What I like best about the Silver Wave is the band of deep turquoise sky on the top of the cap. This is the only pen I have that makes me think of the beach. Platinum powder, applied with care, recreates the crest of waves as they break upon the sand. The nib is a …
Month: January 2009
I wanted to do a more detailed comparison, but I’m all out of words, so the pictures will have to do.
Here’s a quick and dirty picture. The Myu 90 arrived today.
It was a struggle, but I managed to reduce the number of pens in my bag to five. I brought home a soft pen roll from Paris in June last year, and I haven’t used it till now because, come on, how could I possibly take just five pens to work? Still, my right shoulder …
I like frogs. Even real ones. Frogs on pens, though, don’t fuss when you twist them. I decided to write about the pen, but wrote something else instead, but I eventually managed to turn it around and lead it back to the pen, which I am grateful for, because not too many things in life …
One of the Japanese big three, Sailor’s reputation rests solidly on its nibs. It’s no slouch in the design department either. The Susutake and Arita series take reimagine traditional Japanese elements into pens – bamboo taken from century-old chimneys, enamelled porcelain. (On a side note – and I am always going off into side notes …
I first had two lists: top ten modern pens and top ten vintage pens. That I had acquired enough pens in 2008 to make two lists plus have others that didn’t make it to either list gave me pause. I decided to stick to one list. That was harder than I’d expected. What about the …