OMAS Marconi 100 Anni di Radio 1895 - 1995 Sterling Silver 925 LE

OMAS Marconi 100 Anni di Radio 1895 - 1995 Sterling Silver 925 LE 2102/2800

Year of production: 1995.* This limited edition of 2800 pens represents the distance the signal was transmitted (2800 meters) to Salisbury.

pen is ridiculous beautiful, and the box, is a piece of art by itself.

 some introduction:
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I’ll put a girdle round the earth in forty minutes - from Shakespeare’s A midsummer night’s dream

I’ll put it much quicker than that – written by Guglielmo Marconi on the Menu of a gala dinner held in London , 1911

 In 1895, the renowned Italian scientist, Guglielmo Marconi, shaped history by discovering the radio wave. One hundred years later, with the authorization of the Marconi Foundation, OMAS introduced the Marconi collection in celebration of the discovery of the radio. Fashioned from 925 sterling silver and embellished with a series of 14 slender bands representing the propagation of radio waves through the ether. The clip is an elegant and appropriate symbolization of the Morse code wireless telegraphy key, perfect in keeping with the rest of the pen and its Medium 18 k gold nib, which engraved on the back with an official logo of the Marconi Foundation.

The pen is new and never been dipped nor inked. Comes with original wooden box, outer box and papers/booklet. Piston filling.
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Diplomat Magnum FP

Bought in 2016.  First time i have used this brand, and to be honest, i find it quite well made. the nib looks good and the feed is well made. i bought an extra black to ink and use. the rest are for safe keeping. as they are full rubber, keeping them might require a little more effort, but at a RRP of $18 sgd, i think it is worth the effort.

Diplomat Traveller Fountain Pen - Stainless Steel Gold

The Diplomat Traveller fountain pen features a slim and elegant design. The stainless steel body is accented with gold-plated trim. It comes with a smooth writing gold-plated JoWo stainless steel nib and fills via standard international cartridge/converter.

i bought 2 in 2016. The fine nib is 2 tone while the medium is single color. Due to this difference, I took both of them for collection. This time round the fine nib came in single color. wanted to use it, but given the difference again, decided to keep it.

Leonardo Officina Italiana Rosso Passione (Red Passion)

Numbered : 250

LAMY Safari Pokemon limited edition

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The battery thingy....

AG7-LE Limited Edition Apollo 7 50th Anniversary Gold Titanium Astronaut Space Pen & Coin Set

i don't usually buy BP to keep, but this is an exception. numbered 80/500.

the box and the box cover was too shiny to take any photos without leaving any weird reflection, so it is left out.

Length: 5.06" .37" Diameter
Composition: Gold Titanium Nitride Plated Brass
Cartridge: Fisher Pressurized PR4, Black Ink, Medium Point
Packaging: Clear Black Lacquer Gift Box w/ Gold Cardboard Outer Box & Black Velour String-Tie Bag

PAUL C. FISHER had been manufacturing ball point pens for several years when he heard John F. Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Fisher began thinking about how ordinary ballpoint pens would have trouble writing in space, but if a pen could be sealed and pressurized, it would keep the solvents from evaporating in the gravity-free vacuum of space and would also provide a reliable ink supply to the pen point. In 1966, after several years of experimentation, Fisher successfully developed his patented pressurized ink cartridge.

NASA approached Fisher in 1967, and after months of rigorous testing, they selected the AG7 Anti-Gravity Pen for our US Astronauts aboard the first manned Apollo mission in 1968 – Apollo 7.  This Fisher Space Pen is still used today on every manned space flight, including NASA’s Space Shuttle Program Missions, the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station.

Today, Fisher Space Pen Company
proudly celebrates its 50th Anniversary since
our pens were first used aboard the maiden flight of Apollo 7.

“We are extremely proud to be celebrating 50 years in space,” says Cary Fisher, President of Fisher Space Pen.
“My father was a visionary who personified
American entrepreneurship and innovation.”

The Apollo 7 Mission and Paul Fisher both accomplished what they set out to do - qualifying the command and service module while clearing the way for future lunar orbit missions, and providing a safe, reliable writing instrument that performs under the extreme conditions of outer space.

Apollo 7 Crew
Walter Schirra Jr., Commander
R. Walter Cunningham, Lunar Module Pilot
Donn F. Eisele, Command Module Pilot

Launch
October 11, 1968; 11:02:45 a.m. EST

Orbit
Altitude 141.65 miles
Inclination 31.608 degrees

Orbits
163 revolutions

Duration
10 days, 20 hours, 9 minutes, 3 seconds

Distance
4,546,918.3 miles

Landing
October 22, 1968; 7:11:48 a.m. EDT, Atlantic Ocean

source: https://www.spacepen.com/AG7-LE.aspx