BUNGUBOX Synchronicity Green and Blue Glass Pen Review

Welcome back to another stationery review, this time with something I never talked about before! It took a very long time but I finally got my first ever glass pen. I was going to purchase a glass pen several other times before this but I felt like the pen itself looked fragile and was going to break in transport. However, I found one with a design I really loved and from a recommended site called BUNGUBOX.

BUNGUBOX is a shop from Hamamatsu City in the Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan. They sell their own ink, their own fountain pens, fountain pen accessories, and glass pens. They are known for their Zodiac fountain pens and matching inks. Lately, they have been releasing many different colored glass pens with dual tips in which I found one colorway I really adored and purchased.

The glass pen I got was Synchronicity in Green and Blue. The price from Yen to Usd was $117.37 which I believe is a reasonable price for a limited handmade glass pen. It shipped with DHL which was a bit pricey at $43 but very quick shipping as it came much faster than expected. Shipping overall from Japan has gone up significantly so it is understandable.

Finally, we can get into the details. To start it came in a standard cardboard box sandwiched with two cushions which really protected it from any mail roughhousing. It also came with a wooden leaf pen rest which is very light and looks great on my desk. The thinner end of the pen came with a plastic tube in it to protect it from chipping.

The pen itself is beautiful and the grooves are a repeated wave pattern all throughout. The thicker end is green which then cleanly goes to blue and ends with a clear tip with a bit of glitter inside. As I turn the pen the design looks as if the waves are moving. 

I tested it out by swatching several inks that I had recently obtained along with writing the draft for this blog post using a mixture of Ferris Wheel Press inks I created. Takes a bit of practice but this has been a great help with swatching, I feel like I have more of a reason to get more ink samples now as I can just dip my glass pen and swatch them quickly instead of using up ink in a pen to refill with a sample. In the future I hope to write a lot of letters with this as my fountain pens are mostly used with my journals and notebooks.

One Ink Sample I did with the glass pen

Overall, I do recommend getting glass pens from BUNGUBOX especially if you like the thickness, shape, and design of the pen they currently have in stock. 

Thank you for reading, I will try to keep up with one post a week since things are back to being busy. Until next time, stay hyped!