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Namiki Emperor Vermilion Urushi
Namiki Emperor Vermilion Urushi
The Namiki Emperor Vermilion fountain pen is hand-finished in natural urushi lacquer over an ebonite hard rubber body. The eyedropper filling system gives this large pen a very generous ink capacity, and it is provided with your choice of 18k solid gold nib. Each individual pen can require up to one year to be produced.
As with any pen or nib unit you purchase from us, the Namiki Emperor Vermillion qualifies for our complimentary nib tuning and optimization services, as well as our exclusive nib customizations. Purchasing a high-end urushi or Maki-e pen from us means that you will have a pen that is not just beautiful to look at, but which will also be a superb everyday writing instrument.
With its grand stature and understated design, the Namiki Emperor Vermilion Urushi fountain pen declares itself most directly in its simplicity. Smooth red Urushi lacquer envelops the pen from tip to tail, demonstrating quality lacquer craft. Coming from a tradition that spans military armor to tableware, lacquer is a durable material, resistant to heat, water and abrasion.
This is an oversized pen with presence. The Namiki Emperor Vermilion Urushi pen is the perfect choice for those who prefer a generously-sized writing instrument. This is one of the largest fountain pens on the market.
This eyedropper filled pen with its impressive ink capacity which allows one to write for hours without interruption and with the secure knowledge that when the ink shutoff is screwed down the pen will hold its ink inside.
The silhouette of Mt. Fuji as well as the signature pentagon logo identify this nib as Namiki quality. A matching red lacquered feed on the underside of the nib adds a unique detail to the Vermilion Urushi writing instrument and lends a streamlined touch.
A gold clip bears the Namiki name and serves as a built in roll-stopper. The smooth, rounded shape of the Emperor highlights the vibrant red finish.
The Namiki Emperor Vermilion Urushi fountain pen arrives in an elegant softwood presentation box and includes a bottle of ink, eyedropper, and documentation.
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Customization Guide
Stub
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Above is the same size nib after a regrind to Stub. A regrind to Stub is often a good place to start for your first customization. A Stub nib provides broad down-strokes and narrow cross-strokes while writing, and is less position-sensitive on the paper than the crisper and slightly more demanding cursive italic.
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Cursive Italic
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More demanding, but also providing crisper edges and more line-width variation, is the very popular customization to Cursive Italic. This also provides broad down-strokes and narrow cross-strokes, but is also more position-sensitive in terms of how the pen is held and requires more skill on the part of the user. This is a common customization for artists and calligraphers, but is still smooth enough to make for a good everyday writer.
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Formal Italic
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Formal Italic is an even crisper and more demanding customization than either cursive italic or left oblique, and is usually utilized for calligraphy and by the most experienced users. This provides broad down-strokes and narrow cross-strokes, with even crisper corners and edges than a cursive italic - this is an extremely position-sensitive customization.
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Left Oblique
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Commonly used for signatures and correspondence, the Left Oblique customization provides broad diagonal strokes and narrow cross-strokes, and like a cursive italic, is more position-sensitive and demanding than a stub. The whole pen must be rotated to the left in order to write smoothly, without skipping. The "Left" in Left Oblique refers to the cut of the nib itself, and does not refer to the handedness of the writer. |
Architect's Point (Also for Arabic and Hebraic writing)
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A more exotic regrind is that to Architect’s Point. Named after the style of writing used by Frank Lloyd Wright, this regrind is the opposite of cursive italic, and provides for broad cross-strokes and narrow down-strokes. This also tends to be a particularly useful customization for those practicing Arabic or Hebraic calligraphy. |
Spencerian
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Perhaps our most popular customization, but also one of the most advanced, the Mottishaw Spencerian Customization has gained special attention from being featured in a customer's YouTube video which has now received over twelve million views! The Spencerian starts from a semi-soft 14k nib and adds additional flex and a regrind to needlepoint to create a specialized writing point used for copperplate calligraphy. For more details, visit our special Spencerian page.. |