Nakaya Portable Ishi-me Kanshitsu

Portable Fountain Pen
Ishime Kanshitsu (Stone Finish)

If simplicity is the highest form of elegance, this is it. Nakaya pens achieve greatness by virtue of its streamlined design, excellent materials, flawless surface and saturated colors. Shown here is the Portable Cigar (No Clip) fountain pen in Ishime Kanshitsu (Stone Finish).

Shown here is the Portable Cigar (No Clip) fountain pen in Ishime Kanshitsu (Stone Finish).

This Nakaya fountain pen is made of a Stone Finish urushi, a material made from the sap of a Japanese lacquer tree. The process of collecting the Urushi (sap) and applying many layers of lacquer to this fountain pen takes three months to complete. The craftsman sows Urushi powder onto the body, which makes a lot of grains on the surface due to surface density. After settled, he varnishes the body with lacquer several times to make the body harden. He sharpens these grains with charcoal and finishes with a lacquer. It is truly an artistic craftsmanship to decorate a stone-like appearance on a pen true to its name ('Ishi" means a stone in Japanese).

This pen is 5 15/16" long and weighs 31 grams, without converter.

The Urushi tradition is historic and profound in Japan, where lacquer ware has adorned utilitarian objects for centuries.

This technique, though painstaking, gives this fountain pens its deep lustrous sheen and subtle color shift.

Pictured at right: Side view detail.

Also available as a Writer model (with a clip) this Portable Nakaya Fountain Pen makes an elegant pocket companion.

Nakaya Portable Writer Ishime Kanshitsu Fountain Pen

Nakaya Portable Writer Ishime Kanshitsu Founatin Pen

I have yet to see one of these pocket clips get sprung. It is both springy and tough, gripping your shirt pocket firmly. The smooth rounded underside of the clip does not tear.

The stone finish is extremely durable and hard to put down.

The Nakaya nib, imprinted Nakata, the family name of the manufacturer is made of solid 14K gold. Each of these nibs is suitable for our customization to extra flexible (an additional $65 charge). The medium and broad tip can be customized into cursive italic, stub or oblique points (an additional $55 for these customizations).

These tip sizes run a little finer than European nibs except for the double broad size which is fully as broad as a Pelikan double broad.

The Maki-e painted converters are available for an additional $21.

To see what nibs are available amid compare them to other nibs we offer please click this link: Tipping Sizes Page

To see pictures of the range of Nakaya nibs that we offer click this link: Nakaya Nibs Page

We do not feature all Nakaya nib sizes and colors on our web site. Please let us know if there is a pen, or nib, you are interested in. If we do not have it in stock, we can certainly place an order for you. Since Nakaya pens are hand-crafted, the turnaround on non-stock orders is 1-3 months.

Please email us at info@nibs.com or call us, Monday-Friday 8am-5pm PST, for more information or to place an order.

Our Price: $648.00
With or without clip.

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