Review of ranga splendour in iced mocha

[Harish N V]

Greetings to all. This is a  another review of a ranga splendour in iced mocha. This is the pen



   

The pen is packaged in a blue gift box. There is a free pen that class with this pen. Also an eye dropper is also given. 

 

PROCESS OF PURCHASE

 

I purchased this as a part of a group buy the form of which was sent to me by Mr kandan. 

 

In a non group buy scenario, Mr kandan can be mailed at mpkandan@yahoo.co.in.

 

The website is www.rangapens.com

 

The purchase is simple and mailing is prompt and very clear. 

 

DELIVERY PROCESS

 

The pen is delivered by 10 days and ranga pens hav always been prompt with delivery. Extremely organized and efficient. 

 

The pen comes wrapped or stitched in a cloth bag and the pen case is wrapped in a newspaper. 

 

THE DESIGN

 

This pen is torpedo shaped with a good size and girth. It's a massive pen. The torpedo has a nice gentle contour and there is a nice gold coloured clip. The clip is functional and neither too stiff or loose. 

 

The pen uncaps in one turn revealing multistart threads and a lovely and girthy hour glass section. 

The nib is a dual tone ranga nib in medium point that can be unscrewed and interchanged with other ranga nibs. It's a no 6 nib. 

 

The pen comes with a Schmidt converter and the threads inside the writing section also have been applied with silicone grease and hence can be used as an eye dropper. 

 

THE CRAFT

 

The pen is totally handmade to order and reveals a very nice finish. The acrylic pens generally do not show tooling marks and this pen is no exception. 

 

The high degree of skill are shown in the way that the multistart threads have been cut by hand, the way that the contour is given to the torpedo and the lovely hour glass section. 

 

Iam completely in awe at the way that Mr Pandurangan makes the pens. There are a couple of videos on YouTube which show the process of pen making in which every part of the pen is made by simple tools. 

 

BALANCE AND WRITING COMFORT

 

The pen is very balanced even though it is huge and girthy. The balance is aided by three factors mamely the girthy hour glass shaped grip section, the acrylic material and the torpedo shape. 

 

This pen can be written for a long time without fatigue. 

 

The pen has a shorter grip section than the ranga giant 9b ans ita roughly the same length. The difference is that the giant 9b has a seamless finish. 

This is with the giant 9b

 

   This is with Ranga 9b, woodex 4 and deccan cigar. 

 

 

 

WRITING

 

The nib was really good. It wrote out of the box and has good flow. My experience with Ranga nibs has been really good. It is really suites for Indian inks, paper and a variety of everyday purposes. 

 

The nib is smooth but is not butter smooth. I like this aspect of balance between feedback and smoothness is my ranga nibs. 

 

CONCLUSION

 

This pen is on the higher side of rangers offering. This is priced at 5500. But for the beautifully hand crafted pen that comes, I would buy this pen without a second thought. 

 

Also one can get the pen is so many different materials, nib brands, nib sizes and prices. Ranga with their highly efficient and orgainized way of functioning has made this flexibility possible. Hats off to the ranga pen company.