Dolce Vita Naranja Pen Review

The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
A rapid review of a $12.00 Shipped pen

The Good


The pen body material is actually a nice material, I thought it was going to be cheap plastic trying to look better then it is, but it isnt, it feels really solid and it has a tortoise type look with multiple layers reflecting light differently, ranging from bright oranges to white, I was rather surprised at how nice it appeared

The back end piece is a simple gloss black with a metal ring that line up and fit well into the pen, rather nicely done here

The cap trim (Sorry about the blurry cam), has some nice ornate engravings that look great on this pen, we will come back to the cap later though


There is a well machined ring that the grip section threads into smoothly, this may be an issue for eye dropping the pen, but with this body material you may not want to do that anyway

The nib is a "German Iridium Point" nib, they are good workhorse nibs that are smooth enough and much better then most chinese pens found at this price, just as a note this is a smaller version of the same nib found on my $75.00 Danitrio Cum Laude pen, they are suitable for nib grinds and will serve you well for a long time

The Bad
Seems to good to be true, well for the value some things had to give


The Cap is one place, where the pen body feels solid and high quality the cap feels like cheap plastic, and the clip wont do anything to keep this guy in your pocket when you bend. The black nub at the end of the clip is poorly done as well, it doesnt match up perfectly and just sits in place
A little effort could have made this a much nice presentation, specially since its the most seen part of the pen when in shirt pocket, but for a 12 buck pen, I guess I knew it wouldnt be perfect anyway

To Be Continued...​

The Ugly




Remember this guy, I do ! for those of you who were not part of the nib yet, or dont remember....

This is the same Chinese cheap converter that failed in my Hero and left my Cat with the Blue mohawk we love to discuss at length around here.... This converter was pitched right from the get go and it looks great in the trash where it belongs

Its a standard internation system so a replacement converter and carts were simple enough to swap in as the pen body will fit them okay



Final Thoughts

The pen looks good aside from the cheap cap clip, but with that big bright orange body surrounded buy black ends, well no one will be looking at the clip much anyway

The pen writes more then well enough for work, They are stiff nibs so no character but when writing quickly or scribbling, the pen didnt skip on beat or let up, it had great flow and a nice line

$12.00 including shipping ? more then great value on this pen, if your starting out Id say this is a safe bet for you as long as you are aware that the supplied converter isnt the best out there and may fail at some point, but you can buy nicer ones really cheap, and if the ebay seller has them he may have one he can swap in for 3 bucks or so,... still a great value


I bought this pen for a co worker who wanted one, and she loves the look of it and likes how it writes,.... she wont let people borrow it for nothing (Not even me)... I probably wont buy one for myself, but I wouldnt rule it out either​