OMAS 1992 (Old Style) Paragon Extra Saft Green Celluloid Fountain Pen YG trim F

Description

OMAS 1992 (Old Style) Paragon Extra Saft Green Celluloid Fountain Pen w/ yellow gold trimming
OMAS Saft Green Celluloid
The barrel is engraved: OMAS Extra.
Year: 1992 (the section is engraved accordingly)
OMAS 18k-750 Two tone Gold Fine (F) Nib
Piston filling (fully working)
Made in Italy
The barrel and cap are crafted from legendary Saft Green celluloid, which has myriad of gold, black and green tones.
Classic faceted design, with the traditional Greek key pattern band and the
nineteen-thirties style clip with a small wheel which facilitates positioning the pen in the inside pocket to avoid damaging one's suit material (aka rolling clip).
The trim is yellow gold-plated.
Very beautiful model & hard to find. A real rare collectible pen. Prices shot up after Omas closed down their factory a few years back. Collectors have been hoarding them since and selling at much higher prices
The pen was purchased in 1992 in an Italian pen shop (Cartoleria Bonfanti, Bergamo). The papers are stamped accordingly.
The pen has never been inked. Excellent, unused and well preserved condition.
NO discolouration to the celluloid. The cap bands are tight (no floating).
Full period correct packaging (a detail that will please advanced Omas collectors) including the outer box, the certificate and the iconic display
box covered with a matching green snakeskin-style paper and lined with the finest beige silk.
Some extra info about The OMAS Celluloid Collection
OMAS 1991 collection of celluloid pens is comparable to an inseparable dual concept: beauty and quality, combining harmoniously and in perfect equilibrium to create pens of irresisteble charm and considerable prestige.
If we consider this particular theme in more depth and seek step by step to discover the significance of celluloid and the role it has assumed in the production of writing instruments, it becomes easier to understand OMAS' success.
So, what is meant by celluloid? how is it obtained?
Celluloid comes from cellulose which, when appropriately treated with camphor
in an ethereal solution, produces a clear material that is transparent and aesthetically attractive but, unfortunately, hygroscopic (i.e. extremely sensitive to moisture).
The seasoning stage takes an incredibly long time.
Additionally, Cav. Armando Simoni, OMAS' founder, studied the chemical and physical properties of celluloid and developed exclusive processes by which to best work the material.
All of the steps require painstaking care and an OMAS pen made of celluloid requires
months to produce. OMAS jealously kept Simoni' processes developed so
many years ago.
As may be observed, not everyone in the pen business attempts to manufacture celluloid pens, even if many would wish to do so, because this material, in addition to being attractive and allowing unlimited colour and design differences, has characteristics which make it the finest of all and the most suitable for the manufacture of pens.
Its special features include being lightweight, not being light-sensitive so as to en- sure that the colour remains unchanged in time, having good shock-resistance due to
its elasticity, and ensuring excellent fluidity of the ink by keeping evaporation to a
minimum.
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