Pilot Custom URUSHI 18K Medium-nib Ebonite Black Urushi Lacquer with converter

  
Pilot Custom URUSHI Resin Luster Ebonite Black Urushi Lacquer. #30 Large 18Kt Bicolor nib /. Size: 155 mm long /. 44.0g with converter (CON-70) This nib is very soft and flexible compared to the custom 845. Please refer to this movie.

The Pilot Custom Urushi fountain pen is the latest addition to Pilots Custom pen range. It is an oversize fountain pen and the largest in the Pilot Custom family, a flat-top pen made of ebonite, coated with many layers of pure black urushi lacquer. The Pilot Custom Urushi comes with a large #30 nib made from 18k gold available in 3 widths: fine-medium, medium, and broad. This Pilot Custom Urushi lacquered ebonite fountain pen was created by maki-e artisans (kokkokai) in Japan.

It features the Roiro Urushi technique which requires time and skill to create a uniform and mirror-like finish. Each Custom urushi pen is lacquered, cured, and polished three times to create a beautiful quality result. Urushi is a lacquer derived from a natural resin from a tree bearing the same name. The peculiarity of Japanese lacquer, unlike other forms of traditional handicrafts, is that it has a totally autochthonous origin without being imported from abroad. The Urushi differs substantially from the other lacquers by the way it dries.

In fact, it does not follow a drying process, but requires exposure to specific temperatures and humidity (between 10 to 20 degrees centigrade and between 70 and 90 percent humidity) to properly cure. Under these conditions, significant components of urushiol and lacquer undergo a chemical transformation that produces a curtain, that is, the lacquer layer. Once cured, the lacquer creates a durable and brilliant sheath with great adhesive strength. The Japanese Urushi lacquer is the most precious lacquer in the whole East. For this series of pens, Pilot has used the Roiro Urushi Shiage polishing technique, which consists of rubbing a piece of raw lacquer repeatedly, with final polishing done with special carbon.

After a couple of weeks, when the lacquer is dry, it turns out to be harder than the glass. Roiro Urushi Shiage lacquering technique is considered the most difficult since the process takes a long time. The pen comes with a con-70 converter and a cartridge. Urushi (Japanese lacquer) art is unique to Japan, China, Korea and the countries of Southeast Asia, each country preserving to the present day its own particular traditions.

Japanese urushi art is especially rich in terms both of variety and sophistication of technique. In addition to the highly developed skills that Japanese craftsmen have used to elevate urushi art to the heights for which it is renowned, Japan is blessed with an abundance of trees producing high quality hard urushi as well as a variety of timbers suitable for the making of the bodies of urushi wares. The item "Pilot Custom URUSHI 18K Medium-nib Ebonite Black Urushi Lacquer with converter" is in sale since Tuesday, April 14, 2020. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Pens & Writing Instruments\Pens\Fountain Pens\Pilot".

The seller is "e-sell_jp" and is located in Japan. This item can be shipped worldwide.

1. Nib Size: Medium (M)
2. Material: Ebonite
3. Pen Type: Fountain
4. Country of Manufacture: Japan
5. Brand: Pilot
6. Ink Color: Black