Robert L Stevenson LE Rollerball Pen
| Release Information | |
|---|---|
| Collection | Writers Edition |
| Year | 2023 |
| Price | $1,115 (April 2025) |
| Product Identification | |
| Rollerball | MB129419 |
Mike's Status : Not collecting it!
Product Features
| Cap | The cap is decorated with vertical lines reminiscent of a treasure chest. The years of Stevenson's birth and death (1850 - 1894) are also indicated. The cap ring bears the year '1866', which refers to the year of publication of his first story 'The Pentland Rising', as well as his signature. |
| Cap Top | The emblem on the resin cap top features a 3D skull inspired by the flag of pirates. The mirror-inverted quote on the cap to ring UNDER THE WIDE AND STARRY SKY is the first line of the requiem he had written for himself. |
| Clip | The shape of the clip reminds of a belaying pin that is used to secure ropes and lines of running rigging on boats. Behind the clip is a stylized compass rose, based on the compass rose in Stevenson's drawing, and some of the lines representing the different wind directions. |
| Overall Design | The overall design is inspired by a spyglass. The barrel is decorated with many 'x's, indicating the usual marker used to show where a treasure is hidden. A slightly larger 'X' marks the correct place where the treasure is located. |
| Cone | The shape of the cone is based on the shape of a spyglass, with the base reminiscent of the opening of an old spyglass. |
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Marketing Verbiage
Robert Louis Stevenson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1850, had two great desires: for freedom and for immersing himself in other worlds. He composed essays and travel accounts as well as his legendary adventure stories populated with striking characters whose names send a shiver down the spines of readers around the world: Long John Silver, Captain Flint, Jekyll and Hyde. The Montblanc Writers Edition Homage to Robert Louis Stevenson is dedicated to this imaginative storyteller. The novel “Treasure Island” inspired many design details of the edition. The overall shape of the writing instrument and the rings on the cone combine to create an impression of a historic, extendable spyglass. The black precious resin barrel is decorated with engraved crosses, including a larger “X” like the one marking the location of the treasure on a map. Vertical lines that bring to mind the planks of the schooner “Hispaniola” and a traditional sea chest adorn the cap of the Writers Edition. Behind the platinum-coated clip, the lines converge in a compass rose, while the clip imitates the shape of a belaying pin, to which the lines of a ship’s rigging would be secured. The cap top is crowned by the Montblanc emblem emblazoned with the pirate’s symbol, a skull and crossbones, elevated at its center. The cap ring is adorned with an engraving of Stevenson’s signature alongside the publication date of his first work “The Pentland Rising”, 1866. The dates, 1850-1894, are engraved on the cap to commemorate Robert Louis Stevenson’s life.