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Namiki Yukari Shooting Star Raden
Namiki Yukari Shooting Star Raden
A companion piece to the similar Milky Way Raden, the Namiki Yukari Shooting Star Raden fountain pen uses traditional Maki-e technique to realize an astronomically-inspired motif - this combination of the traditional and the contemporary is a hallmark of Namiki style.
Each pen is hand-finished by Maki-e artist Misa using Togidashi and Raden Maki-e technique at the Namiki workshop in Kanegawa, just south of Tokyo. We provide this pen with your choice of Namiki 18k solid gold nib.
Namiki's Yukari Raden Maki-e pens are not just beautiful examples of a traditional craft, but also eminently practical writing instruments - the cartridge-converter fill system allows this pen to use either Pilot brand disposable ink cartridges, or any bottled fountain ink when using the provided converter. A traditionally-styled wooden presentation is also included, making this a highly appropriate choice for a special gift item.
Our complimentary nib tuning services adjust pressure and ink flow to your personal writing preferences and help ensure that your Namiki pen will be just as impressive on the page as in its appearance. Our exclusive nib customizations can then take your writing to the next level, adding line-width variation which adds character and distinctiveness and which can also make this pen an excellent choice for calligraphers. We are an authorized Namiki dealer.
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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.. |