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Omas Princess, Blue- Royale celluloid Another quick & picture heavy post! I found this piece towards the end of the year in a frantic search for ever declining Omas stock. I hadn’t had the blue-royale celluloid on my radar at all, favouring the more obvious arco-bronze and arco-verde’s, but I found this Omas Princess at a decent price (well, decent given the stratospheric rise of Omas over the past 12 months since closing business!) on eBay. It has an old- school vintage look with a blue cotton tassle (tassie?) attached to the finial. It is a very small light-weight fountain pen, with the typical piston- filling mechanism. It isn’t a design I would normally go for with more modern pens, but I have bought a few vintage pens with a similar look in the past. As for the celluloid, blue isn’t really my favourite colour, except for the Ao-tamenuri of Nakaya, but due to aging(!) exposure to light (oxidation? I was never good at science…) it has turned a kind of purpley- blue. Nib: This Medium 18ct gold nib is smoooooth! Has a nice juicy 8/10 ink flow and is just a joy to write with. I think was one of the in- house Omas made before they started using Bock nibs. It’s a lot smaller than the nib on my Paragon, but still, wonderful to write with. Verdict: A great little pen for the price, adds a nice variety to my Omas celluloid collection. Photos: This photo doesn’t show the colour but gives some idea of the depth of celluloid… This photo is a somewhat exaggerated representation of the blue/ purple colour, without demonstrating any of the depth or shininess of the celluloid material… Last attempt…I think this is the most accurate representation of the blue-royale celluloid.