July 2008

Luxury Tool for Luxury Pen

It was a day like one of those you want to forget about. I was sitting at my desk, working with a colleague on an IT project. A nice person interrupted us, just to say hello. Before shaking hands, I laid down my MontBlanc pen (the one I've been offered for my 30 year old birthday) on the board, but... it rolled and fell down on the floor right on its point! The poor white gold coated quill was bent at 90 degrees. So, I had the choice of either going for an expensive quill substitution or to try to fix this by myself. What could have been better than a luxury tool for that work? My Skeletool CX did it quite well. I wrapped a handkerchief around the quill and press it gently with the pliers. Ten seconds later I was able to write down "Thank you, Leatherman" on a sheet of paper!

Heinisch
Neuilly, Seine, France