![]() ![]() This is the softest nib many of us can remember encountering! Perhaps because the tip on our test pen started at M, the line variation was actually quite modest, so this might not be a flex nib in the standard sense, but it’s certainly the very opposite of stiff. One of our reviewers wrote an eight-page letter (on A5 90 gsm vellum) without making much, if any, impression on the ink capacity and found it a pleasure to write with the pen for sustained periods.Ĭrucially, how it writes… Like nothing else, honestly. This really is intended for use, not just ornament. Pineider do it properly, and even throw a usable travelling inkwell into the package. How it fills There’s a proper, fully-fledged piston here – no cut-price captured converter nonsense. So in the hand this is a surprisingly light pen: robust, but not too hefty to wield lightly. It is quite a light pen: 32g in total, 16g uncapped. Measurement and comparison-wise the “Arco” Blue Bee has the classic medium-sized fountain pen dimensions: its length of 142mm and width of 12.7 mm and mm in the hand, so it measures up to pen reviewers’ typical Lamy Safari or Al-Star yardstick. Out of the box, the pen looks and feels good in the hand comfortable and ergonomic with no threads to irritate or distract the fingers. How it feels You will want to try writing with it, though, as soon as you see that nib. You may, quite reasonably, spend a day or two staring at the Arco Bee while it does its big glinting iridescence shtick before even attempting to write with it! The 10mm cap also bears the company logo and the legend: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. The layers of gold and blue resin look organic in origin, and they’re polished to perfection. ![]() How it looks OK, you’d have to squint pretty hard to mistake it for an actual bee, but you can see what they mean. They have other, perhaps slightly more modestly-styled fountain pens too, but their UK distributor was keen to go straight for the dandy of the bunch – and as you can see, they delivered in full. However, in 2017 new investment and leadership from the Rovagnati family saved the business and sparked new life into Pineider. Earlier this century the brand went through some torrid times under a new owner, which did not really understand the stationery and related products market, and it nearly closed completely. The venerable Florentine brand has, since 1774, supplied popes, princes and heads of state with paper and envelopes for correspondence, as well as the luxury leather cases to carry such materials. ![]() No two pens will have them same pattern but this is a resemblance of the actual pen.A little bit of history Florence is not as well-known as Bologna for pen production, at least on these shores, but Pineider have been in the game for a century or two. The second photo is of an actual pen and not a stock photo. Presented in a unique Pineider box, the Arco Blue Bee is limited worldwide to 888 numbered fountain pens, capped rollerballs and twist ball pens. The Arco offers the distinctive Pineider quill clip in marine steel, twist magnetic lock system and an extended grip section. After months of research, Pineider has produced the color using several layers of dark blue and amber yellow resin, re-creating the visual effect of the celluloid. ![]() The color patter known as Blue Bee, is made from a stratification using many layers of materials. The gorgeous Blue Bee Arco limited edition is another design innovation by Dante del Vecchio, We are an authorized dealer so you Pen is fully guaranteed We have a few in stock so numbers will vary and we are unable to guarantee any numberīrand New In Box. Only limited to 888 pens and each pen is numbered. Pineider Arco Blue Bee Rollerball Pen Pineider Arco Blue Bee Limited Edition Rollerball Pen ![]()
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