lady dandelion

…almost. And the silver. And the black. And the nib. Goes well with red as well as blue. Or green. Or sepia.

After waiting, what felt like an eternity, for this pen it finally arrived today: a Yard-O-Led Retro with a broad nib. My first YOL and one of the few broad nibs I seriously consider leaving as is without customization. My first scribblings with it revealed a smooth nib with a bit of stubbishness. I’ll have to use it a lot more before writing a review, but I couldn’t resist posting some first snapshots of it.

Even if the model looks like a British classic from the 1920’s, this model was introduced only a few years ago.

Strangely enough YOL describes it as a retro pen reminding of the 1950’s, but I can’t see any traces of 1950’s typical features in this design. In my view it undoubtedly has an air of the 1920’s with its domed, flat cap,  the black plastic resembling of BCHR, the ornamented clip and the silver details.