A smaller but equally intricate alternative to the eye-catching YARD-O-LED Viceroy Grand Victorian is The Pocket, which comes in different designs. One of the older releases was Barley, which features an intricate, hand-crafted pattern on the body and cap, and smooth silver bands finishing the finial and tapering at the barrel end. The pen is made from 925 sterling silver and headlined with an 18-karat gold nib. 

We have for sale a brand new YARD-O-LED The Pocket fountain pen with an 18-karat gold nib in M. It comes complete with its box, papers, and other inclusions. 

YARD-O-LED is a centuries-old manufacturer of writing instruments based in the UK. Their story starts with the invention of the propelling pencil (now known as the mechanical pencil) by Sampson Mordan and Michael Faraday. The patented design would later be improved on by Ludwig Brenner, who made it so that the pencil would hold 12 three-inch leads, which was called YARD-O-LED. Brenner then collaborated with Frank Tufnell, whose father previously worked with Mordan, to found YARD-O-LED, the company. 

Today, YARD-O-LED has evolved from making pencils to fountain pens, creating some of the most intricate, hand-crafted writing instruments from their old workshop in Britain. 

Length capped: 11 cm.