So, it turns out that the Pelikan Niagara Falls isn’t part of the special Cities Series but is actually the first of a new Wonders of Nature (WoN) Series. I guess we should have read the press release more carefully and also the different size should have been a clue, the Cities are 620 while the WoN is 640.
Pendemonium is taking orders for the second pen in the Wonders of Nature series – the Sahara. While there are no pictures available on the site, Sam describes it as “swirling sands on a metal contoured barrel in bronze tones”.
I started a discussion thread on the Fountain Pen Network asking if anyone had knowledge of this pen and initially had no luck but then “Johnson” noticed the Sahara in a Joon catalog and posted the catalog excerpt in a new discussion thread – link here . The catalog describes it as “a stunning interpretation of the Sahara Desert. A uniquely carved metal barrel is designed after the wind swept patterns of the Sahara.”
While the catalog does not appear to indicate the size of the pen, based on a reference to a “newly engineered shape”, I am reasonably certain that it is the 640. Although a series of pens do not necessarily have to be the same shape and size, that is Pelikan’s history with the Cities series so I expect the same for the WoN.
It shall be interesting to see some more pictures of this pen and to see it in person for a better impression of its appeal.
Filed under: Cities series, Joon, Niagara Falls, pelikan fountain pen, Pendemonium, Sahara, Wonders of Nature
