Crónicas Estilográficas

The Japanese word “kanreki” refers to the celebration of the 60th birthday. For the occasion, the birthday guy wears a red outfit composed b...

Meanwhile ... Pilot continues with the old policy of rehashing the well-known Capless through yearly special editions or, less often, exc...

Some months ago I analyzed the Moonman A1 , the capless pen made by the Chinese company. The main conclusion in that text was that the Chine...

The following ad appeared June 1968 in the Brazilian magazine Realidade : Realidade . June 1968. We see two different Capless mod...

NOTE (April 23rd, 2023): I have added a couple of sentences and a picture of the instruction sheet to show the lack of mention to ink cartri...

The Platinum Curidas ( ::1:: , ::2:: , ::3:: ) was launched in the early months of 2020. Its release was carefully planned and Platinum man...

Over a year ago, Chinese pen maker Moonman released the model A1, also marketed as Majohn A1. In actual terms, this is a capless pen remarka...

A second private pen released by Pilot on its 100th anniversary was the following Capless: The 100th anniversary Pilot Capless. ...

For some, the Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) looks like paradise: “Japanese always keep the best products for themselves”, said a commenter ...

One could be forgiven for thinking that not much can be said about iconic pens. After all, being iconic means that they are well-known and d...

Some time ago I made some comments about the current policy of Platinum focusing on the lower and middle ranges of the market. The recent mo...