Generally, items shaped like cigars, such as a chocolate cigar, a perfume bottle, and the like, are of low quality, serving as amusing gimmicks and, to be honest, quite unnecessary. However, the Montegrappa Italian company’s fountain pen is an entirely different story.
A family-owned company operating somewhere in the Italian Dolomite Mountains has been producing luxurious fountain pens with stunning designs for over a century. One of them was the pen named ‘The Brain,’ developed in collaboration with Dr. Richard Restak, a globally renowned neurologist. It eloquently captured the complexity of our most mysterious organ and its control over our body. Another pen that followed, the Montegrappa Q1, incorporated four ink cartridges simultaneously, allowing for the free interchange of four colors. It was deemed a ‘technological breakthrough’ by Forbes magazine.
Yes, when a company of such caliber produces a cigar-shaped fountain pen, it can be approached with seriousness. It is made of celluloid in a special tobacco hue, designed to mimic the shades of a premium cigar wrapper. The pen’s size corresponds to the vitola Laguito No.2, known from Cohiba Coronas Especiales or Montecristo Especiales No. 2 cigars (6 x 38). The pen’s cap features a logo resembling a punch cutter, and it even functions as one when pulled backward. By the way, the cap does not include a clip to maintain the resemblance to a cigar.
The pen’s nib is made of 18-karat gold with the constant filigree of Montegrappa. The cigar-shaped pen is adorned with a noble metal band, engraved with the company’s founding year, 1912. The edition is limited to 888 pens, presented in an elegant wooden box shaped like a tobacco leaf.
In conclusion: from time to time, a connection is forged between a cigar and a pen.
Price: 1,800 euros.
