
Muse Fountain Pen – Lost at Sea
DAN'S NOTES ON THIS PARTICULAR PEN This Muse is an ocean like swirl of blues and aquas with a nice black contrast and features our bark texture. If you like blues (and I do), you can hardly go wrong with this one. It's both fun and dignified. >>> THE STORY OF THE MUSE While I'm unabashed in my love for pocket pens, for most of us it's the full sized variant that does the daily driving. And, to be quite honest, it was the Muse that was trickier to get right than the Jester. The reduced length of the pocket pens allows for a certain levity of design that's hard to do with longer pens. I originally worked towards a streamlined pen with no profile break between the cap and body as some of my favorite pens took this approach to their profile. In fact, I was pretty adamant that this would be my approach as well. I ended up playing around with iterations where the cap was wider than the body and was surprised to find how appealing the overall look became—particularly when the cap l