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Exclusive Black Steel Collector's Set.
Includes the Mechanical Pen, Key Cache and 100ml Hip Flask. Personalised everyday essentials with a tungsten carbide surface that's 9x harder than stainless steel and 3.5x harder than titanium. Made in England by Wingback. Note: The Mechanical Pen comes with a Fisher Space Pen PR4 ink cartridge included. *Fisher Space Pen® Pressurized Ink Cartridge. ‘Fisher’ and ‘Space Pen’ are trademarks of Fisher Pen Co. Boulder City, NV U.S.A.
Metal: Aerospace-grade stainless steel from Europe, CNC machined in Birmingham, UK. Tungsten carbide carbon finish applied in Cambridge, UK.
Cartridge: Fisher Space Pen® PR4 Pressurised ink cartridge from Boulder City, US.
Sleeve: Oeko-Tex double thickness cotton sleeve from Poland, Europe.
Finish: Laser engraved, assembled by hand and packaged in London, UK.
Pen dimensions: 10mm (0.37”) diameter, 117.5mm (4.63”) length, 50g (1.76 oz) weight
Cartridge: Black Fisher Space Pen® PR4 cartridge included (also available in blue)
Engraving: All inscriptions are laser engraved in capital letters. Pen inscription up to 50 characters along the barrel. Key Cache inscription up to six characters on the base. Flask inscription up to 50 characters on the base.
Considerations: The Black Steel pen retains all the precision and corrosion-resistant qualities of stainless steel, while the tungsten carbide finish increases the surface hardness 9x. Any marks it picks up from regular use should be easily wiped away. However, the surface is scratch resistant, not scratch proof. Anything harder than the surface (diamond, some ceramics) or really aggressive use will be able to scratch it, which is why we recommend keeping it in its cotton sleeve when not in use, and carrying your diamonds in another pocket.
"There are plenty of black metal pens out there. But I’m not sure how many can boast the durability of a tungsten carbide finish."
Black Steel rivals the exotic look of Damascus steel or titanium, with a sub-metallic lustre that reveals a glimmer of the steel beneath the surface. It is applied using a technology called magnetron sputtering, where nano layers of tungsten carbide carbon are deposited onto the steel surface. Finished in Cambridge and laser engraved, assembled and packaged in London, all items can be personalised and made to order. It takes time, but so does anything worth holding onto.
With a surface 9x harder than stainless steel, 3.5x harder than titanium and incredibly low friction, our Black Steel items will be scratch resistant to virtually anything you will put in your pocket. Parts and mechanisms should never need to be maintained, let alone replaced. They will work as well for you today as they will for a grandchild who might inherit your collection in decades to come.
We want to grow Wingback to be a 100 year company and an antidote to disposable culture. That's why our products are built to last and we'll do our best to replace or repair any damage you do to your Wingback for the next 30 years.
