Retro 51 Tornado "Apollo-Soyuz Project" Fountain Pen - Pen Boutique Exclusive

Retro 51 Tornado "Apollo-Soyuz Project" Fountain Pen - Pen Boutique Exclusive-Pen Boutique Ltd
Retro 51 Tornado "Apollo-Soyuz Project" Fountain Pen - Pen Boutique Exclusive-Pen Boutique Ltd
Retro 51 Tornado "Apollo-Soyuz Project" Fountain Pen - Pen Boutique Exclusive-Pen Boutique Ltd
Retro 51 Tornado "Apollo-Soyuz Project" Fountain Pen - Pen Boutique Exclusive-Pen Boutique Ltd
Retro 51 Tornado "Apollo-Soyuz Project" Fountain Pen - Pen Boutique Exclusive-Pen Boutique Ltd
Retro 51 Tornado "Apollo-Soyuz Project" Fountain Pen - Pen Boutique Exclusive-Pen Boutique Ltd

Retro 51 Tornado "Apollo-Soyuz Project" Fountain Pen - Pen Boutique Exclusive

SKU: RET_ZRF-2108-EF
Sale price$92.65 Regular price$109.00
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Size:Extra Fine
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45-Day Return Policy

Our return policy day is 45 days from the date of the order. Please enclose a copy of your invoice and include all original packaging and literature. We will gladly give you a credit, exchange or refund, less shipping charges . If you receive a defective item we send you the shipping label/email return label to send it back to us. Please call us to make the FedEx/UPS Return label. For international orders, the refund will be made only in US dollars. We are not responsible for the exchange rate differences.

Fountain Pen Return Policy

Fountain pens are special and once filled it is very difficult to resell the item when returned. When you purchase a fountain pen, it is recommended that you test drive it with dipping the nib in the ink. If you use the cartridges supplied with the pen or if you fill it with ink, then in order for us to resell, we have to send it to the manufacturer's repair facility. We want to make sure that all of our customers when they buy from us get a brand new pen which is not used. Hence, we will charge you a nominal restocking fee of 20% to accommodate these repair and shipping charges to manufacturer's repair facility. We then sell these pens in our outlet store. Please note that the restocking fee is only for fountain pen which is filled with the ink. If you have any questions please do contact us.

Return Merchandise Authorization(RMA#)

All returns under Return Policy requires an RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) number. To obtain RMA# please call our customer service at (410) 992 3272 Option:2 or email us with CONTACT US form. Please include /have your Order#/web order# ready.

If an Item is returned to us without an prior authorization number,there would be a 20 % straight restocking fee (Based on the condition of the product,if the product is damaged,there would be no refund).Also,the item should be received within the window of 45 days after you receive the product.

RMA's are valid for 15 days to send it back and will be not eligible for return after 15 days. Return your product to:

Pen Boutique Limited (H.O.) Attn: Returns Department/RMA#________ 5560 Sterrett Place Suite 101 Columbia,MD 21044

Return Exclusions:

We cannot accept returns on

  • Special Orders
  • Engraved Items
  • Corporate Orders
  • Limited Editions where a factory seal on the packaging has been broken by customer
  • Limited Edition Fountain Pen which is inked. These pens needs to be sent back to the manufacturer for repair since most of them are piston filled and the heart opens when the fountain pen is dipped.
  • Where the product was new and undamaged and the damage was caused by the customer.
  • We will not accept returns of opened Ink Bottles ,Ink Cartridges and refills.Kindly contact customer service without opening the package in case you ordered a wrong item or no longer want the item that you ordered.

How To Prepare A Return:

To return an item purchased from Pen Boutique, please follow these guidelines:

1) Your Return Authorization Code. Call (410) 992 3272  or email us using the contact form and you will be given a Return Authorization Code. Please write down this RMA# on the label while returning to us at the below address. Without RMA# we cannot process the return sent to our return processing address.

2) Package Your Return. Please package your return carefully and address it to the below address. Please do not write anything like Montblanc or Visconti or the description on the package for security reason.:

Pen Boutique Limited (H.O.)

Attn: Returns Department/RMA#________
5560 Sterrett Place,
Suite 105
Columbia,MD 21044

2) Insure Your Package: Please insure your package to the appropriate value. When you send expensive items, please make sure that you insure it properly so that you can claim the value when it is lost. Generally for orders above $100, insurance is recommended.

PEN BOUTIQUE DEDICATES THIS PEN TO AN ICONIC SYMBOL OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, REMINDING US OF THE INCREDIBLE THINGS WE CAN DO WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER 

300 Numbered editions:

Our blog post for in-depth article. 

We are happy to create this fountain pen as it was our original design.  Cap represents the Soyuz and barrel - the Apollo.  Join them to create a single functioning unit!

The Space Race, an era of fierce competition between American and Soviet space programs, was bookended by two events: the launch of Sputnik in 1957, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. After almost 20 years of breakneck progress from both sides, which gave us the first man in space, the first spacewalk, the moon landings, and countless other achievements unimaginable a generation before, NASA and their Soviet counterpart the Soviet Academy of Sciences worked together on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project to kick off a new age of international cooperation in space.

In 1970, the administrator of NASA sent a letter proposing a joint orbital rendezvous between spacecraft from the US and USSR, and the next five years were spent training astronauts and building equipment from both countries to deal with the challenges created by the significant cultural, engineering, and design philosophy differences between the two space programs. Perhaps most difficult to overcome from a technical standpoint was the incompatibility of the two craft's atmospheres. Prioritizing flame resistance, the Soyuz capsule had a mixed gas atmosphere similar to air at about sea level pressure, as there's a significantly reduced risk of fire inside the capsule compared to a pure oxygen environment. Conversely, the Apollo command module used pure oxygen at 1/5th atmospheric pressure, because it's just as easy to breathe as normal air, but puts less strain on the walls of the capsule and allows for widespread weight savings. Had the two countries not worked together to build the Androgenous Peripheral Attach System (APAS), a unique two-sided airlock that bridged the two spacecraft, the Soyuz side would likely have gone up in flames, and the Apollo side may have popped like a balloon. On the crew side, the 3 Americans and 2 Soviets who would go on the mission all learned Russian and English respectively, and spoke the native language of the other side for the duration of the rendezvous. While together in orbit, the two crews exchanged 5 flags from each country, addressed TV audiences from around the world, and enjoyed the company of their counterparts in an unprecedented display of unity between the two Cold War powers.

The Pen Boutique exclusive Apollo Soyuz Retro 51 commemorates this iconic moment in the history of space exploration in spectacular fashion. The sky blue upper section of the pen represents the Soyuz capsule, with its two distinctive blue bands. The bottom section's minimal markings, bare metal finish, and cross-shaped R-4D attitude control thrusters represent the exterior of the Apollo CSM, the same craft which carried the crew of Apollo 11 to and from the moon just 6 years prior. Bridging the two sections representing each spacecraft is a grey section representing the APAS, the most concrete example of the hurdles facing this mission and the inspiring efforts taken to overcome them. 
- Takes converter ( comes with it) and International cartridges. 


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