There were three contenders for my affection in Aesthetic Bay last Sunday, all by Nakaya: a kuro-tamenuri Decapod, a cherry blossom Sumi, and a Piccolo with clip in arai-shu. The Piccolo won. It is the longer Piccolo, commissioned by Aesthetic Bay from Nakaya, because several of their customers liked how the Piccolo looked but were [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Nakaya’
Nakaya and Namiki.
Posted in Fountain Pen, Nakaya, tagged Aesthetic Bay, Elephant & Coral, Nakaya, Namiki on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Nakaya Ascending Dragon is coming home!
Posted in Fountain Pen, Nakaya, tagged Nakaya on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to a friend who’s in Singapore for a conference, my pen will be on its way home in a couple of days. I sent it out for a nib exchange – from a standard fine to a super elastic extra-fine. I can’t wait!
Nakaya at the HK International Stationery Fair.
Posted in Fountain Pen, Nakaya, tagged Hong Kong, Nakaya on January 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So this is what I was up to, really, in HK. I wanted to see a Nakaya table! Other people fly to Tokyo to see Madonna. This is not a strange thing.
I registered as a buyer and waited until the fair opened at 9:30. When I reached the Platinum Pen Co. table, I gawked at [...]
2007’s Top Ten Pens, Modern.
Posted in Fountain Pen, tagged Danitrio, Laban, Molteni, Nakaya, Omas, Sailor, Stipula, Tibaldi on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Actually, it’s eleven, but one of my pens is back at the shop, waiting for a nib exchange.
I bought more than ten modern pens this year, many pre-owned, and while I liked them all well enough in the first place to buy them, inevitably favorites emerge.
The Pilot Bamboo didn’t make it to the list. Neither [...]
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