The PILOT Fineliner pen is getting endangered in Singapore. Previously easily spotted nestling in the shelves of many stationary shops such as Popular Book Shop, it is now driven to extinction and only available at select branches of a particular stationary chain. (Its precise location is concealed to preserve the remaining stock.)

Why is the PILOT Fineliner even worth mentioning? Are there not many other pens out there? One can see a vast range of pens on stationary shelves, too many for the uninitiated to choose from. Its cousin, the PILOT V-series pens for example, are exemplary custodians of the PILOT brand.

A friend in the industry calls the PILOT Fineliner the John Finn pen. The Singapore John Finn, the art director formerly of Beatty Ads, who created the Singapore Girl, and their ads.

I told someone that at $1.10, the PILOT Fineliner is the cheapest orgasm money can buy. Of course, he duely pointed out a cheaper alternative with the five finger discount.

Ink flows like the blood of martyrs from the PILOT Fineliner. The nip rides on paper like a skillful cowboy taming a wild bull. You have no lived until you have sketched million dollar idea on a cafe napkin with a PILOT Fineliner. Simplicity, passion and craftmanship are the hallmarks of a PILOT Fineliner. The only disposable pen that ages well, as its ink reservoirs run dry, the nip develops its unique idiosyncrasies, its signature style. The artist of pens, the pen of artists. (I have no idea what I just wrote, but it sounds great. See how inspiring the PILOT Fineliner is?)

Tell your local stationary shop to stock the PILOT Fineliner. Write to PILOT for them to keep the Fineliner coming to our shores. The pen that witnessed the birth and life of the Singapore creative scene. The creative juices of our fair nation hangs in the balance. SAVE OUR PILOT FINELINER PENS!

PILOT Fineliners are not solitary, at $1.10, they tend to move in packs.

Close-up of the business end of the PILOT Fineliner.

I am not joking. SAVE OUR PILOT FINELINER PENS!