My second pen was an $800 Visconti so I got into Nakaya's fairly early in my collecting journey. Through my collecting journey, I have been lucky to have obtained urushi and maki-e pens by Namiki, Platinum/ Nakaya and Sailor, with a few Ban-ei's and Ohashidos thr...
Ireeeeeeeeeallywanted to like the Menlo, but that one just wasn’t the pen for me. I’m not sure if the pen was defective or if my warm hands just aren’t compatible with eye-dropper or large capacity fill systems. But Brian let me return the pen for a refund/credit, and I was ...
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When I choose an urushi pen, I make decisions on BOTH the external craftsmanship as well as the internal pen mechanism. I consider urushi pens by Namiki, Platinum and Sailor as the top of the pile, the king of the crop over other other makers because not only are th...