Design classics: Pilot Myu
Fountain pens are old-fashioned, and it takes something special to draw your attention away from that fact. What Pilot did was take a classic concept and reimagine it for the space age.
Launched in the ‘70s, the Myu fountain pens were like futuristic quills built by Terminators, with Japanese elegance and cleanliness of design that the Scandinavians could only dream of. A stainless-steel barrel flowed seamlessly down to become the nib - beautiful and stylish, but also making them incredibly compact and sturdy, so perfect for pockets.
They may have been inspired by the titanium Parker T-1, but they weren't a massive flop like the short-lived T-1, and looked less fussy.
Only produced for a decade and limited to the Japanese market, the original Myu models - later, larger variants were renamed Murex - are very hard to come by. But to commemorate Pilot’s 90th birthday in 2008, a new Myu model, the M90, was launched in a limited edition of 9000 pieces worldwide and is still available from CultPens.
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