Inoxcrom Sirocco Fountain pen

Last week, I already introduced this pen with a short photo post, but I think it deserves some more attention, so here we go...

Little people might know this, but Inoxcrom was actually a serious pen manufacturer back in the days, I guess a lot of people don't even know this brand anymore, as they are now a much smaller, advertisement-pen brand.

But, stating the obvious here, this pen definitely dates back from the age where they did still manufacture high-quality pens. It comes packaged in a huge rubberized box with a very classy lined interiour in which the pen is presented. Nothing extremely special, but it's a pretty nice box.

I don't really care about the box though, what I do care about is the pen inside it: a beautiful resin pen with a sterling silver cap and gold plated accents. I absolutely love the way this pen looks, it's very classy, and it looks a bit vintage.

The Scirocco is a nice , big, solid pen. The sterling silver cap adds quite a bit of weight, though when writing unposted, the solid resin barrel and section are fairly lightweight considering the decent size of this pen. Posting the cap would obviously make this a back-heavy pen, so I rather prefer to use it unposted, but it is still more than decently sized to hold comfortably.

The Scirocco has a nice Medium, two-tone steel nib (#6 size). The looks of the nib aren't my favourite, but it works great, so that does compensate something! It has a decent flow, though it's definitely on the dryer side. It writes very smooth, though with just a hint of feedback. And it produces a rather surprisingly fine line, something you'd expect on a Japanese Medium nib!

That's all I have to say about it really! The Scirocco is a great looking fountain pen for an even better price. Though I can't tell how much the actual street value for this thing is nowadays! I suggest scavenging the internet for a while, ebay has some for sale I think, so it can't be that hard to get your hands on one of these!