Aurora
Aurora Talentum Matte Black Metal Cap
Aurora Talentum Matte Black Metal Cap
A stealthy pen with some added heft, the Aurora Talentum Matte Black Metal Cap is being used, along with a companion all-resin version, to introduce a new line of 14k solid gold black-coated nibs. Aurora is unique among European manufacturers in producing their own nib units.
The Talentum is a model with stylistic roots in the Streamline Art Deco movement of the 1930's. The pairing of this classic profile with matte finish and smokey ruthenium trim creates a unique combination of the classic and the contemporary.
The Talentum utilizes Aurora's convenient cartridge-converter system. A complimentary provided converter allows it to be filled with any bottled fountain pen ink, and the pen can also use Aurora and Parker brand disposable cartridges, which can give it an ink capacity rivaling that of many piston-fillers.
A stylish presentation box is included, making this pen an excellent gift item. We are an authorized Aurora dealer, and each pen will be carefully inspected, tested, and adjusted to your personal writing characteristics before shipping to you.
Our optional nib customizations can give added flair and distinctiveness to your writing on the page, and can also make this pen a highly valuable tool for the professional or amateur calligrapher.
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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.. |