Each Nakaya pen is hand-turned from natural ebonite hard rubber in the Nakaya workshops in Tokyo, then sent to Wajima on the west coast of Japan for hand-finishing by skilled Urushi and Maki-e artists. Each pen receives individual attention, and the string-roll process used on this pen requires particular skill and attention to detail - a Urushi artist not fully satisfied with work on an individual pen will often start all over again rather than produce an item not up to the most exacting standards.

Nakaya pens ship in a softwood shipping box decorated with Japanese Kanji script and lined with decorative rice paper. A fabric pen kimono and starter box of cartridges are also included, making this pen a lovely presentation item. Nakaya pens can fill using either Platinum brand cartridges or any bottled fountain pen ink when fitted with the provided converter.

We are proud to be the sole authorized retailer for Nakaya in the English-speaking world - each pen is carefully tested and examined by us prior to shipping, and we take pride in making sure that your Nakaya is individually tuned to your personal writing characteristics.