WITH A NEW VERSION OF 'THE GREEN HORNET' ABOUT TO BE RELEASED IN THEATERS, MANY PEOPLE ARE REMEMBERING BRUCE LEE AND HIS PORTRAYAL OF KATO IN THE SHORT LIVED TELEVISION SERIES. ITALIAN PEN MANUFACTURER MONTGRAPPA HAS CREATED A RE-INTERPRETATION OF ONE OF THE COMPANY'S MOST COVETED PENS, 'THE DRAGON' TO HONOR THE STAR OD WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 70th BIRTHDAY. MONTGRAPPA FIRST PRODUCED THE ORIGINAL 'DRAGON' 15 YEARS AGO IN 1,912 PIECES TO CELEBRATE ITS FOUNDING YEAR. IT WAS PRODUCED IN BLACK MOTHER OF PEARL CELLULOID AND STERLING SILVER. ONLY 100 FOUNTAIN PENS WERE ISSUED IN 18K GOLD. 'THE DRAGON 2010 BRUCE LEE' LIMITED EDITION SERIES HAS BEEN DISTINGUISHED FROM THE 1995 RELEASE BY A CHANGE IN THE DESIGN OF THE POCKET CLIP, A NEW COLOUR, THE DETAIL OF THE DRAGON'S TAIL ON THE BARREL, THE FOUNTAIN PEN NIB AND THE TOP OF THE CAP. THE PEN ALSO FEATURES A BODY AND CAP MADE OF RED CELLULOID WITH BLACK VEINING, REFERRED TO AS 'CINNAMON'. TOPPING THE CAP IS THE YIN-YANG SYMBOL, REPRESENTING BALANCE. THE CAP AND THE BARREL ARE BOTH EMBRACED BY EXQUISITELY CARVED DRAGONS, THEIR EYES HIGHLIGHTED BY RUBIES ON THE STERLING SILVER VERSION AND BY MATCHING PRECIOUS STONES ON THE FULLY-ENCRUSTED VERSIONS. THE NIB ITSELF FEATURES THE PROFILE OF BRUCE LEE IN THE FAMOUS MOVE, FOOT AND FIST EXTENDED, SUSPENDED IN THE AIR. MONTGRAPPA WILL PRODUCE A TOTAL OF 2010 PIECES, WITH PRICES RANGING FORM $4,675 TO $102,200.
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