Caran d’Ache x Paul Smith Limited-Edition “Artist Stripe” 849 Ballpoint Pen

Swiss stationery company Caran d'Ache teamed up with British fashion/product designer Sir Paul Smith to produce a limited-edition line of pens, which take their classic 849 ballpoint pen and apply a body color scheme based on Smith's eye-catching “Artist Stripe” motif.

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Colorful finish aside, these quality pens sport the same slim hexagonal barrels and distinctive pocket clips of the original 849 pen, and each one is presented in an ultra-thin aluminum case 3D-sculpted to fit this pen specifically.

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Inside the pen is a Goliath medium blue ink cartridge that promises to last up to 600 A4 pages.

They've got eight case colors to choose from:

Each one is $49 at Paul Smith's online shop.