The rising sun is a ball of fire, illuminating the dawn in primordial shades of red. A rumbling emanates from the depths of the sea. The Dragon of Good Fortune arises. In the pre-dawn light, its scales reflect golden hues. Its eyes look like beads of coral. Its well-worn wings are almost impossible to discern among the sinuous curves of the Dragon's long body. With a roar, the Dragon lifts itself, and with just a few beats of its wings, defying the conventional laws of physics, the Dragon of Good Fortune flies, bringing good fortune and luck to us all in 2024.
At least, that is one interpretation of the scene on the AP Limited Editions Connoisseur fountain pen on this issue's cover, Dragon of Good Fortune. It is a fountain pen that encapsulates the 18-year-long journey of Anuj and Smita Poddar.
In 2006, Anuj Poddar, along with his wife and AP Limited Editions' co-founder Smita, turned his love of fine pens and Eastern art into a business venture, and a risky one at that: introducing a Western audience to the most refined techniques in Japanese maki-e on the body of an exceptionally crafted fountain pen.
"Launching AP Limited Editions was the natural progress of my passion," Anuj reflects, noting that he spent over two years exploring and experimenting with different techniques and maki-e artisans before launching his brand in February 2006 at the Los Angeles International Pen Show.
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Hastil and the Slim, Straight, Metal Pen Today
In this concluding chapter, we explore the ways that current makers are applying modernist design in a new formulation of the well-worn dialogue between form and function.
The Show with a Capital “T”
Pen show patriarch Terry Mawhorter is beloved for his two pen shows, but it is his principled nature that inspires loyalty.
Inspiration from Ottoman Culture
The new Graf von Faber-Castell Pen of the Year 2024: Ottoman Culture recalls the era when Europe's fascination with Turkish art and culture began.
Feeling Fine
JULIAN H. KREEGER explores trends in nib preferences.
Parker's First "Aluminum Cap Pen”
The \"51\" may have been Parker's most famous metal cap and plastic barrel pen, but the Duo-Tone was the first.
living in a material world
Once again, the French atelier S.T. Dupont has found inspiration from its own archive of guilloche engraving. The new S.T. Dupont Monogram 1872 collection's ridged guilloche pattern is based on a pattern from the 1950s and is a combination of smooth, ridged, horizontal, vertical, and parallel lines combined in an italic motif that speaks to pure mid-20th-century elegance.
Thoughts on the Madrid Pen Show: November 15 - 17, 2024
The Madrid (Spain) Pen Show took place in an enclosed hall on the third floor of a parking structure not far from the Real Madrid soccer stadium in a northern suburb of the city.
Remembering Julian Hillel Kreeger, March 1, 1940 - November 22, 2024: Saying Goodbye to the Nib Maestro
On November 22, 2024, Contributing Editor Julian H. Kreeger passed away after a years-long struggle with illnesses.
Phoenix Rising: Penchetta Pen and Knife
Phoenix, Arizona's leading brick-and-mortar pen shop is experiencing a second lease on life under new ownership.
V-Mail Hits the Road
A PW article by David Watts Jr. was expanded into a multimedia presentation.
