Onoto Magna Classic Black with Silver Fittings

The Onoto Magna Classic Black with Silver Fittings is another beautiful fountain pen in the same mould as the original Onoto Magna, first made in 1937. This luxury writing instrument is made from the same deep-lustre black acylic resin as the original pen, with the same sterling silver accompaniments, but is brought up-to-date with modern fountain pen technology. The original was a safety plunger-filler, but the current version has been altered to fit modern tastes as a cartridge/converter pen. It still, though, has the original inscription on the barrel, to the effect that it is “ONOTO the PEN” and “Made in England“.

There are some differences in the trim from the accompaniments of the original. The modern Magna classic has a series of three sterling silver rings at the cap band, rather than one large one, but the logo-and-chevrons Onoto clip is the same, as are the buttons on the cap and barrel finials, especially the cap finial, which bears the distinctive Onoto cipher on a brushed background that hints at this pen’s 1930s ancestry.

The cap and body are weighty enough, being made of solid acrylic lacquer that makes the pen durable and delicious to handle, but this writing instrument is perfectly balanced and beautiful to hold, and will not tire your hand even when writing for extended periods. If you would prefer it heavier, then we can ask Onoto to do that for you, also – a further seven grams can be added to the weight, for a small extra charge.

The nibs available with the Onoto Magna Classic Black fountain pen are primarily a choice of stainless steel (bi-coloured with gorgeous gold plating) or 18carat gold, both of which are available as standard in Fine, Medium or Broad. However, if you choose “Nib Modification” from the options on the right, then we can ask Onoto to grind you pretty much any nib you want – Arabic, calligraphy, stub, oblique right or left — you name it!
If you specify this option, then we will contact you to determine the nib you want, and we hope that you will understand that there will be a delay while your perfect nib is made for you. There will be an extra charge for this hand-making of the nib.

It is also possible to buy this pen with an additional rollerball conversion kit in acrylic resin and silver. This is in addition to the fountain pen, 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. NOTE that this option is not compatible with the extra weight option, so please do not choose both in the options list.

This truly is a very British pen, and we at Write Here are proud to offer you the chance to buy the Onoto Magna Classic Black fountain pen with silver fittings to online or, if you’re in our area, from our shop in Shrewsbury, in the UK. However, there are so many options on Onoto’s pens that we may only be able to show you samples so that you can order the one you want, with the nib you particularly want.