Incoming Visconti Michelangelo rose bronze!

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Here's the last one for a bit. Just got this one in on the 4th of July. My first impression is "wow this is a sexy pen"! It's jet black, faceted, and the bronze trim is a very rich rose gold color. I had no idea rose bronze existed but it's a great idea and I might nominate it for president! I don't have to worry about scratches or dings because it can just be polished out unlike the normal rose gold plate. I never liked plate very much but it's very cost prohibitive to get solid anything but silver. Seems like most of that is even plated with platinum etc. All of my pens are "daily drivers" at some point so they do get scuffed lightly so I like the ability to polish them back like new. I've been told that Visconti is phasing this version out and going to gold plated hardware so I'm lucky to get this model at the end of the run. The magnetic closure has been great so far! Very easy and reliable. The 14kt nib doesn't hold a candle to my 14kt Wall Street nib as far as line variation goes though. Kind of surprised and not what I was expecting. You would think 14kt Visconti is 14kt Visconti but it's not. Not even close. The 14kt Michelangelo nib is really smooth and nice but it doesn't flex too much. A little, more that usual, but not like the Wall Street LE. The Wall Street is over 10 years older though. Maybe Visconti changed the alloy since then so on to writing. This pen is small. It's on par with my Montblanc starwalker extreme. My last two pens before the starwalker and Michelangelo were Omas's and the Michelangelo is a little more difficult to write with for extended periods. I don't have big hands and always wear a medium glove but the larger section on my paragon and milord seems more comfortable. I'll give this some time though to make a definitive judgement. The Michelangelo is much smaller than any of my other Visconti's though and honestly this and the starwalker are smaller than all the other pens I own right now. Maybe I'm just not used to a smaller diameter pen or something. I'm willing to get used to a smaller pen though because this Visconti is smoking hot!! Here's some pics.