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Nakaya Ama-iro alert.

Ama-iro is one of these rare colors with Nakaya. They are not in the regular line up and painted every five or ten years? The color is lightblue with hints of turkish or ice blue depending on the …

Nakaya shu-nurippanashi.

One of the revelations at the Nakaya event last year was the finish Shu-nurippanashi. (recently the term nurippanashi was altered into nurihanashi) Shu Nurippanashi is built on a black ur…

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24.01.2020 * RECIFE COLLECTOR PEN CASE Tested and approved it for: Montblanc 149, Sailor KOP, Nakaya long cigar, Nakaya 17mm cigar, Nakaya Dorsal Fin I. It even fits a Nakaya deskpen or three …

Nakaya will visit Sakura FP Gallery 17,18,19 October 2019

 

Nayaka event 2019 epilogue!

The Nakaya Pen Event was an absolute success! Close to 100 fountain pen aficionados visited the Sakura Fountain Pen Gallery to see Nakaya’s lead designer and nib meister Yoshida-San at work. The o…

Manu Propria 'Sakuragawa' : branch or fountain pen ?

We have a Manu Propria Sakuragawa in the house ! It is a stunning fountain pen. It looks like a branch and although it is pretty long it feels very comfortable in the hand. Like all urushi pens it has a warm touch and feel.

Sakuragawa nuri is an urushi technique called ‘cherry bark lacquer’ . This technique imitates the color and surface of a cherry tree bark. In Japan the bark of the cherry tree has been used to decorate objects called "kabazaiku", tea and kitchen utensils like tea caddies, trays but also small furnitures, sword sheets, calligraphy brushes, smoking accessories and more.