Scribo Company

SCRIBO is a young Italian brand with a long history behind.

We started thinking about SCRIBO project on the same day the glorious history of Omas, a historic Bolognese company that has become a cult in the world of fountain pens’ collectors, ended.
With SCRIBO, acronym for Scrittura Bolognese, we ideally take the baton so that handwriting, as an ancient art retrieval story, can be pursued.

TWO STORIES, ONE FAITH

This is a story of passion for Italian craftsmanship tradition, a story of dreamers who decide to go on an adventure that rebels against destiny in order to write a different future. Before founding SCRIBO, we joined Omas in the second half of the 2000s, when the historic brand of Bolognese writing instruments, founded in 1925 by Armando Simoni, was already a well-recognized international player for fountain pen enthusiasts thanks to a unique design and to high quality of its nibs.

Thanks to its high quality products, all handmade at the Bologna factory, Omas captures the attention of main luxury market operating multinational groups and thus becomes part of the sparkling galaxy of the LVMH French group, which acquires the Company from the founder’s family  in 2000.

Then, in late 2007, a Chinese group acquires the 90% of Omas. Because of the global economic crisis, which took place between 2008 and 2010, Omas is progressively deprived of the needed to grow investment until the shareholder decides to cease the business. Despite our attempt to purchase the historic brand from the Chinese group, Omas actually ceases its business at the dawn of 2016.

SCRIBO was born on that precise moment and, with same passion, we started to tell a story of tradition, craftsmanship and made in Italy.

SCRITTURA BOLOGNESE

SCRIBO is therefore a young brand with a great history behind that was born thanks to our great passion for writing instruments and from the valuable collaboration of some former Omas employees. Our goal is to light up the essence of writing instruments, in particular the fountain pen and handwriting. Thanks to our previous experience and surrounded by the Bologna territory, which has cradled the tradition of mechanical writing instruments, we have created a laboratory that hosts two different complementary activities: the production of instruments and accessories for handwriting, with strong design and exclusively “Made in Italy” craftsmanship on one side; the disclosure of the handwriting benefits through calligraphy courses with specialized partners on the other. We strongly believe in handwriting and we want to place it at the center of our project because we think that nibs, paper and inkwell are the most faithful tools and the window to the soul of those who write with them.

WRITING TRADITION AND ITALIANESS

Writing tradition, design, craftsmanship and made in Italy represent SCRIBO fundamental values; recovery of an ancient art, research of best exclusive handwriting experience dedicated design, specific production model, specialized Italian labor and mechanical operations, are therefore the main tools to recover artisanal heritage that best represent our values.

DESIGN & STYLE RESEARCH

Design and style research aim to create a perfect balance between function and aesthetic. Fountain pen production requires a complex combination of materials, with their mechanical elements, and aesthetic design. Each SCRIBO fountain pen is made by more than 50 different micro and macro components for each collection, and each of them is built to make efficient the gear and the heart of every SCRIBO fountain pen: its traditional piston filling system. Design then results as made by a team work that makes artistic and technical research eager for style.

HIGH-END MATERIALS AND ARTISANAL MANUFACTURING

We make our fountain pens as they were made in the past.

We believe that a great fountain pen should be designed with precise features and made by using the most suitable materials for a ready-to-go handwriting and with the highest quality standards.

To make a great fountain pen only with the best materials is not enough. Wise hands that know how to work and how to assemble them is mandatory.

That is why we chose to continue a story that began many years ago making our fountain pens through a completely handcrafted process.

Each of our fountain pens is handmade at every component working steps.