Montblanc Writers Edition Mark Twain Limited Edition Ballpoint Pen

Purchase Montblanc Writers Edition Mark Twain Limited Edition Ballpoint Pen

MONTBLANC WRITERS EDITION MARK TWAIN LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN

Since 1992, Montblanc honours great writers. The stories these authors tell are as different as the lives they led. Every year since 1992, Montblanc has paid tribute to great writers whose works have become part of world literature, with its Limited Writers Editions. Each of the writing instruments is inspired by the genius of the authors and interprets the lives, spirits and works of these outstanding personalities.

With his pseudonym of Mark Twain, the American writer recalled the defining period of his life spent as a steersman on the Mississippi. The design of the writing instrument is also inspired by the river that had a lasting influence on Twain and his work:
The sinuous curving lines on cap and barrel, made of deep-blue precious resin, reflect the shallow waves of the river. The top of the cap is shaped to resemble the Mississippi steamboat chimneys, whose steam is illustrated by ivory-coloured precious resin. The clip is formed by a stylised jew’s harp, a musical instrument that was popular in the Southern states in Twain’s time. Platinum-plated mountings and the ivory-coloured Montblanc emblem complete the distinctive character of the writing instrument. The crowning features of this unique Limited Edition are Mark Twain’s signature and the number of the pen on the cap ring, and the two fathoms engraved on the rhodium-plated 18 K gold nib. The limited edition marks the centenary of Mark Twain’s death in 2010.   

Introduction: 2010
Limited to:
12,000 fountain pens
15,000 ball-point pens
6,000 rollerballs
3,000 sets consisting of fountain pen, ball-point pen and mechanical pencil