Product Description
Type Fountain pen
Product Name Aurora Optima Silver, Model 987.
Manufacturer and Year Aurora, Italy -- Current production, based off the cap band this is not the newest version.
Length 5"
Filling System Piston filler that's been flushed and twists easily.
Color Black resin body and sterling silver cap with gold plated trim. The sterling has a guilloche, or barleycorn, pattern.
Nib Broad Cursive Italic 18k nib. It is fairly crisp. It writes smoothly and offers good line variation. See the writing sample below. We called it a medium in the writing sample, but it looks more like a broad to us.
Condition Excellent + condition. It has a small dent and a few scratches around the 925 sterling imprint photographed below. It's difficult to see in the photograph, though the area in question is completely contained in the photo. The feed looks perfect and the pen has very little handwear. The barrel imprint is crisp.
