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ASC Bologna Extra "I Love New York" Chrysler Building Chased Orange Ebonite Rhodium
ASC Bologna Extra "I Love New York" Chrysler Building Chased Orange Ebonite Rhodium
ASC pays tribute to one of the most iconic skyscrapers of the art deco era with the new Bologna Extra "I Love New York" Chrysler Building Chased Orange Ebonite Rhodium. Produced in only twenty-five numbered pieces worldwide, it is provided with a high capacity compressor filling system and your choice of 14k Magicflex nib in Fine, Medium, or stock Stub.
Our complimentary nib tuning adjusts optimum pressure and ink flow to your own personal preferences. ASC 14k nibs also provide an excellent starting point for many of our most popular nib customizations, including the modification for added Flex.
ASC salutes the Big Apple with this stunning series of limited edition fountain pens. The intricate, detailed chased work on the cap and barrel is highlighted by the motif realized on the barrel. An enamel-filled engraving of "I Love New York" appears on the cap top, and the New York skyline is engraved on the cap and section rings. The limited edition number is also engraved on the section ring.
The high capacity compressor filling system allows this pen to fill with any bottled fountain pen ink, and each pen ships in a specially themed presentation box. We are an authorized ASC dealer.
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Customization Guide
Stub
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Above is the same size nib after a regrind to Stub. A regrind to Stub is often a good place to start for your first customization. A Stub nib provides broad down-strokes and narrow cross-strokes while writing, and is less position-sensitive on the paper than the crisper and slightly more demanding cursive italic.
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Cursive Italic
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More demanding, but also providing crisper edges and more line-width variation, is the very popular customization to Cursive Italic. This also provides broad down-strokes and narrow cross-strokes, but is also more position-sensitive in terms of how the pen is held and requires more skill on the part of the user. This is a common customization for artists and calligraphers, but is still smooth enough to make for a good everyday writer.
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Formal Italic
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Formal Italic is an even crisper and more demanding customization than either cursive italic or left oblique, and is usually utilized for calligraphy and by the most experienced users. This provides broad down-strokes and narrow cross-strokes, with even crisper corners and edges than a cursive italic - this is an extremely position-sensitive customization.
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Left Oblique
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Commonly used for signatures and correspondence, the Left Oblique customization provides broad diagonal strokes and narrow cross-strokes, and like a cursive italic, is more position-sensitive and demanding than a stub. The whole pen must be rotated to the left in order to write smoothly, without skipping. The "Left" in Left Oblique refers to the cut of the nib itself, and does not refer to the handedness of the writer. |
Architect's Point (Also for Arabic and Hebraic writing)
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A more exotic regrind is that to Architect’s Point. Named after the style of writing used by Frank Lloyd Wright, this regrind is the opposite of cursive italic, and provides for broad cross-strokes and narrow down-strokes. This also tends to be a particularly useful customization for those practicing Arabic or Hebraic calligraphy. |
Spencerian
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Perhaps our most popular customization, but also one of the most advanced, the Mottishaw Spencerian Customization has gained special attention from being featured in a customer's YouTube video which has now received over twelve million views! The Spencerian starts from a semi-soft 14k nib and adds additional flex and a regrind to needlepoint to create a specialized writing point used for copperplate calligraphy. For more details, visit our special Spencerian page.. |