Michael de Silva Hi, I'm Michael and welcome to my blog.

My interests are rather wide and varied, from reading to writing with fountain pens as well as enjoying great food with even greater company.

Consider having a look at my Flickr photostream, if photography interests you. I have also authored some texts on Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering. Last but not least, my Curriculum Vitae.

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Montblanc Meisterstück Solitaire Barley Reviewed

Quite a few of my subscribers on YouTube have been wanting an updated video for almost a year. The reason I do not bother making too many video reviews is because it’s usually rather quite tedious to record, edit, and upload. This was, however, created using my MacBook Pro’s in-built iSight – hence the pretty [...]

The Sterling Silver Collection

I decided to give the sterling pieces a polish this morning. Left to right: MB Charles Dickens WE with B nib, Montegrappa Extra 1930 Turtle Brown celluloid and Ebonite feeder with M nib, MB F. Scott Fitzgerald WE with BB nib, MB LeGrand Solitaire Pin Stripe with B nib, MB Barley with B nib and [...]

Montblanc Charles Dickens WE FP: First for 2010…

This beauty arrived from Harrods on my Birthday. I cannot thank Amy enough; it fits the bill perfectly as I was looking for something ‘vintage-esq’ for my collection. Like all WE pens, this has an aged resin star adorning the top of the sterling silver cap. This is the second largest star found in any [...]

2010: Leonov’s Trip to Jupiter

It is the year of Our Lord two thousand and ten; a time quite far from that envisioned by Clark. It seems that I’m not alone in feeling technology as we know it has moved at a snails pace. The past two weeks involved copious amounts of champagne, wine, and scotch – six and seven [...]

The Montblanc Thomas Mann 2009 WE in Detail

I was shown one of the initial posters to this pen back in April during my visit to London and it did not completely catch my fancy, until now. Here are some details of this edition, Launch: 2009 Limitation: 12,000 fountain pens 15,000 ballpoint pens 6,000 rollerballs 3,000 sets comprising fountain pen, ballpoint pen and [...]

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