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The New Vanishing Point
"The trim is a bright chrome, which goes well with the barrel color, a very vivid yellow. This is a color that comes quite close to the same shade used on the Parker Mandarin yellow Duofold. In other words, it's not a soft pastel yellow. Pull this pen out of your pocket and folks will know it! It practically lights up the room.
So, the new VP isn't a subtle pen. But it is a very practical one, no doubt about that. The ability to go from a closed pen to one ready to write in a split second is almost too good to be true. Push the button on the end of the barrel, and the nib slides out.
Push it again, and the nib is retracted. Safe from drying out. Click, write. Click, don't write. Click, click, click. It gets hypnotic! If you often find yourself fidgeting with stuff as you sit in meetings, the VP is the perfect pen for you. Of course, your fellow meeting attendees may end up beating you over the head and prying the thing from your fingers... "
The New Vanishing Point
by Phillip Tucker
Stylophiles Online Magazine
[via Christopher Meisenzahl]
June 23, 2005 in Writing Accouterments | Permalink
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Comments
I love my VP, but never did adjust to having the clip under my fingers when writing for long periods. It's my "signing" pen and casual note-taker, but not for journaling of length.
Great color on this new pen, but I've secretly wished Pilot would reposition the clip on a limited-run pen to see if that would help.
Posted by: Gary | Jun 23, 2005 9:44:49 AM
This is not a new VP. This article is from 2003. The Mandarin Yellow was a very small limited run. Not available any more. I have one and it is a great pen. Sorry to disappoint...
-thomas
Posted by: Thomas | Jun 23, 2005 11:51:50 AM
I believe that Thomas is correct. I think the yellow model was a limited edition of sorts, and certainly striking.
Just got my Blue Carbonesque model yesterday, highly recommended! :-)
Chris
http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Christopher Meisenzahl | Jun 24, 2005 8:31:28 AM
I love the Vanishing Point pens. However, the current models available are to fat for me. I love the older versions from the late 90's that are smaller around. I have several of them and I think the fine nib is so cool. It's line is extra thin and the Namiki VP is made in Japan and they make their nibs a size smaller than pens from elsewhere around the world.
I do have one of the Mandarin Yellow VP's but it is still new in the box and I just look at the beautiful color and wish it was thinner.
I'll keep my old style VP and my plain Moleskine Notebook and just keep on, keepin' on! (Oh, and don't forget the Noodler's bulletproof ink. Get it from my friends at Pendemonium.com)
Posted by: GrannyKass | Jun 25, 2005 10:27:29 PM
Great recommendations. I will try one!
I am a big fan of another Pilot pen: the Pilot BIRDIE fountain pen. These are very slim and short, about the dimensions of a Space Pen. They are a perfect length in the hand when the cap is mounted. The nib is very precise. Filling is by way of a squeezable rubble pump. They are gorgeous, and are a great addition to a small journal (although Lord knows I love my Space Pens!). At least that is my experience.
Posted by: keith | Jun 28, 2005 4:48:38 PM
