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.

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.

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.

Rumours, Rumours ... Omas Solaia Limited Edition

Two of the Italy finest company come togather to craft this beautiful and prestigious fountain pen - Omas Solaia Limited Edition, which tells the handcrafted tradition, the attention of testing and innovation, emblematic values of the two Italian companies.

Marchesi Antinori Srl is an Italian wine company that trace its history back to 1385. They are one of the biggest wine companies in Italy

While OMAS (Officina Meccanica Armando Simoni) doesn't have as long a history as compare to Maschesi Antinori. It is created many excellent and creative pens since it was founded in 1930.

Omas confirms its own passion for the world of wine with a new Limited Edition, dedicated to the prestigious Italian wine tradition, which pays homage to Marchesi Antinori six hundred - long history. This is the 3rd wine pens from Omas.

Why Marchesi Antinori Srl?

In 1978 Solaia was first produced almost accidentally, thanks to Marchese Piero’s intuition. It was the first Italian wine elected “Wine of the Year” in 2000 by Wine Spectator and continues to increase and score the worldwide markets.

This prestigious Solaia Limited Editoin is make from the Oak Wood of the “Marchesi Antinori” barriques, where the precious wine has aged for years, and produced in the Tignanello Estate in Tuscany.

Elegant engravings recall the world of this noble wine: the family coat of arms and the vine plant dominate the cap surface, the rhombs which we find in the Marchesi Antinori shield, decorate the Limited Edition knob. The shape of the barrel douelle is skilfully recalled in the particular and rounded clip.

The Numbered and Limited Edition in Silver recalls the first historical Solaia wine year: 1.978 pieces, 1.200 Piston Filling Fountain Pens and 778 Roller Balls.

The High Luxury Limited Edition, realized with precious materials, is instead dedicated to the extraordinary Solaia vintages: 25 unique pieces, each one related to a particular wine year.

Travelling Ink Pot

This travelling ink pot was purchased some years back when my job required me to take long flight, and write a lot a lot during my trips.

Rumour, Rumours ...Omas Bois de Rose

Omas is adding two new wooden pens to their Arte Italiana. They are the Madagascar's Bois de Rose Noir and Brazil's Bois de Rose Rose. Bois de Rose simply mean wood that is red is one of the loved wood materials till date that have been in use in many wooden products.

Vacheron Constantin's Métiers d’Art La symbolique des laques Maki-e

The Year 2010,  Vacheron Constantin and Zôhiko worked togather to combined two ancient arts: watch making and maki-e, to craft the new Métiers d’Art collection.

This collection is also known as “The Three Friends of Winter”, which in Japanese culture symbolizes endurance and longevity in the face of bitter and severe conditions. They are also associated with the loyalty of a friendship that survives the hard times, symbolized by winter.

Rumours, Rumours ... Waterman Elegance

Elegance is defined as a.refinement, grace, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners. Waterman managed to combine grace, style, distinction, delicacy and beauty while craftling their new product range Elegance.

The fountain pens is available black or ivory finishes with either 23k gold-plated or silver-plated trims. It come with an 18k solid gold nib. The cap and barrel material is lacquer-finished brass.

Pens Details:
Model: Elegance
Materials:
* Lacquer-finished brass
* 23K gold or silver plated trims.
Nibs: 18K

It will be available in June locally.

Bovet Maki-e Watch ... Thunder and Wind God

Bovet, the 7th oldest watch brand in Switizerland, was known for making watches with with European traditional artistic decoration - miniature or cloisonné enamel dials.

In 2003, they worked with the Japanese maki-e artisan to release two Kaga maki-e dial watch models for the Japanese market only.

The dial design is based on an an original drawing painted by Tawaraya Sotatsu, a master painter of the Edo period, on a folding screen. Tawaraya Sotatsu-san is consider as the giants of Japanese painting. His work is typically Japanese both in its choice of subject matter unlike other artist during the Edo period, who painted Chinese subjects in a Chinese style.

End of The Road ... Waterman Harmonie And ICI et La

Waterman Harmonie and ICI et La were another two range of products that were discontinued.

Waterman web site stated Harmonie as discontinued model, and ICI et La had been removed.

Harmonie Pen details:

Nib: 23k gold electroplated or chromed trims and 23k gold electroplated or silver nibs
Nib size: F, M, B
Body Finishing: Lacquer with silver or gold plated trim
Materials: Brass
Available Colours:
(a) Black/Gold trim,
(b) Black/Silver trim,
(c) Blue Mosaic/Silver trim
(d) Red Mosaic/Gold trim