Santa’s Surprise Dragonskin Modal Limited Release
- Description
Description
Over the years, we’ve become experts at pivoting when something doesn’t go to plan. This is one of those pivots. When our Dragonskin Bolt/Modal bodies came off the machines, we immediately sent them out for anodize and with a few of them earmarked as “holiday” releases in festive colorways. The Matte Red was going to be paired with a green clip and button and an Ultem slider to give the traditional red, green, and gold effect. But our anodizers said “not so fast, we’re not going to anodize anything green, you can get an extra batch of Natural (Type III) clips and buttons.” So maybe this is how Santa “stealths” his sleigh, adding a touch of Natural (Type III) anodize to cover up the shiny parts of his sleigh gives it a lower radar profile, or something like that. That’s what we’re going with.
The Santa’s Surprise Dragonskin Modal is the Dragonskin Modal in matte red anodize with Natural (Type III) anodized clip and button and a black Delrin slider. We’re blowing these out at $50, a saving of $29. Ships with a Pilot G2 Refill, excludes coupon codes.
Limited Availability
“Many G codes and M codes cause the machine to change from one mode to another, and the mode stays active until some other command changes it implicitly or explicitly. Such commands are called “modal”.” – Dynomotion.com
Specifications
Length – 130.17mm / 5.125″
Body Width – 11.11 mm / 0.437”
Width w/Clip – 14.73mm / 0.577″
Weight – 64.4g / 2.27 oz
The Bolt 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.
