Aston 5 Pen Wrap

[dudleian]

 

This is a standard pen wrap design made out of brown leather, tanned on the outside and soft nubuck-style on the inside where the pens go. There is a flap to protect the tops of the pens and keep them in place. The wrap is closed by a leather "rats tail" stitched into the wrap. This has a velcro backing and it sticks to itself when wound round the wrap.

 

The wrap holds 5 pens, which is the perfect quantity for me as I want to use it to transport and protect the pens I'm currently using, rather than for storage.

 

The pen slots are big enough for an M800 or an MB146, and it will take a Visconti travelling inkwell at a squeeze, but my Nakaya cigar is too tall. I do not know if an M1000 or MB149 would fit (if you want to know for sure, please send me your pens and I will carry out an exhaustive test for you over a couple of months ) I think that if you put 5 "oversize" pens in the case you would need to roll it tighter than I would be happy with doing to get it to close.

 

I have only had the wrap for a month so it is premature to comment on its durability, but the outside of the wrap looks as if it could take a fair bit of stick. The fit and finish and stitching are good. My guess is that the first thing to go with long use will be the stitching which defines the pen compartments. The rats tail is a potential problem, but Aston seem to have done a good job of attaching it firmly to the body of the wrap. It feels as if the wrap is doing a good job of protecting and cushioning the pens inside. I wouldn't want want to drop it on the floor, but my guess is that pens would fare much better in the wrap than on their own.

 

 

I'm very happy with the wrap, so much so that I bought a second one.

 

The wrap was purchased from The Turners Workshop in the UK (no affiliation etc) who offer decent prices and excellent service.

 

 

Styling

 

Pens:

MB146 Fine* Perle Noire

Lamy 2000 XF Prime of the Commons

Lamy Studio XF Heart of Darkness

Hero 616 Dragon's Napalm

Visconti Travelling Inkwell with Diamine Indigo

 

Ink:

Private Reserve Orange Crush

 

Blotter:

Model's own

 

* The 146 is a fantastic pen with an excellent nib, but fine? It is so broad that it could give rise to a whole family of "Yo Nib" jokes: "Yo nib so wide she an MB fine!" etc.

[declanh]

 

This is a standard pen wrap design made out of brown leather, tanned on the outside and soft nubuck-style on the inside where the pens go. There is a flap to protect the tops of the pens and keep them in place. The wrap is closed by a leather "rats tail" stitched into the wrap. This has a velcro backing and it sticks to itself when wound round the wrap.

 

The wrap holds 5 pens, which is the perfect quantity for me as I want to use it to transport and protect the pens I'm currently using, rather than for storage.

 

The pen slots are big enough for an M800 or an MB146, and it will take a Visconti travelling inkwell at a squeeze, but my Nakaya cigar is too tall. I do not know if an M1000 or MB149 would fit (if you want to know for sure, please send me your pens and I will carry out an exhaustive test for you over a couple of months ) I think that if you put 5 "oversize" pens in the case you would need to roll it tighter than I would be happy with doing to get it to close.

 

I have only had the wrap for a month so it is premature to comment on its durability, but the outside of the wrap looks as if it could take a fair bit of stick. The fit and finish and stitching are good. My guess is that the first thing to go with long use will be the stitching which defines the pen compartments. The rats tail is a potential problem, but Aston seem to have done a good job of attaching it firmly to the body of the wrap. It feels as if the wrap is doing a good job of protecting and cushioning the pens inside. I wouldn't want want to drop it on the floor, but my guess is that pens would fare much better in the wrap than on their own.

 

 

I'm very happy with the wrap, so much so that I bought a second one.

 

The wrap was purchased from The Turners Workshop in the UK (no affiliation etc) who offer decent prices and excellent service.

 

 

Styling

 

Pens:

MB146 Fine* Perle Noire

Lamy 2000 XF Prime of the Commons

Lamy Studio XF Heart of Darkness

Hero 616 Dragon's Napalm

Visconti Travelling Inkwell with Diamine Indigo

 

Ink:

Private Reserve Orange Crush

 

Blotter:

Model's own

 

* The 146 is a fantastic pen with an excellent nib, but fine? It is so broad that it could give rise to a whole family of "Yo Nib" jokes: "Yo nib so wide she an MB fine!" etc.

 

 

I got one of these last week - very nice. All my pens fit ok in it - my biggest is a Pelikan M800 - dont know how it will cope with pens much larger than this as I expect this is close to the size limit.

 

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