Jeph
November 17th, 2014, 09:34 AM
I have been looking for quite a while for an Italian fountain pen that I liked that would not break the bank. Finally I landed this Visconti Pericle. I believe this was the initial version from 1994 and it was redesigned around 2002. It is a C/C filler with a steel nib and a slip cap.
The clip really bothered me at first but it is starting to grow on me. It works well and is not as obtrusive as it looks in the pocket. The cap posts securely but it does not feel like it posts securely. That is because there is some sort of soft ring within the cap to grip the cap without marring the barrel. The pen is just barely top-heavy posted but you have to really focus on it to be able to tell. The steel nib is smooth and appears to be a medium. If this pen survives a week or so in use without any issues I will probably send the nib out for some customization. The grey marble of the barrel did not photograph well. There are waves of contrasting grey that did not show up well, and they grey transitions from dark charcoal grey to a light grey around and along the barrel and the cap. The pen caps securely with the ring at the back of the section. There is no ridge at the ring so the section is smooth and well tapered. Just for my personal preference I would have liked the trim to be silver colored instead of gold but that is starting to grow on me as well.
In the end it is exactly what I was after, a reasonably inexpensive Italian pen with good looks and good functionality.
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The clip really bothered me at first but it is starting to grow on me. It works well and is not as obtrusive as it looks in the pocket. The cap posts securely but it does not feel like it posts securely. That is because there is some sort of soft ring within the cap to grip the cap without marring the barrel. The pen is just barely top-heavy posted but you have to really focus on it to be able to tell. The steel nib is smooth and appears to be a medium. If this pen survives a week or so in use without any issues I will probably send the nib out for some customization. The grey marble of the barrel did not photograph well. There are waves of contrasting grey that did not show up well, and they grey transitions from dark charcoal grey to a light grey around and along the barrel and the cap. The pen caps securely with the ring at the back of the section. There is no ridge at the ring so the section is smooth and well tapered. Just for my personal preference I would have liked the trim to be silver colored instead of gold but that is starting to grow on me as well.
In the end it is exactly what I was after, a reasonably inexpensive Italian pen with good looks and good functionality.
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