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Portable Size Cigar (No Clip) Fountain Pen
Aka-tamenuri (Reddish Red)

If simplicity is the highest form of elegance, this is it. As unadorned as this pen is, it achieves greatness by virtue of its materials, surface and color.
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.

This pen is 6" long and weighs 22 grams, without converter.
This Nakaya fountain pen is made of 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 reddish red is lighter in color than the black red dark and will show more undercolor sooner.

This close-ups gives a sense of the subtle color shift that occurs on a new pen. As the pen ages with careful handling, more of red undercolor emerges.

We can provide a Platinum converter used to fill this pen with ink in either the simple form or the painted "goldfish" design for an additional $ 25.

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. The medium and broad tip can be customized by us into cursive italic, stub or oblique points.

See below for the basic tip sizes of the Nakaya nibs, as reported off of their web site:

Super Extra Fine: 0.18 to 0.24mm. Especially suited for fine numbers, characters and bookkeeping.
Extra Fine: 0.24 to 0.28mm. For fine numbers and characters, suitable for students' note taking.
Fine: 0.28 to 0.34mm. For general fine characters, suitable for students' note taking.
Medium: 0.34 to 0.44mm. Smooth writing, suitable for general writing.
Broad: 0.44 to 0.54mm. Suitable for manuscript, address writing.
Extra Broad: 0.66 to 0.86mm. Suitable for those who love broad writing.
Since Nakaya pens are hand-crafted the turnaround on orders is 1-3 months.  We do not currently have a stock of Nakaya pens.

Our Price: $460.00
With or without clip.

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