fountainpenkid
June 9th, 2016, 06:13 PM
Hi all,
Like many, I was saddened by the recent bankruptcy of OMAS, whose products--the most tasteful and subtle of the Italians, to my eye--I had barely yet experienced. As I have a paid internship this summer, I have decided to take the plunge and buy two OMAS pens before, I expect, they become very, very scare: one to use, and one to save, as a sort of investment. I was browsing around to see what is still being sold new at this point, and came across a 556F model being sold new from a few stores made from blue vegetal with either gold or silver trim. Here's one link: https://www.goldspot.com/store/omas/arte-italiana-vintage-556f Does anyone know what the story is with these? Update: A few minutes after I wrote this, I took a more detailed look at the listing descriptions, and apparently, "These pens originally were sold exclusively for the Japanese market and have made their way to the US through OMAS' US distributor." Can any Japanese members perhaps corroborate this? I believe it, given that it seems a number of manufacturers have made pens especially for that market, but I'm just surprised I never knew these were made. (At fist I thought these might be some sort of re-branded old-style Milord, but looking at the measurements of the two, the 556F is larger in every dimension.)
Thanks!
Like many, I was saddened by the recent bankruptcy of OMAS, whose products--the most tasteful and subtle of the Italians, to my eye--I had barely yet experienced. As I have a paid internship this summer, I have decided to take the plunge and buy two OMAS pens before, I expect, they become very, very scare: one to use, and one to save, as a sort of investment. I was browsing around to see what is still being sold new at this point, and came across a 556F model being sold new from a few stores made from blue vegetal with either gold or silver trim. Here's one link: https://www.goldspot.com/store/omas/arte-italiana-vintage-556f Does anyone know what the story is with these? Update: A few minutes after I wrote this, I took a more detailed look at the listing descriptions, and apparently, "These pens originally were sold exclusively for the Japanese market and have made their way to the US through OMAS' US distributor." Can any Japanese members perhaps corroborate this? I believe it, given that it seems a number of manufacturers have made pens especially for that market, but I'm just surprised I never knew these were made. (At fist I thought these might be some sort of re-branded old-style Milord, but looking at the measurements of the two, the 556F is larger in every dimension.)
Thanks!