When it comes to fountain pens, I am a completist – a collector who attempts to collect an example of every item in a particular field.. Perhaps the habit is a bit OC, Nevertheless, if I buy a fountain pen that is part of a collection, such as the Aurora World Continent collection, I have to have them all. Until now. I am very attracted to the recently released Aurora Europa. This pen is a wonderful combination – grey black swirls, chrome hardware and topped off by a blue quartz stone. I have come to learn that the colour is referred to as Fumo di Londra grey marbled resin, which translated means “Smoke of London”. An appropriate colour choice to represent the smoke that poured out of the trains and factories during the Industrial Revolution in Europe. The picture speaks for itself.
Beauty, eh?
I have often thought about buying the Afrikan model of this collection – a perfect match of amber with black swirls, gold hardware and an agate stone – if that doesn’t bring to mind a safari on the savannah, I don’t know what does. But then my completist tendency thought about the only other model released at the time – Asia. I just don’t feel the green/brown combination. So I have not bought the Afrika.
Aurora Afrika LE fountain pen
Aurora Asia LE fountain pen
Now to my dilemma. I have to have the Europa. Will I be able to fight off the completist in me and stop with just this model (at least until the next one(s) is/are released? I am expecting something in blue at some point. God help me when that happens!).
Filed under: Aurora, Europa, pelikan fountain pen
