Jacques Herbin Caravelle Walnut GT Rollerball

Jacques Herbin has designed this line of pens combining rare woods with noble metals to offer users very high-quality writing instruments. A caravel was a wooden boat with a great portion  of the sail area and a shallow draft, allowing it to be very easy to maneuver. This rollerball uses fountain pen ink cartridges or a converter.

Established in Paris in 1670 —when King Louis XIV was 32 years old— the Maison Herbin initially specialised in the sealing wax, fine stationery and ink trade, and imported shellac from India.

In 1798 the Maison changed tack and put its faith in the future: whilst continuing to produce wax and engage in the paper and color (pigments) trade, it launched production of its own writing ink on the initiative of Jacques Herbin, member of the fourth generation.