Caran d'Ache Varius Metwood

At the PaperWorld Exhibition 2001 in Frankfurt, the Swiss Company, Caran d'Ache presented the newly developed Fountain Pen and Rollerball / fibre-tipped Pen, which joins its Varius  Pen Collection. The body of the Metwood is made of rosewood, reinforced by a brass insert. Two bands encircle the points where wood and metal meet. The Fountain Pen and the Rollerball / fibre-tipped Pen have ergonomically incurved writing grips and brass caps. All Pens of the Caran d'Ache Varius collection feature the distinctive "retro" steel clip. This, together with all other metal parts, are silver-plated and covered with rhodium a rare metal more expensive than gold.