Pilot (NAMIKI) Custom 845 Fine-nib Ebonite Black Urushi Lacquer with converter

  

Pilot Custom 845 Resin Luster Ebonite Black Urushi Lacquer. #15 Large 18Kt Bicolor nib /. Nib Size: 147 mm long /. 28.0g with converter (CON-70) Pilot Custom 845.

Pilot Custom 845 that is Pilot's highest masterpiece. It might be a form that attracts a lot of fans with the distinctive character that a trunk axis on which the ebonite that began to be plane piles up and is painted as many as three times with a black lacquer. The feeling is indeed different from the fountain pen made of the resin, and as for the black lacquer paint, it is glossy and touch is different.

Characters of'URUSHI' being written in the cap are not Italy. It is known to all over the world that the lacquer paint painted the lacquer soon for the discoloration prevention of the ebonite after the roadside trees factory that is pilot's antecedent establishes by the start as a lacquering fountain pen to which the decoration and the design are given now. The cap and barrel are coated in multiple layers of rich black urushi lacquer, which creates a stunning shine, nearly a glow-like surface to the pen.

The pen features a huge Size #15 nib, that Pilot has never made available outside of Japan. The Iridium tip is from Pilot's own Iridium mine in Hokkaido, Japan, which Pilot-Namiki has been using since the 1920's. The nib is 18K yellow gold with the center being plated with 18K Rhodium (better known as White Gold) This creates a wonderful two-tone, silver & gold feel to the nib. 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 (NAMIKI) Custom 845 Fine-nib Ebonite Black Urushi Lacquer with converter" is in sale since Monday, June 17, 2019.

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. Brand: Pilot
2. Pen Type: Fountain
3. Country of Manufacture: Japan