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GVFC Pen of the Year 2008 - £1,950.00
The barrel of the Pen of the Year 2008 is made of carefully selected Indian satinwood.
Normally such a parquet pattern requires a plane surface. In the Pen of the Year 2008 an unconventional technique has been employed to transfer it to a cylindrical shape.
No fewer than 84 rectangles have to be individually hand-made for the filigree herringbone pattern of the satinwood fountain pen.
No two segments are identical: each can be fitted at just a single position on the barrel and matched to its neighbours to produce precisely even joins.
The barrel is repeatedly polished and varnished, a time-consuming process. The world‘s smallest parquet, on the surface of a pen, is a work of perfection.
The elaborate craftsmanship and the individual grain of the wood make each and every Pen of the Year 2008 a unique work of art.
The 18-carat bi-colour gold nib has been run in by hand, the platinum-plated cap conceals the knob for the plunger filling mechanism, on which each pen is individually numbered.
