Thursday, July 29, 2010

Rumours, Rumours ... Pelikan M205 DUO


Pelikan will be releasing the M205 DUO highlighter/fountain pen coming August 2010. Together with the pen, Pelikan will also be releasing a highlighter lnk. This is a one time special production run.

It is target to be available locally on August 15, 2010.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Andy Warhol

A self-portrait by the late 'pope of pop' Andy Warhol sold for a record S$44million (USD32.5 million) at Sothey's in New York on May 12 2010. It reminded me of a S.T. Dupont that was released in 2004 paying tribute to the "Price of Pop Art".

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Parker Premier, an understated elegance writing instrument

The year of the Ox (2009) was a year of turmoil, global economics is bad, people losses job and home, and consumers cutting back on spending.  Parker, a company that had weather through many bad time, released only one major product line.  Premier is the only major product line that they released.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Mannata ... Manta Ray


I almost forget about the Sailor Creatures of the Deep series which I started last year. Let finished this series before starting the Sailor 2010 88 pieces.

The last posted was on the Sailor maki-e Sunfish back in January 2010. This is the 7/10 pen of the Sailor Creatures of the Deep fountain pens collection. Previously, we wrote about clown fish, Hammerhead Shark, Whales, OctopusPengiun and Sunfish.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Pelikan Limited Edition - Fire

Since the discovery of fire some 790,000 years ago, mankind had discover many uses of it - From protecting themself to killing each others.

In ancient time, fire ensureed the survival of entire tribe or group. It provide protection from wild animals, provided warmth and light, and enabled the cooking of good.

Millennia later, we learned how to destroy and shape with fire. Mankind made land usable through slash and burn agriculture. Ashes remained and new leife created.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Namiki Pavilion

The Chinese Pavilin has a long history dated back to Zhou Dynasty (1046 - 256 BC). It is bascially a covered structure without surrounding walls. In the early days, it was used as watch towers and later become a place for resting and enjoying the scenery and finally becoming part of the scenery itself.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Rumours, Rumours ... ONLINE pens

Thomas and Alexandra Batsch founded ONLINE-Pen in 1991 to manufacture functional and design oriented writing instruments for students, the young and the young at heart customers.

The company currently employed more than 100 people at its modern company buildings in Neumarkt, Germany.

Fook Hing Trading, a 50 years old company, continue to surprise their customer with new quality products. The ONLINE-Pens are now available locally at their good shop.