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Ascalon

$25.00

Ascalon is a charming hand-blown glass dip pen with a delicate crystal flower in one of six beautiful colors blooming at its core. The grip area is ergonomically shaped for comfortable writing, and the spiral nib allows for several lines of writing before having to re-dip. It comes with a matching glass pen rest and a 7ml bottle of ink; all presented in an elegant black gift box.

*Our glass dip pens are all hand-blown, so no two are ever alike. There may be slight differences in the length and width of the pens, and they may have small inclusions within the glass that can be seen when looking closely. Like anything handmade, this adds to the unique beauty of the pen.

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Ascalon is a charming hand-blown glass dip pen with a delicate crystal flower in one of six beautiful colors blooming at its core. The grip area is ergonomically shaped for comfortable writing, and the spiral nib allows for several lines of writing before having to re-dip. It comes with a matching glass pen rest and a 7ml bottle of ink; all presented in an elegant black gift box.

*Our glass dip pens are all hand-blown, so no two are ever alike. There may be slight differences in the length and width of the pens, and they may have small inclusions within the glass that can be seen when looking closely. Like anything handmade, this adds to the unique beauty of the pen.

Commonly associated with Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend) written by Jacobus de Voragine in the 13th century, Ascalon was the sword used by Saint George to slay the dragon. The incident took place somewhere he called "Silene" in what in medieval times was referred to as Libya (at the time, this was any area west of the Nile River). As the legend goes, Silene was plagued by a venom-spewing dragon welling in a nearby pond, poisoning the countryside. To prevent it from affecting the city itself, the people offered it two sheep daily, then a man and a sheep, and finally their children and youths, chosen by lottery. One time the lot fell on the king's daughter. The king offered all his gold and silver to have his daughter spared, but the people refused. The daughter was sent out to the lake, dressed as a bride, to be fed to the dragon. Saint George arrived at the spot and the princess tried to send him away, but he vowed to remain. The dragon emerged from the pond while they were conversing. Saint George made the sign of the cross and charged at it on horseback, seriously wounding it with his lance. He then called to the princess to throw him her belt, and he put it around the dragon's neck. Wherever she walked, the dragon followed the girl like it was a meek animal on a leash. The princess and Saint George led the dragon back to the city of Silene, where it terrified the people. Saint George offered to kill the dragon if they consented to become Christians and be baptized. Fifteen thousand men including the king of Silene converted to Christianity. George then killed the dragon, beheading it with his sword, and the body was carted out of the city on four ox-carts. The king built a church to the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint George on the site where the dragon was slain and a spring flowed from its altar with water that cured all disease.