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Piccolo Fountain Pen
Kuro-tamenuri (Black-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. Shown here is the Piccolo Writer (With Clip) fountain pen in Kuro-tamenuri (Black Red).
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 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.

Pictured at left: Top view of cap.

Pictured below: Side view, detail.



The Nakaya nib, imprinted Nakata, 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).

Below are the basic tip sizes of Nakaya nibs, as reported off of their web site (http://www.nakaya.org/eindex.html). Nakaya nibs run a little finer than most Japanese nibs, like Sailor or Pilot-Namiki.


With or without clip.

Our Price: $460.00

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.


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