An important new relationship and storyline commence with the release of the WILD: Baobab. This newest edition will support National Geographic Explorers and Photographers, Uri and Helle Løvevild Golman.
In 2017, Uri was brutally attacked in Gabon. As his recovery continues, the couple have founded the WILD Nature Foundation – a conservation awareness/action non-profit. Our collaboration with this inspirational couple is a tribute to their unswerving passion for nature.
Made from Montegrappite artisanal resin and stainless steel, The WILD: Baobab is as symbolic as it is exotic. Its colour scheme, organic texture and bulbous silhouette are inspired by Africa’s iconic Baobab trees. The capband features camouflage stripes, and a diecast clip depicts a Snowy Owl feather. An engraved finial disc replicates a WILD Explorer expedition patch and the mantra, “What you love - You will protect.”
This limited-edition release is available as fountain pen,
rollerball and slimline ballpoint, with 999 pieces made in each mode. Fountain
pens are fitted with a cartridge/converter-fed, 6mm 18K gold filigree nib.
Special packaging is a custom paperboard case decorated with photography and passport stamps from the WILD archive. A special supplementary gift is a set of postcards featuring wildlife photographed in unspoiled habitats on each of Earth’s seven continents.
Combined Shipping Discount
I offer a combined shipping discount for multiple listed items, but only in circumstances whereby the multiple items are being purchased on one and same invoice/transaction showing the reduced/adjusted combined shipping rate. This requires the buyer to request a total for multiple purchases prior to payment, or to defer payment after the multiple item purchase commitments are made, prior to payment, so that I can make the necessary adjustment to the invoice and submit it to the buyer for payment.
If you do not know how to request a total, or are unable to defer payment when the purchase commitment is made, please refer to eBay and its online instructions.
I do not offer combined shipping discounts for items purchased separately, and/or outside the procedure outlined above.
The reason for this policy relates to the fact that eBay as a matter of course does not automatically retrospectively refund seller fees/commission expenses for retrospective shipping expense adjustments on separately purchased/paid-for items, leaving the seller with the administrative burden and related expense of claiming rebates at a later date via a cumbersome procedure.
Shipping and other delays may occur
While we will make every endeavour to dispatch this item in a timely fashion, delays with couriers/postal agencies, as well as import authorities (eg. Customs) in the buyer’s country, can occur and these delays can be up to weeks, if not months (as may be experienced with recent world-wide events). In buying this item, the Buyer is acknowledging that such delays may occur, and are out of the Seller’s control, and the Seller is not responsible for them.
An important note regarding the nib and writing performance of this fountain pen
A fountain pen nib can be a joy to write with, provided it has been tuned properly. Unfortunately factory settings are not optimal for some fountain pens that are new "out of the box", and occasionally tuning is required. Your pen, once purchased, will be checked by us prior to sending. It may need some tuning.
After purchase and before sending each fountain pen, whether a gold, palladium, steel or other metal nib, I will test the nib unit with ink, and check (and adjust as necessary) to ensure it writes correctly. Then I will wash the nib unit and dry it. In this way I can be sure the pen will write correctly........ BUT sometimes there some residual water/ink will find its way down the feeder during courier air travel.
If the buyer prefers this procedure not be undertaken, a message to that effect should be left with the order. However, in such circumstances the writing performance shall not be warranted, and I will not accept returns on account of the writing performance of the nib, or the presence of residual fluid around the nib/feeder.