Onoto Horatio Nelson Vermeil Pen

The Onoto Horatio Nelson Vermeil Pen is a tribute by Onoto to that most famous hero of the Battle of the Nile, Cape St Vincent, and of Trafalgar. Crafted in gold-plated sterling silver, this pen is a wonderfully luxurious writing instrument. What is more, the silver used in the making of this pen is “Victory Silver”, retrieved from HMS Victory, thereby forming a direct link between Nelson’s flagship and this beautiful pen. All sterling silver contains a tiny amount of copper to improve its malleability, and the copper used in the making of this pen also comes from Victory.

The vermeil barrel of the Onoto Horatio Nelson is fashioned and fluted to resemble Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square, which helps with the grip of the pen and lightens the barrel without compromising its strength. The smooth end hood carries the pen’s hallmarks, and the end of the barrel is stamped with the limited-edition number. As with all of their pens, the Onoto Horatio Nelson Vermeil Pen carries the words “ONOTO the PEN” and “Made in England” on its barrel.

The cap of the Onoto Horatio Nelson fountain pen is a wonderful creation of vermeil, engine turned with an encircling wave pattern that is coated in a rich deep blue enamel. The cap finial button bears the “fouled anchor” (an anchor with its cable wrapped around its stock and flukes) that is the insignia of the Royal Navy, and around the cap finial is a series of gold-plated silver loops, infilled with cobalt-blue enamel, strongly reminiscent of the stern-castle gallery of a first-rate Ship-of-the-Line. Below this is the clip band, carrying the clip that bears Onoto’s cipher and characteristic triple chevron pattern. Opposite the clip is an oval cartouche bearing a facsimile of Nelson’s signature and his birth- and death-dates. The cap band is in polished gold-plated silver, but bears on it three further golden bands that bring to mind the inisignia on the sleeve of Nelson’s Trafalgar coat.

The nib fitted to the Onoto Horatio Nelson Vermeil Pen is their number 7, in 18 carat gold, in Fine, Medium, or Broad, but if you choose “Modified Nib“, then Onoto will hand-make you almost any imaginable nib. Write Here will contact you if you choose the modified nib option to determine your requirements.

This pen can also be supplied with a rollerball conversion kit in gold-plated sterling silver. This is in addition to the fountain pen nib, allowing to change your pen to a rollerball simply by unscrewing one tip from the barrel (as you would to replace the cartridge) and screwing in the other.

We at Write Here are pleased to make the Onoto Horatio Nelson Vermeil Pen available for sale online, to admirers of “The Nelson Touch”.

This pen is one of a limited edition of only 47.