Whenever Goldspot Pens completes the sell-out of a successful exclusive pen design, the office celebrates with a lunch. One of our favorite cuisines to order is Japanese, particularly Wasabi 34 (they have amazing bento boxes with TONS of yummy food). It must have been during one of these lunches that we dreamt of making a fun, sushi pen.
We collaborated with Retro 51 and illustrator Mary Ngai (@maksndraws on Instagram) to make this tasty rollerball pen. Mary's energetic, playful style describes the cute, chibi pieces on the tapered barrel of the Retro 51 Tornado Pen. To mimic a sushi roll's nori outer wrapping, Retro 51 trimmed the pen in glossy black metal clip, trim, and knurled twist top. Since the twist top looks like a small sushi roll, the top disc illustration looks like a heart-shaped piece of tuna with rice around it.
Twisting the knurled top deploys the smooth-flowing capless rollerball ink (in black) to roll out your most whimsical, creative ideas.
The Retro 51 Tornado Sushi Rollerball is limited to 358 numbered pens made in this Goldspot-exclusive edition. The number signifies:
- 3 = Cuts of Tuna in Japanese Sushi (akami, chutoro, and otoro)
- 5 = Fundamental Flavors of Japanese Cuisine (sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami)
- 8 = Lucky Number
You won't need a pair of chopsticks to snatch your piece of this Sushi pen. But, you will have to be quick and act before Retro pen collectors and sushi lovers eat this pen up!
Retro 51 Tornado "'Sushi" Rollerball Pen Specifications
- Edition: 2025 Limited Edition of 358 pieces worldwide, individually numbered on the top ring. A Goldspot Pens exclusive.
- Design: Illustrated by Mary Ngai (@maksndraws on Instagram)
- Pen Material: Stainless steel base with printed graphics and gloss finish
- Trim: Polished black metal accents, clip, and knurled twist-top.
- "Heart Sushi" illustration on the top disc
- Standard Tornado Rollerball Pen Size, Pen Length: 5.11 in. / 129.5mm
- Smooth-writing REF5P black ink rollerball refill installed. Can also use Parker-style, Easy-Flow 9000 ballpoint refills (sold separately).
- Packaged in a matching commemorative tube.
- Due to order volume, we do not accept requests for specific numbers.