Carl - I was unable to find any late last year when I looked. I've stopped using the Atrax and switched to the Virage. The virage is available in gunmetal, it's postable. I really like the understated postable finial and the extra real estate (longer body blank) to show off the blank. Ed
The prob for my taste is that the virage seems feminine and the atrax masculine. Just personal opinion.
Maybe I'm just a girlie man, but I like the virage! :biggrin:
It's funny, when I first saw a virage in a picture I thought the same thing when I looked at the curvy section. "Woman's pen". But once i got the chance to try writing with one I was sold.
The threads are among the smoothest I've found in kits. I don't know if that's a function of the quad lead threads (instead of triples on atrax and others) or if it's just better made. It just feels better.
And the cap doesn't seem to have anywhere the tendency of the atrax / jr pens to work itself loose in your pocket, which is something that annoys me to no end. Once again, maybe the quad lead threads have more holding power? And holding the section to write is much more pleasing on the virage than on an atrax....it's almost sensual.....I better stop now!
Anyway, when I let people try both side by side they almost always pick the virage. Both men and women.
If you haven't tried one, you may be surprised. If you have tried it and still think it's a girlie pen then that's fine.
Ed (who is man enough to feel confident using a virage as one of his walking around pens)
