End of the Road ... Waterman Serenite

Waterman Serenite is a pen that need no introduction. With it unique arc shape, it has redefine purity and luxury.

Curved like a bow or a quill to naturally marrying itself to the hand for effortless writing, and align it aims of giving one a graceful gesture and beautiful handwriting.

Sadly, this beautiful pen had come to it end of life. Waterman had announced that it will discontinue this model.

Happy Vesak Day

We wish our Buddish friends a happy Vesak Day.

Rumours, Rumours ... Pilot Capless Limited Edition - Youth Olympic

Singapore is hosting the First Youth Olympic Games from 14 to 26 August 2010. Singapore will receive some 3,600 athletes and 800 officials from the 205 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), along with estimated 800 media representatives, 20,000 local and international volunteers, and more than 500,000 spectators. Young athletes - aged between 14 and 18 years - will compete in 26 sports and take part in Culture and Education Programme.

The Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) and Pilot Pen Singapore (Pilot Pen) have signed a Memorandum of Intent (MOI), under which Pilot Pen will sponsor writing instruments for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (Singapore 2010).

A Capless pen and cufflinks limited edition set had been released by Pilot Singapore to mark this event. Both items are embossed with the Singapore 2010 emblem.

The cufflinks are plated platinum using a soft enamel technique.

The Pilot Limited Edition Singapore Youth Olympic Cufflinks and Capless Fountain Pen Set Collectible are limited to 2010 sets. Available in Singapore only.

It is now available on our MarketPlace and all Singapore authorized retailers.

Box from the past

We received this gift from a good friend. He found this old box while packing his "store room"; a room that contain a lot of "treasure" from the past, and thing forgotten. But to my wife they are junk from the past. :-(

Our Four Seasons

Time wait for nobody. Three Hundred and sixty five days ago, we created this blog with the objective to share with our joy of our pens collection with others, and as a source of reference as many pen magazine come and go.

Happy Birthday Justin

Today (May 12, 2010) is my 2nd son birthday. He is born year of horse. Therefore, I would like to introduce a solid gold pen to him and our readers.

A Leader who has a special place in my heart and the people of India

"I have no copyright in my portraits, but I am unable to give the consent you required"

Mahatma Ghadhi, May 1931

Those are the response that Mahatma Gandi gave to a manufacturer in May 1931, who wanted to use his portrait in a roofing titles.

On October 2 2009, Mont Blanc unveiled a limited edition pens in Mumbai to mark Mahatma Gandhi's birthday anniversary. The pens is available in two editions. The Mahatma Gandhi 241 is an 18K gold pen that depict Gandhi setting off on the salf march on July 1930 and is price at USD24,000.

This gold pen is limited to 241 pieces worldwide. The number '241' refers to the number of miles that Gandhi walked during the "salt march", a protect against salt taxes levied by the British.

Rumours, Rumours ... Sailor Ebony And Senna Wood Fountain Pens

Sailor Pen Co. is having wood fever. Not too long ago, they released the King Of Pen (KOP) using the brier wood. Now, they are releasing two professional gear fountain pens in 14k nib using ebony and senna wood.

Upgrade Pilot/Namiki Bamboo

What one can do when you run out of idea, and you need to increase the sales revenue?

In Singapore, a lot of government subsidied housing owner look forward to the enbloc upgrade of thier building becuase they feel that the value of their appartment will appreciate. From my view, the government is very clever in running this programme.

Firstly, with this programme, they are able to get the owner to take out cash from their pocket (S$10,000 to S$20,000). Secondly, they have good reason to move the "money" around, which directly boost the contruction industry, and their own revenue.

Pilot/Namiki follow a familiar direction with thier Bamboo range of pens. Pilot/Namiki give the pen minimum changes, and label the new pen under Namiki, which is position as a preimum brand as compare to Pilot. By marketing the new pen under Namiki, it give consumer more reason to spend. Of course, the price will have to go up, because it is Namiki, and not Pilot.

The only different that we manage to spot is the 18K nib as compare to the Pilot 14K nib.

Will you buy more for the same pen under different brand?

Competition: 香蘭社 有田焼 古伊万里蘭菊

In the last blog, we mentioned that the competition from China hitted the Japanese porcedain trade very badly. Instead of becoming a dying trade, the Japanese took the opportunity to start a produce their own porcelain design.