Item # 060703 - Emperor Fountain Pen in American Chestnut burl $175.00
The Emperor Pen is Asian inspired and exudes quality and elegance. It is designed to please the most discriminating pen collector. It features decorative inlays that are hand cast, polished then plated with precious 22k Gold Titanium, which are encompassed throughout by Rhodium plated fittings. The Fountain assembly includes a Rhodium plated medium point writing nib with 22k gold two tone nib with German made hand polished Iridium point and black ink cartridge. It can also accept standard fountain pen reservoir units (optional).
American Chestnut (Castanes dentata) A beautiful burl, presently almost extinct with some small areas surviving in the western US and Canada. The American Chestnut has been almost completely wiped out by a blight that spread in 1904 from New York City. It is quite rot and insect resistant although not blight resistant. Most American chestnut lumber found today are usually recycled from old buildings and fences.
This is truly an extremely rare wood. There is only a handful product made of American Chestnut Burl...we dare you to search online and see how much you can find.
Finished pen size: 21/32" x 5 5/8" and weighs about 2.8 oz. with cap, 1.5 oz. without cap
To order this pen, please contact us by sending us an e-mail at aoturnings@yahoo.com. Please indicate item number when ordering.