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Morning everyone, We have received the Ascending Dragon's from Platinum as a new release. It was debuted at the DC pen show this past weekend. There are some photos below. The writing instrument is retailing at $450.00. We are offering it at 20% off which brings it to $360.00. If you are interested please contact us at 800-263-2736. Thanks!

I've just had a rather surprising performance bonus and big promotion at work, and I want to spend some of it on my first Nakaya (and stick the rest in an investment account like a sensible person). It'll be something very lovely, and very personal, that I can keep for the rest of my life. Most of my pens are vintage, and many of them are engraved; I treasure them, and the thought of commissioning something very special and personalised of my own from a craftsman like the people at Nakaya gives me the chills. I think I'm set on nib choice: I'll be asking John Mottishaw for a soft elastic fine or XF with added flex, if he'll do it (I understand he has strong opinions on the cutouts in the elastic nib). I know what kanji I want on it (kinkou, meaning equilibrium). I know I either want a Milky Way or an Ascending Dragon in the long cigar shape - the Ascending Dragon is winning at the moment by about 70%. I have given this so much thought over the last week that I am having very disturbed dreams about it. But I'm mithering something horrible about which colour of Ascending Dragon I prefer. Part of the problem is that I'm not very clear on how the aka-tamenuri and heki-tamenuri look (and how they compare with one another) once the dragon has "ascended" and is glowing through the translucent lacquer after a few year's use. Thanks to TDL's lovely pictures here, I think I have a reasonable feel for what the blue dragon looks like in the end. But if anyone has pictures of the aka- and heki-tamenuri after the urushi has mellowed, I'd love to see them - and if (unlikely) anyone has pictures of both together I'd be over the moon with gratitude. In the Chinese calendar, I am a fire dragon, so I guess that should push me in the direction of aka-tamenuri; but I am also very drawn to the earthy tones of the heki-tamenuri. Who would have thought that making a decision about something so lovely could be so stressful?