RARE Oversize Charles Chevignon Octagonal Sodalite Molten Blue & Silver Cartridge Fountain Pen Item ID: VAR-087

Charles Chevignon

• Manufacturer/Model: Charles Chevignon/Omas/Italy 
• Year of production: 1990s 
• Filling system: Standard international cartridges or piston converter  
• Material: Plastic Sodalite Color, Solid Silver Trimmings Amethyst
• Nib: Stainless Steel, F Fine Size
• Length (pen closed): Oversize pen at 141mm. Posted at 170mm!
• Condition and information:

It's quite rarely that a really good writing instrument comes out from a fashion houses. Exactly such example is this Charles Chevignon fountain pen. These are quite rare and the build quality is so astonishing that some pen collectors claim these were made by Omas in Italy. The pen is simply amazing in all respects, and can go head to head with any major European pen brand. The original retail price of this model was approximately 150 euros. The build quality of the pen is amazing, stunning rather; it is a real fountain pen meant to do amazing writing and with style. The pen has a brass metal base, an insert, to increase its weight, over which the special molten like plastic Sodalite color body is made. This gives the pen an great strength, endurance, but also quality and weight, making it very pleasant to write with great balance, hold, grip and feel in the hand. All trimings except the clip are solid silver, where the clip is also steel but chromed. The shape is unique, simple yet practical and appealing, closely resembles the Waterman Patrician pen. A nice original octagonal shape, as some vintage masterpiece pens. The pen is large, 140mm+ when closed and 170mm when posted, so oversize in respect to normal pens. The pen can take any standard or double ink cartridge, but also any standard piston converter. The nib is very smooth, true F fine size, not scratching and gliding on the paper, very easy to write with. The pen is in excellent condition, minimal to no signs of use, no scratches, dings or cracks. It's simply an astonishing pen. Proving that if the right people are set on the right task, regardless of tradition and know-how in a particular field, they can still produce an amazing high quality products.