The Deccan Masterpiece In White

[shrujaya]

Some three months back when I had dropped in at the Secunderabad branch of Deccan Pen Stores to generally be among pens, Zubair, who is in charge of that branch, told me that a new pen was being designed and that it would be white in colour and that he has asked one to be kept aside for me. I started dreaming about this pen from that day on…what would be its shape? Would the material be ebonite? and white ebonite would indeed be a rare thing…or would they use celluloid? Flat top? Round top? Ball clip? Flat clip? What nib? All this and more…

 

I didn’t hear from Zubair after that for a long time and I was getting impatient…so, I called him…he said they were getting made and I’d surely get one…some more days went by…I called again…similar response…and after some more days I called again and then he said...only a couple of these pens were made and they were already reserved for somebody else earlier…and so… the white pen dreams began to fade away…slowly…he was apologetic though…almost feeling helpless…

 

And then…out of the blue…I get a call from Zubair informing me that he had managed to get one specimen for me…his uncle had made a couple more…the pen started taking shape in my imagination once again…I couldn’t go there the same day, but my excitement kept mounting…I went two days later and he handed me over this pen…I went ‘wow’… I hadn’t anticipated this shape and size…it was the Deccan Masterpiece in white…with the cap jewel and barrel cap in black…it didn’t look like ebonite or celluloid…I asked Zubair about the material…he said that this material came as part of a packaging from Germany some years back and was lying around…some kind of plastic…or nylon based plastic…and his uncle saw this and decided to attempt a pen out of this material…I opened the cap and saw the nib…good…and opened the barrel and saw the aerometric filler…I was not thrilled…I am partial to ED fillers and piston fillers…I asked Zubair about this and he said the initial attempt was to make an ED filler, but there were leakage problems and so the aerometric filler was fitted…I got it inked then and there and it writes beautifully…I tried taking photos against different backgrounds and it was against the blue silk background that the pen stood out…I have also included a couple of photos against a maroon silk background…

 

As usual, the Deccan Pens people don’t have a name for it…since it the Masterpiece in white, I wanted to give it an appropriate name…so many names came to mind…The Deccan Masterpiece Pristina…The Deccan Fleur de Lis…the simple Deccan White…The Deccan Masterpiece BnW…the Indian ‘Dakshin Shweth’… and so on…maybe all you Indian FP enthusiasts can chip in with your names too…

 

Here are the pictures…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/1DeccanShweyth-capped.jpg

The near sight…capped…6 ½ inches…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/1bDeccanShweyth-capped-longdistance.jpg

The far sight…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/2DeccanShweyth-uncapped.jpg

Uncapped…close to 6 inches…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/3DeccanShweyth-nib.jpg

The nib…close up…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/4DeccanShweyth-filler-cap-barrel.jpg

The barrel opened…aerometric filler…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/5DeccanShweyth-fillercapjewel.jpg

The same against a maroon background…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/6DeccanShweyth-thicknesscap-barrelcomparison.jpg

Comparing the thickness of cap wall and barrel wall…the cap wall is thinner and when pressed, compresses a bit…showing that the material is slightly flexible and not hard as ebonite…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/8DeccanShweyth-posted.jpg

Posted…it is almost 8 inches…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/9DeccanShweyth-comparisonwithDcMP.jpg

The white Masterpiece is bigger than the black ebonite Masterpiece…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/10DeccanShweyth-nibscomparisonwithDcMP.jpg

But the black ebonite Masterpiece’s nib is bigger and deadlier than the white Masterpiece’s…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/12DeccanShweyth-comparisonwithMB149.jpg

This is only for scale…

 

Thanks for seeing and reading...

 

Regards,

 

Shrujaya

Edited September 16, 2011 by shrujaya

[brahmam]

You may call it the "Deccan Taj Mahal"

 

Cheers!

 

 

 

Some three months back when I had dropped in at the Secunderabad branch of Deccan Pen Stores to generally be among pens, Zubair, who is in charge of that branch, told me that a new pen was being designed and that it would be white in colour and that he has asked one to be kept aside for me. I started dreaming about this pen from that day on…what would be its shape? Would the material be ebonite? and white ebonite would indeed be a rare thing…or would they use celluloid? Flat top? Round top? Ball clip? Flat clip? What nib? All this and more…

 

I didn't hear from Zubair after that for a long time and I was getting impatient…so, I called him…he said they were getting made and I'd surely get one…some more days went by…I called again…similar response…and after some more days I called again and then he said...only a couple of these pens were made and they were already reserved for somebody else earlier…and so… the white pen dreams began to fade away…slowly…he was apologetic though…almost feeling helpless…

 

And then…out of the blue…I get a call from Zubair informing me that he had managed to get one specimen for me…his uncle had made a couple more…the pen started taking shape in my imagination once again…I couldn't go there the same day, but my excitement kept mounting…I went two days later and he handed me over this pen…I went 'wow'… I hadn't anticipated this shape and size…it was the Deccan Masterpiece in white…with the cap jewel and barrel cap in black…it didn't look like ebonite or celluloid…I asked Zubair about the material…he said that this material came as part of a packaging from Germany some years back and was lying around…some kind of plastic…or nylon based plastic…and his uncle saw this and decided to attempt a pen out of this material…I opened the cap and saw the nib…good…and opened the barrel and saw the aerometric filler…I was not thrilled…I am partial to ED fillers and piston fillers…I asked Zubair about this and he said the initial attempt was to make an ED filler, but there were leakage problems and so the aerometric filler was fitted…I got it inked then and there and it writes beautifully…I tried taking photos against different backgrounds and it was against the blue silk background that the pen stood out…I have also included a couple of photos against a maroon silk background…

 

As usual, the Deccan Pens people don't have a name for it…since it the Masterpiece in white, I wanted to give it an appropriate name…so many names came to mind…The Deccan Masterpiece Pristina…The Deccan Fleur de Lis…the simple Deccan White…The Deccan Masterpiece BnW…the Indian 'Dakshin Shweth'… and so on…maybe all you Indian FP enthusiasts can chip in with your names too…

 

Here are the pictures…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/1DeccanShweyth-capped.jpg

The near sight…capped…6 ½ inches…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/1bDeccanShweyth-capped-longdistance.jpg

The far sight…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/2DeccanShweyth-uncapped.jpg

Uncapped…close to 6 inches…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/3DeccanShweyth-nib.jpg

The nib…close up…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/4DeccanShweyth-filler-cap-barrel.jpg

The barrel opened…aerometric filler…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/5DeccanShweyth-fillercapjewel.jpg

The same against a maroon background…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/6DeccanShweyth-thicknesscap-barrelcomparison.jpg

Comparing the thickness of cap wall and barrel wall…the cap wall is thinner and when pressed, compresses a bit…showing that the material is slightly flexible and not hard as ebonite…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/8DeccanShweyth-posted.jpg

Posted…it is almost 8 inches…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/9DeccanShweyth-comparisonwithDcMP.jpg

The white Masterpiece is bigger than the black ebonite Masterpiece…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/10DeccanShweyth-nibscomparisonwithDcMP.jpg

But the black ebonite Masterpiece's nib is bigger and deadlier than the white Masterpiece's…

 

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/bambli_mass/12DeccanShweyth-comparisonwithMB149.jpg

This is only for scale…

 

Thanks for seeing and reading...

 

Regards,

 

Shrujaya

[floydee1]

How about the name - The Deccan Snowpiece?

[hari317]

Congratulations Jai. I Love the section shape.

[shrujaya]

Thank you Brahmam and Floydee for visiting and for such evocative names...

 

Thanks Hari...this section is similar in shape to the Deccan Diplomat ver. 2.0...only this section is bigger...

 

Regards,

 

Shrujaya

[hari317]

How about Deccan "Himadri" or Deccan "Gore-Khan" :roflmho:

[shrujaya]

How about Deccan "Himadri" or Deccan "Gore-Khan" :roflmho:

 

Remember, those days when there was only DD and when B/W Marathi movies were shown in the afternoon slot, there would be some kind of caption on top of the screen saying 'krishna-dhaval'...I wanted to call it that...but there is more 'dhaval' than 'krishna' here...maybe Deccan DK...

[hari317]

yeah "Dhaval-Krishna" is ideal. The Deccan "DK"

[avoiceinthedistance]

I must confess to a moment of envy, whatever the name. It looks like a wonderful pen.

[Abhik]

[brahmam]

I thought of the name Deccan-Shelly. Shells are white in color (generally) and Shelly is a great English poet who penned great poems.

 

 

 

yeah "Dhaval-Krishna" is ideal. The Deccan "DK"

[Preetham]

Nice pen and photos. The Deccan "PANDA"

[brahmam]

Yes! Deccan Panda seems to be apt. Nice name Preetham.

 

Nice pen and photos. The Deccan "PANDA"

[Preetham]

Yes! Deccan Panda seems to be apt. Nice name Preetham.

 

Nice pen and photos. The Deccan "PANDA"

 

Thank you Sir .

[hari317]

Now Brahmam sir, can we pls have your poem in the honor of the Panda?

[Fabienne]

Just lovely. It looks like alabaster.

[brahmam]

Hari, Hari, my dear Hari!

Always in such a Hurry!

Let us for a moment bury,

All our anxieties and fury.

 

Take the white pen and hold,

Take your time to behold,

The beauty of a pen by Deccan!

Try to make a better one

Only if you can!

I would say then you indeed won.

 

Take a deep breath and count to ten,

As you run your fingers on the pen,

Just meditate now and then,

Wow! Is this just a pen or heaven!

 

This finest of Hyderabad's specimen,

A genuine one and not a lemon,

This pen would rival Nizam's pearls;

White pens are those that befit the Earls.

 

Look at the sheen and look at the shine,

Look at those lovely nib tine,

Buffed nice and shaped fine,

Sad am I that it is not mine!

 

Your brown ebonite may be a bear,

But just for a moment please bear!

From Rotterdam to Rwanda,

This lovely Deccan is called a Panda!

 

 

Now Brahmam sir, can we pls have your poem in the honor of the Panda?

Edited September 22, 2011 by brahmam

[brahmam]

A lone wanderer in this great cosmos!

Alone I came and alone would go back to dust!

Just another rolling stone that gathers no moss!

Salvation! You alone seem to be my only lust!

 

The mind in its glory conceives poems to compose,

Yet aware that the body would wither and decompose.

 

Oh! My dear, dear Free-will!

Tell me really, "Will I ever be free?"

Allow me until my body becomes still,

To sacrifice just as a still standing tree!

 

 

- Just another tumble weed!

[Preetham]

Now Brahmam sir, can we pls have your poem in the honor of the Panda?

Actually, I enjoy reading his poems.

[Preetham]

Hari, Hari, my dear Hari!

Always in such a Hurry!

Let us for a moment bury,

All our anxieties and fury.

 

Take the white pen and hold,

Take your time to behold,

The beauty of a pen by Deccan!

Try to make a better one

Only if you can!

I would say then you indeed won.

 

Take a deep breath and count to ten,

As you run your fingers on the pen,

Just meditate now and then,

Wow! Is this just a pen or heaven!

 

This finest of Hyderabad's specimen,

A genuine one and not a lemon,

This pen would rival Nizam's pearls;

White pens are those that befit the Earls.

 

Look at the sheen and look at the shine,

Look at those lovely nib tine,

Buffed nice and shaped fine,

Sad am I that it is not mine!

 

Your brown ebonite may be a bear,

But just for a moment please bear!

From Rotterdam to Rwanda,

This lovely Deccan is called a Panda!

 

 

Now Brahmam sir, can we pls have your poem in the honor of the Panda?

 

Wah, Wah Ustad!