There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
In case you cannot read the handwriting, cliff notes are it's a fantastic pen. I generally prefer a piston filler or the like because I get a much more consistent flow, which makes a pen easier to tune or swap out the nib for a more flexy one (if you haven't figured it out yet, i like a specialty nib). However, this pen performs among the best for a cartridge/converter pen (think sailor caliber) and outperforms even some well-known piston fillers.
this is is my second Grifos pen (the other is the ballpoint that was offered on massdrop). Both are of exceptional quality, fit, and finish.