{"product_id":"s-t-dupont-line-d-eternity-fountain-pen-black-lacquer","title":"S.T. Dupont Line D Eternity Fountain Pen — Black Lacquer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe S.T. Dupont Line D Eternity in Black Lacquer\u003c\/strong\u003e is the fountain pen for the lawyer who wants the finish, not the mechanism, to be the point. It is a Large-size cartridge pen with a black-finished 14-karat solid gold nib, dressed entirely in black — Dupont's lacquer over the body, satin black trim, the maison's Sword articulated clip — and finished in the Faverges workshop that lacquers the Ligne 2 lighter on this site. Across a table it reads as a black pen. That is the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLacquer is the argument. The maison has kept a master lacquerer at Faverges since 1935, and the film below shows the finish going on. Where the Pelikans here make their case from the piston and the nib, the Line D makes it from the surface — the part you hold, and the part that shows across a closing table. It fills from a Dupont cartridge, or from a bottle with the converter that comes in the box, and the nib is solid gold under its black finish. The mechanism is conventional. The finish is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaker:\u003c\/strong\u003e S.T. Dupont\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Faverges, Haute-Savoie, France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eModel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Line D Eternity, Large\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFinish:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black Dupont lacquer; satin black trim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNib:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14-karat solid gold \"Wings\" nib, black finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClip:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sword articulated clip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFilling:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dupont cartridge; converter included for bottled ink\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCartridges:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dupont 040112 blue, 040110 black; also red, green and turquoise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWarranty:\u003c\/strong\u003e Two years from S.T. Dupont, plus our Thirty-Day Assurance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eExhibit B — The maker's film\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo minutes thirty-seven, shot in the Faverges workshop, captions theirs. The lacquer goes on at 0:54, and on this pen the lacquer is the whole argument. It is the last item in the gallery above.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions we are asked\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCartridge or bottle?\u003c\/strong\u003e Either. Dupont's cartridges drop in — 040112 in blue, 040110 in black, with red, green and turquoise also made — and the converter in the box draws from a bottle; the maison's inkwell in black is 040165.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLine D or M1000?\u003c\/strong\u003e Finish or reservoir. The M1000 is a piston filler that holds about 1.35 ml, and it is the pen to buy if capacity and the ritual of filling are the argument. The Line D takes a cartridge and puts everything into the lacquer. They are the two ends of what a fountain pen can be for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it a gift for a lawyer?\u003c\/strong\u003e It is the one to give when the M1000 would be too visible. All black, one engraved D on the cap top, nothing that reads as a logo across a table, and it writes from a cartridge the day it arrives. We do not engrave it, so it arrives as the maison finished it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeciding on nib width? Read \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/field-guide\/fine-nib-or-medium\"\u003eFine Nib, or Medium?\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt for the finish, not the reservoir. If ink capacity and the piston are the argument, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pelikan-souveran-m1000-fountain-pen\"\u003eSouverän M1000\u003c\/a\u003e holds about 1.35 ml and costs less. The lighter lacquered in the same Faverges workshop as this pen is the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/s-t-dupont-ligne-2-perfect-ping-lighter-matte-black-lacquer-amp-palladium\"\u003eLigne 2 Perfect Ping\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee the rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/fountain-pens\"\u003efountain pens for lawyers\u003c\/a\u003e, or the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/writing-instruments\"\u003eWriting Instruments collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBarrister \u0026amp; Bespoke Curated Collection — hand-selected from S.T. Dupont, the Paris maison that has made leather cases since 1872 and lighters since 1941, for its craftsmanship and fit within our world. Curated pieces carry their maker's own identity rather than ours; our house collection, designed and branded exclusively for Barrister \u0026amp; Bespoke, is marked separately throughout the shop.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy we carry it.\u003c\/em\u003e S.T. Dupont began where we did. Simon Tissot-Dupont opened a Paris workshop in 1872 making document cases, briefcases, and travel trunks for diplomats and businessmen — objects whose quality lived in hinges, locks, frames, and fittings. The lighter, four decades on, was the same discipline applied to a smaller object. The workshop has been at Faverges in the Haute-Savoie since 1924, took in its first master lacquerer in 1935, and holds the French state's Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant designation for living heritage craft. We sell leather cases for a living. So did they, first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWarranty.\u003c\/strong\u003e This Product carries S.T. Dupont's two-year warranty against manufacturing defects, and Barrister \u0026amp; Bespoke's own Thirty-Day Assurance for the first thirty days after delivery. Full terms, including how to make a claim, are stated in our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/warranty-policy\"\u003eWarranty Policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReturns.\u003c\/strong\u003e A fountain pen may be returned within thirty days if it is unused and in its original packaging. Once a pen has been inked it is Final Sale and cannot be returned or exchanged, except where it arrives damaged, defective, or materially different from its description. Fill it after you have decided to keep it. Full terms are in our \u003ca href=\"\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003eReturns \u0026amp; Exchanges Policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"S.T. 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