Page count
7084345
Portable Size (With Clip)
Fountain Pen
Shu (Polished Red)
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.
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 Urushi process required as much as several months to complete. These finishes reveal a level of craftsmanship and attention that we have only seen in the finest quality surfaces.
We saw the hard rubber pens being cut in the Nakaya Tokyo plant. They were cut on a foot treaddle hand lathe by a very senior craftsman. He used hand tools to cut and finish these connecting screws between the cap and the barrel.


For additional information see the original Nakaya site: http://www.nakaya.org.
Below are the basic tip sizes of Nakaya nibs, as reported off of their web site. Nakaya nibs run a little finer than most Japanese nibs, like Sailor or Pilot-Namiki. The Nakaya nib, imprinted Nakaya, the family name of the manufacturer is made of solid 14K gold. Each of these nibs are 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).

Super Extra Fine: 0.18 to 0.24mm. For fine numbers and characters, especially bookkeeping.
Extra Fine: 0.24 to 0.28mm. For fine numbers and characters, suitable for 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.


We do not feature all Nakaya nib sizes and colors on our website. 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: $460.00

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