Nakaya Portable Shu

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Pen Repair by Jim Marshall and Laurence Oldfield is a great practical guide for repairing collectable pens and pencils. Lies flat for easy viewing.

The Moleskine notebook has been put to the test and has delivered a very encouraging result. Washing machine = still legible on the Moleskine paper.

Our first limited edition poster is titled, The First Half-Century of American Fountain Pens.

Portable 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. Shown here is the Portable size Writer (With Clip) fountain pen in Shu (Polished Red).

This Nakaya fountain pen is made of hard rubber or ebonite that is meticulously coated with Urushi, a material made from the sap of a Japanese lacquer tree. The process of collecting the Urushi 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.

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 Nakata, the family name of the manufacturer is made of solid 14K gold. Each of these nibs is 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).

This is the Nakaya Portable Shu pen here shown without the clip (Cigar). Because these pens are all hand painted and are original works of art the color may slightly vary.
To see what nibs are available amd copmpare them to other nibs we offer please click this link: Tippin Sizes Page To see pictures of the range of Nakaya nibs that we offer click this link: Nakaya Nibs Page
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: $505.00
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E-mail: info@nibs.com Telephone: 323-655-2641