Fortuna Silver Mule

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Fortuna Silver Mule

Using its modern classic, the Fortuna, as the base for an all-new model, Italy’s most revered manufacturer of writing instruments, Montegrappa, has released its second “mule”. Following the copper-clad Mule, launched last year and named after the famous cocktail, is the Silver Mule, an icy-cool, sleek alternative to the fiery warmth of its predecessor.

Entirely silver-plated, the Silver Mule offers a uniquely tactile experience, as its complete surface area – cap, body and the trim – has been vertically brushed and thus afforded a whiff of antiquity. This complements the clean, minimalist form, which recalls spacecraft of 1950s science fiction book covers and dream architecture of the 1930s. This marriage of modern and retro endows the Silver Mule with unisex appeal, a blissful combination of both feminine and masculine qualities.

The Montegrappa Mule Fountain pen has a stainless steel nib and uses a cartridge/converter filling system.

Besides a reputation for Italy’s finest pens, Bassano del Grappa has a lively gastronomic culture spearheaded by many of Italy’s best grappa distilleries. A collaboration with mixologists Edoardo and Leone Miotti spawned a local variant of a Moscow Mule with a grappa base, christened with a very special Fortuna sheathed in pure copper – a nod to the discipline and aesthetic of artisanal distilling.
A wonderful Silver Mule fountain pen is the fascinating result.