
I should preface my comments by saying I am a big Romillo fan. I first learned about Romillo from a post on Leigh Reyes blog last year, after she bought a Narcea with the K-nib - an in-house, handmade nib meant to be flexible. A little over a year later I had purchased four Romillo pens, of which I still have three. I traded one of them, an Eo #9, for a Danitrio Sho-Genkai.
http://i.imgur.com/ILfbLyr.jpg
From top: Scriptorium Pens Aeterna (medium-size) and Romillo Sil #9. The Scriptorium is in Tibaldi Impero celluloid and the Romillo is in ebonite -- both wonderful materials.
http://i.imgur.com/5kZEamq.jpg
Romillo Sil #9 nib and JoWo #6 nib.
The Romillo Sil has long been on my radar, ever since I first heard about Romillo. The gentle tapering lines and absence of section threads made for such a clean and attractive design. A pen without any unnecessary parts or ornamentation, fitted with a wonderful handmade nib.
http://i.imgur.com/wA3LYuB.jpg
I knew I had to have one but for the first couple Romillo pens I bought (an Eo #9 and Essential #9), I went with the threaded models. It seemed safer. The Romillo cap lips are very, very thin and while I believe Alvaro would handle any warranty work without hassle I’d rather not have to deal with it in the first place.
http://i.imgur.com/OuGPIga.jpg
Romillo Sil #9 and Platinum 3776 Century.
http://i.imgur.com/w1GKXUX.jpg
Eventually, I took a gamble and ordered my Sil #9, in the lovely terracotta ebonite. I prefer simple designs generally and I felt like a solid color ebonite better fit the Sil model (I was also worried about the the mottled pattern being broken by the threads that connect the barrel and section together.
http://i.imgur.com/Gr8iPsw.jpg
Romillo Sil #9 and Platinum 3776 Century nibs. I swapped the nibs on 3776 and Nakaya Piccolo.
http://i.imgur.com/yB0YNUW.jpg
From left: Romillo Sil #9, Essential #9 and Eo #9.
In the end, I wound up with the Sil in terracotta ebonite, the lentil roll-stop and the barrel-end cabochon. I had got the cabochon, which is a solid 18kt disc with the Romillo logo in deep relief, on my Essential and always thought it was a nice and subtle touch to an otherwise minimally adorned pen. It also kind of cool that the Romillo logo is a stylized ‘R’, which is my first initial. I’ve not personally asked, but in another review, I read Alvaro was open to doing custom barrel cabochons, if you wish for something other than the stylized ‘R.’
http://i.imgur.com/bozp3iu.jpg
The certificate and writing sample for my pen. Each Romillo pen comes with one.
http://i.imgur.com/MXzr4z4.jpg
Instructions for the eyedropper filling system.
I should preface my comments by saying I am a big Romillo fan. I first learned about Romillo from a post on Leigh Reyes blog last year, after she bought a Narcea with the K-nib - an in-house, handmade nib meant to be flexible. A little over a year later I had purchased four Romillo pens, of which I still have three. I traded one of them, an Eo #9, for a Danitrio Sho-Genkai.
http://i.imgur.com/ILfbLyr.jpg
From top: Scriptorium Pens Aeterna (medium-size) and Romillo Sil #9. The Scriptorium is in Tibaldi Impero celluloid and the Romillo is in ebonite -- both wonderful materials.
http://i.imgur.com/5kZEamq.jpg
Romillo Sil #9 nib and JoWo #6 nib.