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Portable Fountain Pen
Shobu (Purple)


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 Portable Cigar (No Clip) fountain pen in Shobu (Purple).
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.
This pen is 5 15/16" long and weighs 31 grams, without converter.
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.

Pictured at right: 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.


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: $540.00
With or without clip.

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