Monde des Stylos

Pelikan's recent releases include the new special edition Souverän® M815 Metal Striped Blue. Also announced recently is the Souverän® M600 Art Collection Rudi Rother. The one that particularly interest me is the M815 Metal Striped Blue. The design of this pen is simply gorgeous. In particular, the silverish stripes contrasted beautifully with the blue barrel , bringing both style and finesse to one's hands as this pen glides gracefully across the paper when writing.  Internal to the pen is a brass base which adds extra weight to the instrument, for those who like their writing tool to be a bit on the heftier side. The pen's rings and clip are palladium-plated and it comes with a 18K rhodium-coated gold nib . Overall, this pen is a beauty. Product photo of the  Souverän® M815 Metal Striped Blue  from Pelikan Next up is the M600 Rudi Rother , the second pen from the Art Collection Series. This pen comes with a bi-colour 14K gold nib . The story behind the pen is engr...

Being a relative "newbie" in the world of Fountain Pens, I had previously only attended a Pen Show once. This was the Tool Internal Pen Show in November 2024. This year, I have two Pen Shows in my calendar schedule. The first will be the Malaysia International Pen Show to be held in Kuala Lumpur on the last weekend of September while the second will be the Singapore International Pen Show to be held in my home city on the last weekend of November. In-between these two Pen Shows, Pelikan Hub is scheduled for the last friday of October. While I will need to give this year's Pelikan Hub a miss due to my work schedule, I will be attending both the Malaysia and Singapore Pen Shows. My air tickets and accommodation for the Malaysia Pen Show have been booked and I am all ready! TWSBI Eco

This Montblanc Orient Express fountain pen was my first ever Montblanc pen which I purchased in June 2023, slightly more than 2 years ago.  Limited to an edition size of 1883 worldwide, this pen was released on the 140th anniversary of the celebrated luxury train service, the Orient Express in the year 1883. Part of Montblanc's High Artistry series , the pen comes in a beautiful box set that includes a bottle of similarly coloured ink and an A4-sized notebook. Montblanc Meisterstück Fountain Pen, (18K) Medium Nib,  High Artistry A Journey on the Orient Express Limited Edition 1883 Coffret Set Using the base body of the Montblanc M eisterstuck 149, the blue coloured  resin was a delight to behold when held in my hand. The nib is large and produces a constant flow of ink as it glided across my journal. What a delightful tool to write with!  The large 18K gold nib is engraved with an Orient Express emblem while the cap bore a laser-engraved of another Orient Express e...

Although announced a month later this year compared to 2023 and 2024, Pelikan Hub 2025 will still be happening. And it will be on Friday, 24th October 2025! Registrations are currently open. So, do register fast so as not to miss out on this key event in every Fountain Pen enthusiasts' annual events diary! 🖋 Pelikan Hub 2025 on 24th October 2025

The Traveler's Notebook (TN) system from Traveler's Factory simply works for me. I have tried other systems both digital and analog but somehow keeps coming back to the TN system. I love the fact that using the TN system, I can customise my notebook in as many ways as I can imagine. In particular, I love TN's association with travel and cafe. I suppose cafes always come into the picture when we travel and need a place to rest and catch up on our journaling.  In addition to its notebook covers and notebook refills, there are also stickers, inserts and of course, cloth pouches. These cloth pouches are super handy and can be used to carry my TN cover and its notebook refills around. It also double up as my makeshift coin pouches when I travel. Using the smaller size cloth pouches, I segregate the various foreign currencies inside my crossbody bag. Besides this, there are numerous other uses for the cloth pouches and they can be washed and reused.  My favourite cloth pouch from...

This was my first ever purchase of a Sailor King of Pens a.k.a. KOP .  Limited to 500 worldwide, this KOP comes with the so-called Sailor Naginata Togi nib, which supposedly provides variation of line widths and has a degree of flex. This is due to its relatively longer tines compared to normal fountain pen nibs. Officially named as the Naginata Togi Ebonite Fountain Pen, MOUKO, 猛虎, According to the Sailor product page, this pen is based on the painting of a Tiger by the artist, Jakuchu . The contrast of black and yellow is made to resemble a tiger's stripes pattern.  The nib is 21K Gold with bi-color plating and the pen itself measures about 15.2 cm in length. My pen comes with a Medium Fine (MF) nib . While this pen also comes with Fine (F) and Broad (B) nibs besides the MF that I chose, the store in Tokyo which I bought it from only had the F and MF versions available during my visit. Besides the fountain pen, the box also includes a bottle of fountain pen ink (50ml...

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 ...