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“A pen must make writing pleasurable.”  Armondo Simoni

Hamilton and Brewer is pleased to announce the addition of OMAS pens to our offerings.  OMAS, founded in 1925 by Armando Simoni, is a brand synonymous with classic styling and first-class design.  Numerous delicate operations needed to create OMAS pens means that they are still handmade.

Armando Simoni applied his passion for Greek culture and extensive knowledge of ancient art in creating the style and look of OMAS pens.  An expert engineer as well as a true pen enthusiast , Armondo Simoni applied his unique genius, creating the tools and equipment needed to knurl and facet pen bodies and to cut and grind nibs.  Simoni’s work and dedication created the heritage for a brand that is admired and highly sought after.

The design and artisanship of OMAS is heralded through out the different models of pens.  Some of the pens in the OMAS line are described below:

The Bologna Collection was designed to celebrate OMAS’ 80th Anniversary.  It has undergone some improvements, being rebalanced to make writing even more pleasurable.  The engraving on the nib of the fountain pen and the tip of the roller ball and ballpoint versions harkens the famous porticos of Bologna while the body color and shading evoke the atmosphere of nights in the celebrated and historic city.  Palladium finish embellishments enhance the look and feel of the pens in the Bologna Collection.

The Emotica Collection, the newest in the OMAS line, celebrates the vitality of the company.  This exceptional writing instrument is made with soft touch material and offers a new concept and design with an innovative, hinged clip that opens up as a stand for the cap.  The fountain pen features a titanium nib and a cartridge/converter filling system.  It is also available in roller ball and ballpoint pen as well as mechanical pencil models.

The OMAS 360 was first conceived over ten years ago and with its triangular shape, offers technical perfection and pure writing pleasure.  The oversized 360 now features a flattened and tapered crown and pen end as well as shaping that smoothes from triangular to round for easier manageability.  The barrel is trimmed with platinum plated fittings.  The pen is offered in roller ball, ballpoint and fountain pen (bottle fill only).  The fountain pen offers an 18kt gold and platinum flexible nib engraved with the 360 triangle logo.

OMAS also offers Special Editions that celebrate and commemorate significant historical and cultural events.  These are limited edition, numbered models, done in conjunction with famous international partners and are highly prized by fountain pen enthusiasts.



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Kelly Wright asked:


Can you believe that somebody can post a fake Mont Blanc pen review? Why does anybody would want to do that? And what may be the purpose for such review to appear on public websites?

All right, I will do my best to answer these questions because I have reasons to think that it never occurred to some of you that fake Mont Blanc pen reviews pop up on the web like corks.

As you may know, Mont Blanc pens aren’t of the cheapest, especially fountain pens series (and I’m not talking about Limited Editions some models of which can easily be priced over $10,000; yes that’s ten thousands dollars for a Mont Blanc fountain pen LE, I put all the zeroes correctly). Thus it is obvious that some people pretending to write a Mont Blanc pen review, actually never had a chance to hold the reviewed pen. Now what do you think can be written in a review by the author who never held the fountain pen in concern?

To avoid such Mont Blanc pen reviews, I advise you to consider the following steps of precautions. They are very easy to stick to, and won’t cost you a dime.

First, for Mont Blanc pen reviews written by real owners of real pens, head over to highly popular specialized forums visited by lots of pen collectors. Among such I can name just a couple – fountainpennetwork.com and jetpens.com (the former has a separate section for Mont Blanc pen reviews), but there are at least a dozen of respectable communities presented online.

Second, I’d suggest you consider visiting leading shopping resources like Amazon and eBay. Because they sell MB pens to many countries over the world, you have a good chance to come across several reviews for one and same Mont Blanc pen.

A word a caution: if you ever happen to come across, say, a WordPress blog with simple minimalistic design and some barely readable piece of text with artificially inserted words like “discount mont blanc pens’, be sure it is a splog with scraped content. It has no value and has nothing to do with human pen reviewers.

Usually pen owners running blogs have photos of their pens. When we speak about Mont Blanc pen reviews, almost every happy owner will post a picture of the writing asset (consider MB price!) to prove the ownership.

Also, I’d like to point out that owners of Mont Blanc pens usualy have other fountain pens in their possession as well. This is because to-be collectors don’t feel quite sure about spending a small fortune (sometimes not-so-small) on their first fine writing instrument. Fine fountain pens are bought by people with certain taste and previous experience in collecting pens. Therefore expect to find other pen described, apart from a single Mont Blanc pen review.



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