Bortoletti Silver and Glass Murano Dipping Pen With Glass or Metal Nib

This unique Italian handcrafted Bortoletti Murano Silver and Glass Dipping Pen is an elegant fine writing instrument made of silver ribbon inclosed in colored glass with a nickel-silver alloy grip section and your choice of a glass or a metal nib. Murano glass pens have a great balance and a comfortable grip. The base on this dipping pen has a filigree design that helps protect the beauty of the silver and glass body. Murano Glass Dip Pens are not just sensual writing instruments, but gorgeous pieces of art in and of themselves. The pen rest is sold separately. This glass dip pen set comes with 3 metal nibs and one bottle of fountain pen ink arranged in a tasteful gift box. The ink will be either black, sepia or blue.

Glass Pens make an artful statement when given as graduation, anniversary, wedding, birthday or holiday gifts. Many writers use them daily when journaling, or keep a range of them as artistic pieces on their desk or bookshelf.

IMPORTANT: Only use fountain pen ink with a GLASS nib. You can use fountain pen or calligraphy ink with a METAL nib.

Specifications

Pen Size (without nib): 7"

How to Write with a Dip Nib

Glass Pens with Glass Dip or Metal Dip Nibs hold ink in the small yet deep grooves in the nibs. These grooves hold the ink as you write. Dip nib pens work best with thinner fountain pen inks because the thin grooves don’t allow the more viscous calligraphy ink to flow well. Thicker ink hugs the nib and dries, making it difficult to clean completely. Dip your glass or metal nib about halfway into your inkwell, then remove any excess ink. To begin writing with a glass or metal nib, use a light amount of pressure (as compared to the metal nib pens), then vary that pressure to see what works best for you - just don’t apply excessive pressure as you write or the glass nib (or glass pen) might break. Try writing at an angle and not vertically. Clean your pen regularly as you write by dipping it in water every 2-3 minutes and then wiping it off with a cotton cloth.

About Bortoletti Murano Glass Pens

An encounter between Bortoletti and Venetian artist Elio Martella led to a fusion of art and intentions, triggering intense research to give practicality, beauty, color and elegance to calligraphy’s instrument of preference: the dip pen. The Murano glass pen strikes the perfect balance between our Venetian origins and our passion for calligraphy, between art and the artisan’s creative ferment. Each glass pen is created entirely by the hands of Silvia and Adriano with exceeding patience and precision. With extraordinary skill, they take rods of Murano glass in the chosen colors and melt them together with silver leaf and goldstone in front of a flame. Just imagine the glowing gob of molten glass softening in the heat of the fire, an enchanting sight that never fails to amaze! While the body of the Murano glass pen is being worked, the bronze nib is made through lost wax precision casting – a technique once used by ancient Greek and Roman sculptors – passing through the hands of at least five different craftspeople. The final phase in the creation of a Murano glass dip pen is the assembly of its parts and the vitally important quality control, which is done by Fabio. After Fabio gives his approval, the pen passes into Elena’s hands for a final operational check before packaging.