There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
1st- five great pens under $80, in no particular order: 1--- TWSBI 580 AL; ridiculously popular piston-filler, does not take cartridges
2---Faber-Castell Ambition; prices vary by finish; all versions include a converter except the most basic version; takes standard international cartridges
2nd- recommended blues: -Diamine Sargasso Sea -Rohrer & Klinger Koenigsblau
-Seitz-Kreuznach Pacific Blue -J.Herbin Azur Bleu -Pelikan Edelstein Topaz
3rd- check out seitz-global.com for the best deals on the ink brands mentioned above. They ship free (to most countries) from Germany and the promo code "Neu05" gives you €5 off if you place an order of €25 or more. PS: McCoy has always been my favorite Startrek character :)
P.S. Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor not a scrivener! (I've been dying to watch some Star Trek recently - TOS is just outta this world great sci-fi).