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David Oscarson's Jacques de Molay Pen

Published: 2/25/2008 5:02:00 PM

Keywords: Pens and Writing Instruments

With distinctive collections inspired by historical figures and mythological figures, pen-maker and entrepreneur David Oscarson is this time inspired by the 23rd and final grandmaster of the Knights Templar, Jacques de Molay.

De Molay was arrested in 1307 after King Philip IV of France manufactured evidence that the Knights Templar were heretics.

After six and a half years of interrogation and torture by agents of both Rome and Paris, de Molay refused to admit to the fabricated crimes, a decision that cost him his life and secured his place in history as a martyr.

Awed by de Molay's sacrifice for the integrity of his fellows, Oscarson produced this breathtaking commemorative pen.

Maintaining the exceptional detail and brilliant patterns Oscarson pens are famed for, the spiral detailing replicates the Apprentice's Pillar and the cap's pen clip represents the Templar's sword. The fountain model retails at US$4,500 and the ballpoint model retails at US$4,300.