![]() The ink box slot is just the right size so nothing rattles around. The box is a real solid piece and everything fits in its place. Now this pen was not cheap, but you can see the packing materials account for some of the cost. Even on top of the white box was a rubber shim to help grip the Chilton-style pneumatic filler knob. It came in a solid white cardboard box and was wrapped in a protective layer of foam. The pen box is huge and beautiful piano black lacquer. The clear pens were not for sale at the time, but I understand they might be in the future. The blue material is fairly limited because there is only enough rod stock to make maybe 280 pens if there are no production errors. The pen at the show had an 18K nib, but production pens were changed to have either a 14K Superflex or you can now order a semi-flex 14K EF nib. I paid half up front and then the other half was due upon completion of production. I walked around for a bit but then came back a few hours later to put down a deposit. I spent a fair amount of time holding the rosewood pen and doodling with it. ![]() He also had a sample of the lapis blue marble acrylic but no pens were produced yet in that color. Syd had a black, rosewood, and clear(demo) pen available to look at and hold. You can order this pen from the website now that is it is in production, but I ordered it from Syd and his lovely wife at the San Francisco pen show in August 2015. That is until I stopped by Syd’s booth at the San Francisco pen show and saw the gorgeous new W-E Decoband in Rosewood with the large #8 Superflex nib. has been putting out some great looking Skyline pens in the last few years, but nothing oversized that caught my attention. The W-E pen company was resurrected several years ago by co-owner Syd Saperstein (knows by his FPN handle “wahlnut” around these parts) and has been a real positive example of what can be done when your passion becomes your business. The new Wahl-Eversharp Decoband fits into this category. Then there are magnificent pens that come to you unlooked for and seemingly from somewhere you would never expect. As much as I try not to get sucked into the frenzy vortex, it happens sometimes to the best of us. ![]() Sometimes a new pen comes along and just shouts, “You need to have me now!” Often these pens come from the big name manufacturers with big advertising budgets designed to whip up the desire of people who have never touched the pen in person. ![]()
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