XVI Anniversary Modal Limited Edition
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Description
Limited Edition
Cerakote has quickly become a popular and versatile finish on our pens. The ever-growing catalog of colors, and ability to customize the surface treatment makes it a great way to get unique looking designs and finishes on metal pens that some might call boring canvases for colors and finishes. We’re moving further and further into the “Distressed” finishes which began with bronze distressed with black and expanded to several colors for our Halloween releases. We’ve also expanded to include many of the more fringe colors Cerakote has to offer, but for our 16th Anniversary we’ve landed on two of the most popular colors Cerakote sells; the H series Sniper Grey (H-234) and the Elite series Fire (E-310). The Sniper Grey will be available on standard releases to the website, the Fire is reserved for our final 2024 Pen Club Exclsuive/XVI Anniversary Tie-Ins.
The XVI Anniversary Modal is our latest bolt-action adaptation, the Modal featuring professionally applied Sniper Grey (H-234) Cerakote. Sniper Grey is a “very dark grey with a slight blue tint” according to Cerakote; I would say the blue is only discernible in certain light situations and the dark grey is very uniform and not shiny at all. We chose this color on the advise of our Cerakote applicator after he looked at our shop colors and noticed how close this matches the grey we prefer. Matte Dark Red anodize was specially sourced for the clip and button with a black Delrin slider that ties the entire pen together. This is our 16th anniversary, and all of our releases this year come in batches of 16, making this one of our lowest volume Limited Editions to date. Ships with a Pilot G2 refill with black ink.
16 Pens Available
Specifications
Length – 116mm / 4.6″
Body Width – 11.11 mm / 0.437”
Width w/Clip – 14.73mm / 0.577″
Weight (Aluminum) – 22.3g / 0.78 oz
The Modal is made from 6061-T aluminum on our CNC lathes and Swiss machining centers, in Mesa, Arizona. Pilot refills are manufactured in Japan.
The long wait is over, our latest pen is here. The Modal is our latest everyday carry, retractable pen that features several new design and functionality elements. This pen has been the most requested design in the history of our company. From the day our Bolt Kickstarter launched, we were asked if we would ever add a traditional side-actuated bolt-style pen. Our response was always, “Only if we can find a reason to make one in our style because the market is saturated with that type of pen.” It’s been over ten years since the Bolt was released, and we finally found our reasons. Initially, we wanted to create a pen that was roughly the length of the EDK but accepted the Pilot G2 or other 110mm refills. A five-inch length pen is about the shortest pen that is comfortable to the average pen user. Our second reason was that most bolt-style pens on the market use a side button that sticks out pretty far from the body of the pen. The button is uncomfortable and often gets caught on clothing or jabs into your hip if you’re pocket-carrying the pen. Also, for some reason, most of the current bolt-style pens feature a backward J-slot, requiring the user’s thumb to move in a weird motion bringing the button down and back towards the heel of the palm. We designed a button that is oval shaped, with a slightly convex face that is raised just enough off of the body of the pen to be functional but doesn’t interfere with clothing and won’t jab you in the hip. Our J-slot is more of a modified checkmark, and requires the user to simply push their thumb down in a swift motion before the action “catches”. The button is easily retracted with a swift upward motion of the thumb, but the catch on the slot is positive enough that the refill won’t retract during use. Finally, we developed a deep pocket carry clip somewhat resembling the INK clip but fastens via an internal thread that isn’t visible. The internal slider mechanism is machined from Delrin which provides a perfect, smooth action. The body, clip, slider, and button are designed and manufactured in our facility in Mesa, Arizona. The standard Modal ships with the Pilot G2 refill, and will accept most 110mm/Euro style refills.
