Grifos Italian Mechanical Pencil Silver 925 - Pen and the City Mechanical pencil is handcrafted in our silversmith atelier in Aosta Valley, Italy. The pencil is made of solid sterling silver (925 purity) and engraved with the modern "Pen and the City" design using a diamond point to create a high quality writing instrument. The pencil is upgraded with twist mechanism to expose or to retract the .5mm lead. We use international standard graphite charger by Schmidt technology, Germany - worldwide leaders and highly qualified experts in manufacturing writing mechanisms easily found to be changed in stationary shops all over the world. We ship the ball point pen encased in a made-in-Italy pen gift box with the authentic origin certificate.