MONTEGRAPPA CHAOS SILVER
LIMITED EDITION FOUNTAIN PEN
Montegrappa, Italy’s most
revered manufacturer of fine writing instruments, has announced the
release of a pen inspired and designed by company brand ambassador
and movie icon, Sylvester Stallone. This milestone event coincides
with the announcement that Mr. Stallone will also serve as the
“face of Montegrappa” in the company’s new advertising
campaign.
Mr. Stallone used his
blockbuster film, The Expendables, as inspiration for the theme and
design of his signature pen; aptly titled “Chaos.” Working with
Montegrappa’s artisans, Stallone turned to classical art to help
express his representation of chaos. To ensure that the use of the
language was cultivated and not misused, they turned to the work of
16th century artists including Battista Franco, Albrecht Dürer,
Hans Sebald Beham and Antonio Pollaiolo to forge the image of Chaos
and of death, entwined inexorably and eternally. As Mr. Stallone
explains, “My idea of Chaos is a sense of the Renaissance, when
things were more simplified and perhaps more noble, placed against
our current technological society.”
Sylvester Stallone’s “Chaos”
pen will be fashioned from precious materials and produced in
limited numbers. The body of the pen is made of black pearlised
celluloid with overlays in sterling silver or solid 18K gold.
Overlays are finished by hand by Montegrappa's skilled craftsmen
and feature an antiqued finish with accents in translucent enamel,
in reds and yellows – the colors of fire. The design is
characterized by the juxtaposition of life and death; the former
represented by the early forms of life on Earth: reptiles (such as
snakes and lizards), the latter by the skull. And though it is not
as mighty as the pen itself, the ultimate defining detail, bearing
both a fist and a skull, is the pen’s clip in the form of a
sword.
The “Chaos” pen is the first
from the “Cult” collection and is available as a limited edition of
1,000 fountain pens and 912 roller balls in sterling silver, which
represents Montegrappa's 1912 date of establishment. Additionally,
100 fountain pens and 100 rollerballs in solid 18K gold and 10
fountain pens and 10 rollerballs in solid 18K gold with precious
stones will be available for enthusiasts of both the screen legend
and Montegrappa.
Since 1912, Montegrappa has
been manufacturing high-quality writing instruments in the same
historic building in Bassano del Grappa, North East
Italy.
