The fountain pen or rollerball is crafted in vermeil silver and depicts a hand-enameled, five-clawed Imperial Dragon that wraps around the pen body. A backdrop of steam clouds harkens to the dragon's traditional association with water, steam, and clouds. The red lacquer background is an auspicious color in Chinese society, and color enameling and engraving along the dragon's body add further texture under a layer of semi-transparent enamel. The Imperial Dragon is finished with a precious ruby as its eye and a gold clip in the shape of a dragon in flight. The octagonal shape of the elaborate presentation box harkens to Chinese pagodas. The 18 karat gold Visconti nib with special engraving on this double-reservoir power-filler is available in widths of extra-fine, fine, medium, broad, or 1.1 mm stub. The Visconti Year of the Dragon is limited to 224 fountain pens or rollerballs.
MSRP: $5,995 fountain pen, $5,795 rollerball visconti.it, colesoflondon.com
The newest CYLINT cylinder-bodied metal writing instrument from Japan's Sailor is named Patina for good reason. The brown patina of the CYLINT Patina cartridge/converter-filling fountain pens and capped ballpoints are created using a coloring technique that has been used in Toyama Prefecture, Japan, for over 400 years. Hanmon-Kujyaku ("Mottled Peacock") is an original color that involves heating various chemicals on the brass barrel and cap to bring out vivid colors that develop a natural patina with use. It is matched to a black PMMA resin cap finial and section threads, an antiqued gold-plated section, and antiqued brass accents including the Sailor clip. The Sailor CYLINT Patina fountain pen has a 21 karat gold Sailor nib in fine, medium, or broad.
MSRP: $690 fountain pen, $390 ballpoint Contact your authorized Sailor retailer.
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Show Your Summer Style
The newest Visconti Homo Sapiens, Iris Garden, is a tribute to the beautiful irises that bloom each spring in Florence, Italy's Iris Garden.
Good Made Better Keeps Getting Better
SUZANNE C. LEE tests Dan Keller's wood and metal reading and writing accessories and finds her childhood dream desk come to fruition.
Layers of Talent: River City Pen Company
With his skills in design and eye for details, Rich Paul crafts pens that are as beautiful as they are functional.
Fathoming the Unfathomable
The new Kanilea Pen Co. Blue Moana fountain pen and Mau Loa cap band are inspired by the ocean's depths and universal interconnectivity.
Truphae: Flexibility Is Key
This young pen shop is writing a new chapter in retail pen sales by finding unique ways to foster community.
"Winter Counts:" Transforming Non-fiction into Fiction
Creative writing typically blends what we know and experience with what we invent and imagine.
Swivodex, Sailors, and the Plastic Revolution: An Overview of Dip-less Desk Sets, Part V
The end of World War II ushered in a new era, with plastics technology opening the way to better and less costly products of all sorts.
The Mystery of the Purloined Parkers
What do G-men, mobsters, and tampons have in common? The two most epic fountain pen heists in history.
The Other Articles of Impeachment
\"Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! All persons are commanded to keep silent, on pain of imprisonment...\"
The Road to Recovery
A recent trip to Wajima, Japan, by TACCIA's Shu-Jen Lin shows tragedy in the present but hope for the future.
