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The Delta Simbu Indigenous People fountain pen is the new 2025 edition of the series, inspired by the Simbu tribe of Papua New Guinea. Just as the indigenous Simbu paint their bodies to show the skeleton, the pen is encased in a solid silver armor that simulates the rib cage. The front and back are different from each other, obtained by lost-wax casting and hand-finished.
The pen is available in three finishes: rhodium-plated silver, yellow gold vermeil and rose gold vermeil. The barrel and cap are made of special resin turned from a solid bar, decorated tone-on-tone with tribal engravings of circles and spirals.
For the silver version, try it with Iroshizuku tsuki-yo (night blue-green): the contrast with the rhodium-plated metal is immediate. For the vermeil versions, however, J. Herbin Larmes de cassis (dark purple-red) dialogues with the warm tones of gold.
The Delta Simbu Indigenous People fountain pen
The Delta Simbu Indigenous People features a 14Kt gold nib available in ExtraFine, Fine, Medium, and Broad sizes. The pen is piston-filled with an integrated piston. It is also available as a rollerball. The solid silver armor — rhodium-plated, yellow gold-plated, or rose gold-plated — makes each variant a distinct object with a unique visual character.
The Simbu people and the Indigenous People collection
The Simbu are a tribe from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. They are known for their body painting practice, where they cover their bodies with designs that imitate the human skeleton during ritual ceremonies.
This tradition is the starting point of the Delta project: the metal armor translates that body painting into silver and gold. Consequently, every piece in the Indigenous People collection is an object with a precise and verifiable cultural narrative.
Also available on pens.it is the Ainu, another Indigenous People model in N.O.S. condition from 2005.
FAQ
What makes the Delta Simbu's armor unique compared to other silver fountain pens?
The armor is not an applied decoration: it is a structural piece of solid silver obtained by lost-wax casting. This goldsmithing technique allows complex shapes to be reproduced with millimeter precision. The result is a three-dimensional rib cage with asymmetrical front and back, hand-finished.
What is the difference between the three finishes: silver, vermeil, and rose vermeil?
All three versions feature the same 925‰ solid silver armor. The silver version is rhodium-plated, with a cool, bright finish. Yellow gold vermeil is plated on solid silver — a warm finish that recalls the tones of Simbu ceremonies. Rose gold vermeil has a rose gold plating, more contemporary in visual character. The choice between the three is aesthetic: structure and nib are identical.
Which inks pair best with the Delta Simbu?
For the silver version, cool tones like night blue or forest green enhance the contrast with the rhodium-plated metal. For the vermeil versions, however, warm inks — ocher, burgundy, moss green — dialogue with the gold tones. Pilot's Iroshizuku offer a range suitable for a pen of this level.
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The clip
The clip is made of solid silver (rhodium or vermeil depending on the version) and represents the drum used by the Simbu people during their ceremonies.
The personalized nib
The large size 8 nib is in 14Kt gold treated with ruthenium, or rose gold depending on the version, personalized with a stylized skeletal mask.
ExtraFine, Fine, Medium and Broad tips.
Red ebonite power supply.
Simbu - the dancing skeletons
The ancient Simbu tribe, who live in a remote region of Papua New Guinea, are a people of warriors, farmers, and guardians of an ancient tradition that links earthly life to the spirit world.
One of the most distinctive aspects of their culture is the "Skeletal Dance," an ancient practice in which warriors paint their bodies to take on the appearance of skeletal spirits. This ritual was not only a means of intimidating enemies, but also a symbol of the connection between the living and their ancestors, a bridge between the visible and the invisible.
Indigenous People
From 2003 to 2015, Delta created 15 different collections in the Indigenous People series.
Each is dedicated to an indigenous population of the world, their customs and traditions. A highly successful series, it was revived in 2024 with the Sentinelese, followed today by the Simbu.
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