Monde des Stylos

My most recent acquisition of a fountain pen is the Montblanc Writers Edition, Homage to Victor Hugo fountain pen. Seeing the pen in-person at a pen boutique, I just could not resist asking to look at the pen in-hand to feel its weight and balance. I usually will not ask for permission to touch and hold a pen at a pen boutique unless I am quite sure I am going to purchase it. And this was one of those instances. Falling in love with the pen at first sight! Holding the pen in my hands, I could felt the built quality and more importantly,  its perfect balance in my hand. Its length, weight and heft just seem right for me. Deciding in my mind that this is a confirmed buy, I proceeded to examine the pen in greater detail, the finishing, the cap, the clip and the nib to ensure that there no blemishes and that the pen is in perfect condition. There were no blemishes, the pen was perfectly new and pristine. I took out my credit card, authorized the purchase at the store's point-of-sale te...

Finally, I was able to add these two Pelikan M200s to my personal pen collection.  I had missed out on the M200 Smokey Quartz that was first released in 2017 and the M200 Golden Beryl that was first released in 2021. Needless to say, I grabbed them both when I saw them at a store in Kuala Lumpur. Even though both of these pens were the last ones the store had in-stock, I just could not pass up on the opportunity to add them to my pen stash (a.k.a. collection). For some reasons which I can no longer remember, I started to collect the M200/205 series of Pelikan pens that were released each year in conjunction with the Edelstein Ink of the Year.  To date, I have collected 10 out of 11 in the series. The only one missing from my collection is the M205 Amethyst from 2015. The price of this now very rare pen in the secondary market is really high. Therefore, the M205 Amethyst  is likely to forever evade me and remain firmly in my "White Whale List" of pens. Nonetheless, I ...

To celebrate Christmas of 2024, I finally bought myself this Pilot Custom Urushi in Vermilion. I chose a Medium Nib for my Custom Urushi. A local pen store was having  Christmas promotion and when I visited the store and saw this pen, I just could not resist plonking down the cash for it. An awesome Christmas gift for myself. I have yet to ink up the pen although I had dip-tested the nib at the store. Now I need to find the time to ink it up and do a proper pen test review. My first Pilot Custom Urushi! 🖋 Pilot Custom Urushi in Vermilion, Singapore (2024)