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$450

Here is a pen that you do not see every day. A Pilot 1954-R ruby red celluloid pen.

The "R" pens first came out in 1935. The distinctive points for this line were the sword clip and the jewels on the end of the cap and barrel. For the longest time I thought the "R" stood for Ryousuke Namiki, the founder of Pilot. However recently I learned from a retired Pilot Salesman that the "R" stood for "Roof." In the States we often call pens like this "jeweled" pens because the pointy ends kind of look like a gemstone. The Japanese on the other hand looked at the same thing and thought that these ends looked like the roofs on the old style Japanese houses.

It is said that Namiki designed the clip himself. He was always fond of the expression "The Pen is Mightier than the Sword."

The cap and barrel are made of a bright red marble celluloid. Quite a striking color.

One nice thing about this pen is that the nib has some nice springy nice flex to it. A great pen for the calligrapher or people like me who dabble in copperplate style calligraphy.

Any questions? Please send an e-mail to: rd@kamakurapens.com