Beautiful Nakaya

[Drawing61]

What do you think of the Nakaya Housoge Kikyo Platinum? Is it beautiful or am I so enamored that I can't see it correctly?

[Ink Blotto]

Beauty is extremely subjective, so it really just depends on how your tastes run. The Nakaya Housoge Kikyo is more ornate than I like, but I can certainly see where people would find it beautiful. I've only seen a couple of very odd color Nakayas that I truly disliked, otherwise they're all amazing to me.

[rutherfordr]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I have to agree with you here -- the Housoge designs are breathtaking!

[mirosc]

I have a shu/red/charcoal and it is indeed beautiful and always a joy to look at (even after four years).

The Kikyo Platinum is a bit too bright for my personal taste.

[jva]

Beautiful ?? Perhaps.
Marvellous ? yes !!

 

Mine :

 

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r619/incognito9494/Nakaya%20Chinkin/DSC05757_zps260e49cf.jpg

 

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r619/incognito9494/Nakaya%20Chinkin/DSC05759_zpse6d12631.jpg

 

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r619/incognito9494/Nakaya%20Chinkin/DSC05760_zps105016da.jpg

 

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r619/incognito9494/Nakaya%20Chinkin/DSC05762-2_zps5eb33bb0.jpg

 

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r619/incognito9494/Nakaya%20Chinkin/DSC05762_zps2512d12a.jpg

 

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r619/incognito9494/Nakaya%20Chinkin/DSC05764_zps31dcf85d.jpg

 

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r619/incognito9494/Nakaya%20Chinkin/DSC05765_zps68b8f87c.jpg

 

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r619/incognito9494/Nakaya%20Chinkin/DSC05766_zps76808e2c.jpg

 

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r619/incognito9494/Nakaya%20Chinkin/DSC05768_zps511b1407.jpg

 

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r619/incognito9494/Nakaya%20Chinkin/DSC05768-2_zps55911b8e.jpg

 

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r619/incognito9494/Nakaya%20Chinkin/DSC05771_zps2f51ae16.jpg

 

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r619/incognito9494/Nakaya%20Chinkin/DSC05769_zpsc2b8b2d3.jpg

 

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r619/incognito9494/Nakaya%20Chinkin/DSC05773_zpseabe0bed.jpg

 

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r619/incognito9494/Nakaya%20Chinkin/DSC05782_zps95234227.jpg

 

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r619/incognito9494/Nakaya%20Chinkin/DSC05785_zps6c549aa3.jpg

 

 

[Drawing61]

Thanks, your pictures have convinced me - my next pen.

[EMPen]

I feel convinced to sell a kidney. The second one is just in case the first one gets messed up, right? I'll just take really good care of it.

[Joe in Seattle]

Not to my taste, but I can see it as a work of art. Mine is a simple portable writer, no clip, Aka Tamenuri.

[paulliao99]

I think I still need both of my kidneys, considering the amount of alcohol I consume, so I opted for the Platinum ChinPlatinum Karakusa.

 

 

 

That doesn't mean I won't go ahead and sell one someday and get the Nakaya though!

Edited March 4, 2015 by paulliao99

[maverink]

whats the difference between the two pens? apart from the cost well

hmm i will have to sell my kidneys one eye etc and few organs to buy them.

[paulliao99]

Hi Maverick,

 

Thye're both made of the same method; Chinkin; carving on the barrel and then filling up the marks with either gold or in these cases; platinum, but I guess Nakayas are made by skilled craftsman/masters while the 3776 are made in factory by normal workers. The barrel materials are also different; the Nakaya Housoge is made of Ebonite, and I believe you can choose all different kinds of urushi finish/color, while the 3776 is just carved on celluloid, just as pretty though. The price of the 3776 is slightly less than 50% of the Nakaya.