Yard O Led The Pinstripe 72 Sterling Silver Standard Rollerball

Yard O Led The ‘Pinstripe 72’ - numbering the lines around the barrel. Just as its name-sake suit crossed the gender divide, the Pinstripe is equally popular with male and female audiences.

Available in both grand and standard sizes, Yard O Led The Pinstripe 72 is sold as a fountain pen and rollerball. Reminiscent of the banker’s suit, the engine-turned lines diferentiate these writing instruments from the more ornate hand-chased and turned styles already familiar to the Yard O Led collector.

Yard O Led’s workshop employs the oldest engine turners manufacturing today – dating back to 1857. Every Yard O Led The Pinstripe 72 is engine turned on these machines in the Birmingham workshop by their family of skilled silversmiths. As with all Yard O Led’s, every pen in unique to become the talisman of its ultimate owner. 

The regimented lines offer a slight grip to the writing instrument when held and serve to catch the light beautifully as the pen turns lending the user to rediscover the joy of the written word.

The classic Standard is the epitome of Yard O Led quality and design, a collection to suit all writing styles. A classic Yard O Led pen.  Universally popular size with an understated look in highly polished silver.
Each pen is marked with several hallmarks, to identify the silver content and the maker.

Yard O Led is one of the world's leading manufacturers of fine writing instruments, as well as one of the most historic craft workshops in Britain, with a history of over 200 years. Over the years, the Yard O Led portfolio expanded from pencils to pens, becoming masters of both. Today in the Birmingham workshop, a small number of dedicated craftsmen assemble and decorate every one of Yard O Led's exquisite writing instruments by hand. Some of these masters have been with the company for over fifty years, and each brings their own distinctive style their work, making no pen or pencil exactly like any other.

Yard O Led has perfected traditional engraving methods, including engine-turning and hand-hammering, that have long been lost to many parts of the metalworking industry. These time-honoured techniques are used to create pens featuring their famous "Barley" and "Victorian" finishes on the exterior of the barrel. The former is a fine mesh pattern that is not just aesthetically pleasing - it also provides a flawless grip. The Victorian finish, meanwhile, comprises a delicate and sophisticated floral motif, faithful to the fashions of that bygone era.