Pilot Custom 823 Fountain Pen - Smoke Collection_Maki-e Sailor's 1911 Pirate's Life comes

Sailor's 1911 Pirate's Life comes with an opaque yellow-gold barrel

It's made of a combination of Makrolon (black polycarbonate) and brushed stainless steel

interrupted by a row of stainless steel rivets

Introduced by Montblanc in 2000

This engraving and filling technique is an ancient Japanese art known as chinkin

Pilot Custom 823 Fountain Pen - Smoke Collection_Maki-e Sailor's 1911 Pirate's Life comesThe Custom 823 combines unique styling with a fun to use, high capacity vacuum filling system and a smooth, 14k gold nib. The black body color and gold trim give the pen a classic, sophisticated look, while the translucent demonstrator design gives it a modern twist and lets you admire the ink inside the pen. The Custom 823 is a large pen, measuring nearly six inches long when capped, but it is remarkably well balanced, and the cap posts deeply and