Archive for June, 2011

Remember that I had a Parker Jotter fountain pen ? The one that has faithfully accompany me for the last one year or so ? I lost it. It was with me in the morning, and wasn’t anymore by the afternoon. It was sad affair, for I lost a great pen who have had contribution in promoting my career. One way or another.

Anyway, ever since the day I lost it, I’ve been looking my replacement. And for that I’ve been roaming various Gramedia store around the city, to no avail, until a week a go, and its not Gramedia. It’s in fact Office 2000, at Setiabudi, not far from my place. And it’s a Vector.

Vector, is a pen with more than 20 years of history, and of all the Parker line, its one of the cheapest, second only to Jotter. Anyway, cut the history short, I acquired the pen, have it engraved with my name (with the hope that I can retrieved, or have it returned if I misplaced it), and commissioned it to my office needs, replacing my Jotter.

It is, with all respect of its limitation, is a good pen. Like my old Jotten, it’s a stainless steel, but unlike my Jotter, it came with fine nib (tip), and slighly heavier. It doesn’t exude the look of luxury (or snobbery) unlike the Mont Blanc,  yet still have some uniqueness and personality.

Anyway, I manage to grab a couple of pics of it. Have a look and let me know what you think.

My working pen. Notice the "R. Rachman" engraved at the cap of the pen ?

The Pen Nib. It looks cheap, simple and fairly straight forward. It foot print is thin. Personally, I would prefer a bold medium nib instead.