THIS MAN 100 PATRICIAN SPECIAL EDITION BALLPOINT PEN IS STYLED ON THE WATERMAN CLASSIC OF THE 1930'S ONE OF THE GREATEST SUCCESS STORIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE FOUNTAIN PEN. PRESENTED IN AN UNUSUAL AND ORIGINAL WOODEN BOX . THIS MAN 100 PATRICIAN IS REMINISCENT OF THE ELEGANCE AND SOPHISTICATION OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE FOUNTAIN PEN. THE SHEEN OF THE LIGHTLY VEINED LACQUER RESULTS FROM AS MANY AS NINETEEN COATS, METICULOUSLY AND PATIENTLY APPLIED OVER THE TWO WEEKS NEEDED FOR THE LACQUERING OF EACH PIECE .THE IDEAL LOGO ON THE BUTTON OF THE BARREL AND THE HIGHLY INDIVIDUAL OPENWORK BAND CLOSELY FOLLOWS THE BEAUTIFUL DECORATION FIRST SEEN ON THE WATERMAN PATRICIAN OF 1929.