Pilot Heart Sutra (Hannya Shingyō) (般若心経)

The Heart Sutra (Hannya Shingyo) is a very common theme of many Japanese and Chinese makers including pens manufacturer.

The latest Pilot Heart Sutra on fountain pen is not their first such project. If we remember correctly, Pilot did a similar project back in the '70.

The full script of the Heart Sutra, which consist of  260 Chinese characters, are beautifully painted on the fountain pen.

Cross 2013 Year of Snake Special Edition

Early bird catches the worm. . .

Cross launhed their Year of Snake Special Edition this month (October). They are the first to launched a Zodiac Snake pen.

Unlike the Year of Dragon Special Edition, the Year of Snake Special Edition is made Cross bigger fountain pen, the Apogee range of fountain pen.

Montegrappa Mayan Calendar Limited Edition

The Montegrappa Mayan Calendar Limited Edition reminded me of the 2009 science fiction disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich. It is a epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors.

The Mayan Calendar predicts the end of the world on December 21, 2012. The December 21,2012 : Myth or Truth?

The Mayan calendar moves in cycles with the last cycle ending in December 2012. It is often interpreted as "the world will end on 21 December 2012, at 11:11 UTC".  The last day of the Mayan calendar corresponds with the Winter Solstice (or December Solstice), which has played a significant role in many cultures all over the world.

Jac Zagoory Flaming Monks Pen Rest

Recently, we discovered this interest pair of monkey pen rest by Jac Zagoory at Fook Hing Trading, and later discover it was also available City Lux.

It is actually called Flaming Monks pen holder.

Ryan Krusac Studio Mermaid Fountain Pen

New range of fountain pen was launched by Ryan Krusac Studio. It uses brass for all its triming, clip and all visible metal parts. It has other design, but this mermaid fountain pen caught our eye as there are not many pen with mermaid in the market.

OMAS COHIBA Limited Edition

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Omas continue to launch new fantastic limited edition pens under the "Best Internation Flavour" series. After a successful launched of the Perrier Jouet Limited Edition last year (2011), Omas didn't disappointed us this year (2012).

Cohiba is the flagship brand of Habanos S.A.. The name "Cohiba" is an ancient Taino Indian word for the bunches of tobacco leaves. The leaves for Cohiba cigar are made from five finest leaves  at Vuelta Abajo region.

It was created in 1966 for President Fidel Castro himself and was made at the then top secret but now world famous El Laguito factory. Initially, it was given as a gifts for heads of state and visiting diplomats, but later in was later offer in limited quantities to the open market. Hence, driving up the price doe this famous cigar up.

Rumours, Rumours Namiki Emporer Kylin, and Yukari Royale Parrot with Peach

Namiki will be releasing two new maki-e pen coming November. One EMPEROR maki-e pen titled Kylin, and a Yukari Royal maki-e pen titled Parrot with peach.

The Emporer maki-e pen Kylin look like a hot and upcoming pen like the goldfish. Kylin is a ancient China mythical auspicious beast  which is part deer, part dragon, part ox, part horse and part fish. It is believe to bring good fortune, peace and propserity. In East, you will be able to see Kylin in a lot of the retailer shops and home.

Pelikan Maki-e Unique Collection: No. 10 Samurai

The Namiki Limited Edition 2012 reminded us of the Pelikan Unique Collection number 10, titled Samurai. In our option, this is most beautiful maki-e pen in this year (2012) Pelikan Unique Collection Edition 2012.

Looking at the both pens, we couldn't help but wonder if both maki-e artisan Yamazaki and Kawagaki has a informal tea session over the artwork and theme for both pens before the project was launched.

This is not the first time we noticed such similarity in theme and artwork of maki-e pens by different brands ... sound like the Apple and Samsung smart phone.

Pelikan Maki-e Unique Collection: No. 4 Maki-e Toledo

We are three weeks away behind the first Pelikan Unique Collection pen go up for auction. It is one of the major and interesting event this year. If Pelikan did it successfully, we are sure that the other big Boys will launch a similiar event.

The first time that we feel many collectors might be keen is maki-e Todelo. The Pelikan Todelo is a ICON to the Pelikan fans, and it like a must for them.

The Toledo maki-e pen is the fouth pen in this year Pelikan Unique (ONE) Collection 2012. The idea of using different craft/painting technique to draw Toledo is not unique, but this year (2012) , Pelikan maki-e Toledo Unique Edition 2012 is the first such maki-e pen in the market using the tradition Japanese maki-e.

Sailor Professional Gear Regency Fountain Pen

The Sailor Professional Gear Regency fountain pen is a new additional to the Professional Gear of fountain pen family.

The main feature of this pen is the additional rhodium plated metal wrapping around the pen barrel. The rhodium stripe and barley corn pattern adorn the barrel, giving the pen new sparkle and heft.