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Nakaya Naka-ai Cigar Enjoying The Moon Cat

Nakaya Naka-ai Cigar Enjoying The Moon Cat

Regular price $1,080.00 USD
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The whimsically titled Enjoying The Moon Cat is one of Nakaya's most popular motifs, and is now being made available for the first time on our own exclusive Naka-ai model. Each pen is hand-finished in exacting Yakou Maki-e techinique in a process that can require a year or more.

Our complimentary nib tuning personalizes your Nakaya experience by adjusting pressure and ink flow to match your personal preferences. Nakaya 14k solid gold nibs also make excellent starting points for our exclusive nib customizations - choose the Fine Soft for our noted Spencerian modification, or a Broad or Extra Broad for the Architect's Point customization.

This wry and lyrical motif, originally intended as a one-off design for a dedicated cat lover, has become one of the most popular offered by Nakaya. Both Yakou Maki-e and Tame-sukashi techniques are utilized to realize the evocative scene. Each pen is hand-painted by a skilled artisan in the traditional craft center of Wajima on the west coast of Japan.

The Nakaya Naka-ai model, a nibs.com exclusive, was designed by company founder and owner John Mottishaw in conjunction with Nakaya master pen designer Shinichi Yoshida. The pen utilizes Nakaya's convenient cartridge-converter system - it can fill with any bottled fountain pen ink when fitted with the reusable converter, provided by us free of charge with your order, and can also use Platinum brand disposable ink cartridges.

Each Nakaya pen ships in a special softwood presentation box decorated with kanji-style script. A fabric pen kimono and starter box of ink cartridges is included along with the converter. We are the sole authorized Nakaya dealer in North America.

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