Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Fountain Pen

Unique to Visconti - a pen crafted using material as antique as the world: lava from mount Etna. Each pen consists of over 50% lava, fused together with modern resins to produce a virtually unbreakable pen. The Visconti Homo Sapiens is trimmed with bronze and the cap fitting is via Visconti's secure and fast bayonet system.

The Homo Sapiens features Visconti's high vacuum filler and 18k gold nib (rose gold plated) available in point sizes extra-fine (EF) to extra-broad (BB) plus 1.3mm stub (ST).

Length Capped = 145.7 mm

Nib length = 24.7 mm

Section length = 16.7 mm

Section diameter (max/min) = 12.0/10.7 mm

Barrel diameter (max) = 13.9 mm

Total length (not posted, including nib) = 132.7 mm

Total length posted (including nib) = 173.7 mm

Weight = 41 g

Shipping cost
UK postage is FREE over £35 but otherwise starts at £1.80 for small items (converters, refills etc) or £3.30 for ink, stationery etc.

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VAT (at 20%) is automatically taken off for destinations outside the UK. Note that if you are ordering within the EU you will have to pay VAT when your parcel arrives.

Availability
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Nib choices for fountain pens
If we show the pen with the default nib selection shown in stock it means we have stock of that pen. If you select another nib size and the website doesn't say "in stock" we can usually supply that pen immediately as we keep extensive supplies of nibs from all our manufacturers.