THE COMMANDER PEN - Bespoke fountain pen made from a sextant
Some stories require a worthy form. My client Harrison Monarth, a New York Times bestselling author, wanted a Bespoke fountain pen that combined history, functional artwork and personal memory - a tribute to a long-dead friend who served in the Royal Navy in 1945.
In search of a suitable source material, Harrison spent months researching original sextants from that era. He finally found what he was looking for in Cornwall, UK: An antique dealer offered him three sextants, each with the engraved name of the respective commander. But it wasn't going to be just any sextant - it had to be the right one. Harrison carefully studied the annals of the Royal Navy, comparing biographies and service records until he found the perfect candidate - a commander whose life and values were in line with those of his late friend.
THE COMMANDER PEN is more than a writing instrument. It is a symbol. A bridge between past and present. A tribute to a friend whose legacy now lives on with every line written.
Part I
With the support of two talented jewelry artists from Studios Nonne 11 in Bamberg – Alvaro-Luca Ellwart and Nora Kowats – the sextant was carefully dismantled. Using the classic sand casting process, we melted the historical metal and reshaped it to transfer the essence of the past into a new, tangible form.
PART II
From the resulting blank, I produced an extraordinary LONGCAP fountain pen in my Hamburg studio workshop - a writing instrument that not only breathes history, but also carries it forward. Every line, every engraving, every texture of this unique piece tells of seafaring, of camaraderie, of memory.