Say ‘Colleen’ and a whole smorgasbord of ‘WK-’ initialed double-knocks come marching into your consciousness. Oh sure! A couple of handsome ‘single knock’ Jib models might vie for your attention, but by my own reckoning, the Colleen reached the height of sleek modernity with the… ‘SCOOP’. What’s that?! Well, yeah, I had no idea what this model was called either for the longest time, but that didn;t stop me from falling head over heels for its charms.
Begin at the beginning! Check out the reverse slope on the cone! This little flourish is rather uncommon, and adds a ton of character to the design. For the pencil, the sliding tip can be fully stowed for storage.
Moving up, we get a satin finished aluminum body, terminating in a slotted steel clip, and topped with a Smash-style bellows sleeve and domed metal knock.
Taking the pair apart reveals a D1 format extender for the ballpoint, while the pencil incorporates a spring cushion behind the clutch block, which is threaded into the cone. Although no cleaning pin is included, the eraser block does have an o-ring to help keep the dome cover secure.
All things considered, I think the SCOOP is probably the most sophisticated Colleen design I have come across so far. It stands head and shoulders with other stylish contemporaries like the Sakura Archi Y and Slide Sharp 1000 series, even modern day stars like the Metaphys Locus…
Lastly, I only discovered the name through a post on X that shared the following image:
So there you have it: the Colleen SCOOP BP1020-SC ballpoint and SP1020-SC sharp 0.5mm. Special Lines indeed…
), my question was more whether it could use Japan-style refills instead of D1, which tend to be expensive and don’t hold a lot of ink.
