Montegrappa Legacy Extra Grande Malachite Celluloid Limited Edition Power Push Fountain Pen.

Material: Malachite Celluloid

Furniture: Solid Silver Gold Plated

Nib: Size 8 Solid Gold Nib

Filling System: Power Push

Semi Precious Stone Below Clip on Band

Limited to 10 Worldwide

Condition: New comes complete with box, outer box and paperwork.

A little about Celluloid and why its so rare and collectible. Although its been used on pens for over 100 years, today its a material that is no longer being made.

The conditions alone to make and cure make it a non starter. The material is very toxic to work with and very flammable so even if you can find someone to make the required large amounts, the costs would be astronomical.

The minimums are so high now for just one design/color, you’d have enough celluloid for thousands of pens in just one color.

Then you have to wait for the celluloid to cure in slabs, and hopefully it cures correctly. This can take many years. Cutting into it too soon will certainly ruin it and your celluloid can bow after a short time after turning your pen. After the celluloid cures and after its cut into rods, it can be turned into parts. But after that, the created turned parts need to be cured again.

Montegrappa for example cures the parts in a low heat oven for over a year at least in order to be sure the part is perfect and will last lifetimes.

So maybe 3-4 years for a significant financial investment for one color before you will see any return and thats if it all cures correctly. For these reasons, no one produces true celluloid nitrate anymore sadly.