I can't be the only person who sometimes hangs on to brass from rounds used on a particular hunt. I had someone make this for me from a piece I brought back from my trip to Zimbabwe this past June -- a .458 Win Mag fountain pen with Mopane cap:

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I will admit that the Lott has an advantage over the Win Mag in this arena, but despite being a fraction shorter than ideal I enjoy using it regularly. He made a Mopane rollerball pen for my Dad too.

It has me thinking -- I need to use the .416 Rem Mag next time and see how that works -- or maybe the .375 H&H.

[Apologies to those of you who may have already seen this elsewhere.]