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It was just a routine visit to Deccan Pens at Abids … whenever Hari comes to Hyderabad, we set out in the evening ... it is a long drive from where I live to Abids and that gives us enough time to catch up on events and happenings in the pen and watch worlds on FPN and elsewhere … we meet up with Wasim bhai, and the younger generation brothers and the sales people … and if Wasim bhai is free, the conversation can go on for a long long time … sometimes no pen is bought, but the visit to Deccan at Abids is part of our liking and passion for pens … it is like paying obeisance at the altar of superior pen-making … Yesterday, 19th February 2015, Hari and I visited Deccan and both of us were happy to see a new model under the glass … it is a shiny black ebonite number, suitably restrained with only the bright golden coloured clip for any visible embellishment … a classic cigar shaped fountain pen, it is an ED filler … the size is slightly smaller than the MB 146 … the flat clip is nice and quite springy, but not spring loaded … except for the dome at the cap jewel, the cap is cylindrical and forms a straight line and cuts smoothly at the cap lip and embraces the barrel gracefully when the pen is capped … Once the cap is unscrewed, you see the trademark Deccan lines and meticulous finishing … the section is so elegant and the lines form a beautiful and subtle hourglass, just about straightening out ever so slightly at both ends at the last millimeter … look at the place in the section where the nib & feeder meet the section and it is so shiny … this attention to detail is rarely seen … and that is what keeps Deccan at the top among Indian fountain pen makers … The pen came with a regular nib, but I didn’t like the shape and got it changed for a custom Deccan Medium nib … I had to pay extra for that, of course … and after the pen was inked, it just took off … Hari, who was overseeing the change of nibs, tested the smoothness and flow and said, ‘what need for any other pen …?’ I want to call it the Deccan Majaz … Here are some photos of the pen … http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/1-DecLittle_zps1ee2f3bb.jpg http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/2-DecLittle_zpseca41e78.jpg http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/3-DecLittle_zps64515aba.jpg http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/4-DecLittle_zps2f1f354a.jpg http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/5-DecLittle_zpsfbde8e03.jpg http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/6-DecLittle_zpsc3d28b48.jpg http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/7-DecLittle_zpsbb0935b2.jpg http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/8-DecLittle_zpsfa29b7c3.jpg http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/9-DecLittle_zpsf9670ed9.jpg http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/10-DecLittle_zps8c470eeb.jpg http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/11-DecLittle_zpsbbb7075e.jpg http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/12-DecLittle_zps5779cf47.jpg http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/13-DecLittle_zpsc43f73f2.jpg http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/14-DecLittle_zps09e3329f.jpg That’s all for now … thanks for visiting and reading and your comments and responses are welcome … Shrujaya