Incoming! Visconti Wall Street standard edition

[Formulansx]

Last incoming for a while......I think. Besides a gold Lamy LX in a few weeks. I had been eyeing this Visconti Wall Street on eBay for a few months. I made an offer when I first saw the auction that was not accepted. The seller asked for a little more but I held out. The cap was not aligned to the body so it would need some work. I was mostly interested in the #6 14kt gold nib to swap with the palladium nib on my Visconti Millionaire. I like the 14kt nibs much better than the palladium and the 14kt nib in this size are out of production as far as I know. The seller didn't get a bid so he relisted for slightly less but not at my price point. I waited another few weeks. The third auction was a standard auction without a buy it now option or a make an offer feature. I placed a bid at the last second and won the auction for much less than my original offer. Score! A member here on TRF in another thread had mentioned using a little heat via near boiling water to loosen the shellac to adjust the insert in the cap that controls the alignment on these Wall Streets. Looking down the cap I saw some weird material that looked like epoxy at the bottom of the cap. I did not know why the cap was misaligned to start with so I was concerned and assumed the adhesive was not the standard shellac on this particular pen. I ended up using a 29/64" drill bit to gently, by hand, drill the insert to clock the facets to match. The whole process took 5min to remove enough material to clock the facets. I turned the bit a few times and checked the fit. Turned it again and checked fit. Very very little material was removed. I then polished the pen body and tarnished silver trim with some 3m final polish designed for color sanding of automotive paint. This is what I polished my LE Wall Street with as well. The pen looks like new after a small amount of work and the facets are perfectly aligned! I'm debating on flipping the pen with a palladium nib. It was already inked so I think I'll write with it for a few weeks first. It really is a nice looking pen in person so I might just keep it. Another thing to note. The power filler Limited Edition Wall Street cap is larger than the cartridge converter standard edition so if you need to do this on an LE, you'll need a slightly larger drill bit to grind the collar. The design is the same but the diameter is different.

[Formulansx]

Clip and silver band

[Formulansx]

14kt gold nib. Nice and springy!

[Formulansx]

Cap and nib

[Formulansx]

The cap and body alignment tight as purchased.

[Rafael M]

The Wall Street Visconti is a good looking pen. Good luck with it. Enjoy!
It reminds me of some of the 1930's Parker Vacumatics, with it's *visualated body.

*a word often used by pen manufacturers to describe a barrel that displays the ink level.
( I think it's a word like ..... electronical ....... or conversate ........ha!)

Rafael

[Formulansx]

Originally Posted by Rafael M

The Wall Street Visconti is a good looking pen. Good luck with it. Enjoy!
It reminds me of some of the 1930's Parker Vacumatics, with it's *visualated body.

*a word often used by pen manufacturers to describe a barrel that displays the ink level.
( I think it's a word like ..... electronical ....... or conversate ........ha!)

Rafael

It must have made more sense back in the 30's-40's I would love to add a green vacumatic to my collection. I kind of have a thing for stacked celluloid. On the standard Wall Street, it's very difficult to see the ink level without a flashlight to backlight the body. Maybe if you held the pen up to the sun it would work. The LE has a sleeved insert for the vac filler so you can't see much of anything. A quick shake of the pen will give you a good idea how much ink is left with the power filler version. Not unlike checking the ink level in a piston filler Omas.

[Bisquitlips]

Just a gorgeous pen in every regard. Many kudos!!

I would have a collection of them if the clip would be more cooperative with my shirt pockets. Other than that they are world class.

[Formulansx]

Originally Posted by Bisquitlips

Just a gorgeous pen in every regard. Many kudos!!

I would have a collection of them if the clip would be more cooperative with my shirt pockets. Other than that they are world class.

I've found the clip on my Visconti Millenium Arc to be exactly what you're looking for. Unfortunately is a completely different design ethos than the Wall Street and most Visconti's. Not for everyone. Best to stick to Omas to be sure BTW it's been a while since any of us picked up a new Omas...........

[Rebel]

Very nice.

[1William]

I like it. Might have to get that one for myself.

[Formulansx]

Originally Posted by 1William

I like it. Might have to get that one for myself.

It's a nice pen. This one writes a little drier despite the same nib and feed as my LE. The 14kt #6 Visconti nibs are really nice. Get em while you can. The #5 is good too but you don't get the line variation of the larger 14kt nib.

[Passionata]

Very nice


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