Delta Pen

DELTA PEN

A quarter century ago, in 1982, three like-minded Italian visionaries, Nino Marino, Ciro Matrone, and Mario Muscente established a new design shop and factory for crafting exceptional writing instruments of refined elegance. With the purpose of recalling the, both understated and vigourous, glamour of the '20s and '30s, the early years were devoted to producing pieces made of precious metals, celluloid, and ebonite. Securing such substances had the added effect of leading the company, willy-nilly, into broad international markets.
While virtually all other manufacturers were committed to, and using, either converters, twist-filling (inner piston) mechanisms, or cartridges, Delta took the bold step of reintroducing the lever-and-rubber-sac system for drawing ink into the fountain pen. Due to commonly-held, preconceived notions about the efficacy of the lever-and-sac apparatus, Delta reserved this "old-fashioned" method for special limited editions only—as exampled by a current limited edition, the Giacomo Puccini.

From the beginning, the firm's research and developement department dedicated itself to the study, production, and use of rare and demiurgic materials, an early result of which was the Extrema Collection, the world’s first writing instruments made of carbon fibre and titanium. In the coming years Delta would debut historically exigent, sometimes even prescient, pieces.

In July, 1994, as a sponsor of the "G7 Summit", held in Naples, Italy, Delta offered the seven leaders (Chirac, Chrétien, Clinton, Dini, Kohl, Major, and Tomiichi) The G7 Limited Edition, a three-piece set comprised of 1994 pieces. On September 7, 1998 the mayor of Venice received and declared the VENEZIA-limited edition, the official pen of the city of Venice.

One of Delta's most important collections to date, JVBILAEVM 2000 was created to celebrate the year 2000 when the holy year of Jubilee (a Biblical term, mentioned first in Leviticus 25:1, of the Christian Old Testament, for a recurring year of forgiveness, amnesty, and deliverance) coincided with the beginning of the 3rd millennium. As the chirographics company located closest to the Vatican, Delta leadership felt compelled to be the first to create such a pen, and its sense of obligation was fully validated by the result.