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    Default Maruzen's 150th anniversary Athena pen

    Hi, I just wrote something about Maruzen's new Athena pen, available from today, and thought it might be of interest to people here:

    https://www.fudefan.com/2019/03/maruzen-150th-athena/

    Maruzen's annual pen fair opened today. A few dozen people were waiting in line in the morning. Most of them ran straight to the ink shelf to pick up this year's exclusive "1870" ink, as well as the other 9 Athena inks only sold once a year.

    I also noticed that Maruzen had Athena Chroma for sale, at 30 000 yen. Haven't seen that one in a while!

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    Default Re: Maruzen's 150th anniversary Athena pen

    Thank you. What an elegant pen that is, both classic and modern.
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    Default Re: Maruzen's 150th anniversary Athena pen

    The "Voyage" King of Pen in Micarta looks interesting. I like the new Athena also. I see a reseller already has them posted on the auction site!

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    Default Re: Maruzen's 150th anniversary Athena pen

    Thanks for reading!

    Yes, the Voyage looked nice too. There were a few more exclusive pens available: A Nakaya with the Nihombashi bridge painted on the barrel, using tsukekaki-tamesukashi technique, an Ohashido, an Eboya, and Onoto pens:

    https://twitter.com/mznihonbashi/sta...70777981071362

    These weren't technically anniversary pens. Still very nice!
    Last edited by fudefan; March 7th, 2019 at 04:18 AM. Reason: additional info and formatting

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    Default Re: Maruzen's 150th anniversary Athena pen

    There's a pre-sale going on on Ebay already:
    https://www.ebay.de/itm/Maruzen-Limi...wAAOSwuvFcU~EV
    I wonder $598,00 quite expensive, even though the pen sure looks very nice.

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    Default Re: Maruzen's 150th anniversary Athena pen

    I very much like this classic/modern combination of styling.

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