Leonardo Momento Zero Grande review

Yes the price is a tricky issue. It’s a resin pen, not celluloid, has a steel nib, and costs €295? The tactile feel of a celluloid pen is a bit different but the looks of these resin pens are just as beautiful as similar pens made of celluloid. These resin pens are likely the most beautiful resin pens out there. I don’t know how this layered material is made but I’m sure it’s not the cheapest material and it’s not the simplest manufacturing process. Yes you can buy a Lamy 2000 with a gold nib even as cheap as €100 and that is an amazing pen, no question about it. But these Leonardo steel nibs are excellent and can outperform even some gold nibs. Yes, the material costs are different, but these nibs are so well tuned must be precious human labour involved in the process. So to summarise all this babbling: IMHO looks and performance-wise you get what you pay for. (And that doesn’t change my affection for the Pelikan M800s :grin:)