CARBON FIBER IN PENS. WHO CAME IN FIRST?

Dunhill introduced the AD 2000 in carbon fiber in 1995 claiming that this was the first pen ever to be manufactured with this technological material which is both resilient, strong and durable.

The model is undoubtedly beautiful, modern and appealing but Dunhill was not the first company to use carbon fiber for one of its pens.

In 1992, in fact, Delta had manufactured the Extrema, a very innovative pen made in carbon fiber and titanium. The Extrema was meant to become the pioneer of a new technological era of writing instruments.

In 1994 the G7 summit took place in Naples and Delta was commissioned with the production of a special limited edition to celebrate the event and to be given as a gift to the personalities who took part at the summit.

Delta developed a special edition composed of three pens one of which derived from the famous Extrema fountain pen made in carbon fibre and was a named No-Nuke.

The No Nuke was actually an Extrema with the only difference that it was a limited edition and the screws on the cap were in solid gold.

Although definitely coming in second, Dunhill offered a superb, top quality product with a very modern and fashionable torpedo shape. The writing unit was manufactured by Pilot while the rest of the components were made in Switzerland.

These two pens together represent a very interesting chapter in the history of fountain pen making and observing them it is evident that the same material was treated in two different ways by Delta and Dunhill, obtaining shades of color in the weaving of the fiber which have a more golden tone in the Dunhill pen while the Delta is more gray.

While Delta abandoned carbon fiber after the No-nuke era,  Dunhill used the material for other models, too, such as the Sentryman and the Avorities.