Aurora
Aurora 88 Black Demonstrator Limited Edition
Aurora 88 Black Demonstrator Limited Edition
The Aurora Nera 88 Black Demonstrator limited edition fountain pen is being made available in just 1888 pieces worldwide. The 88 originated in the 1950s and has a prestigious history - it was the first pen to be exhibited at the Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan, Italy.
Pen aficionados tend to love both demonstrator pens and matte black finish. Aurora caters to both interests with this striking combination of a clear body and dark matte trim - even the 18K solid gold nib is plated in black.
The design of the Aurora 88 has been around since the 1950s and has a prestigious history - it was the first pen to be exhibited at the Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan, Italy. Sporting a tapered and rounded design that distinguishes it from the flat-top Optima series, the 88 is matched by its well-engineered piston-filling system and generous ink capacity. This is a robust, solidly crafted writing instrument, superb for everyday usage.
The matte black coating on this solid gold nib is unique among Aurora's offerings.
This pen comes in a special satin-lined presentation box and comes complete with a bottle of Aurora's famous ink - appropriately enough in Black.
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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. Ā 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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Ā Commonly used for signatures and correspondence, the Left ObliqueĀ 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 toĀ Architectās 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.Ā This also tends to be a particularly useful customization for those practicing Arabic or HebraicĀ calligraphy. |
Spencerian
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Perhaps our most popular customization, but also one of the most advanced, theĀ Mottishaw Spencerian CustomizationĀ 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 specialĀ Spencerian page.. |