Your First Nakaya

[Skyppere]

Well if truth be told, my first Nakaya experience wasn't a good one. I ordered the Joan M. model with a music nib. It wrote beautifully but after a half a page it dried up necessitating my taking the barrel off, and either taking the cart off and putting it back on or squeezing down more ink. I took it to the next pen show and let their nib meister work on it but I think the thought it was just a dry writer so didn't really help. So i corresponded with richard binder and he said he thought he knew the problem and could fix it. He did and he did and now it writes beautifully.

I am not gun shy at all with Nakaya. I visited their home in Tokyo and have bought 3 more pens of theirs...

Here's one of my favorites

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r315/skyppere/IMG_3174.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r315/skyppere/IMG_3175.jpg

 

Every one since has written beautifully right out of the box and has become a treasure in my collection.

 

skyppere

[rhk]

My first Nakaya (order in june 2005, delivery in august 2005) was a long cigar pen, in kuro tamenuri finish. I think this is still one of the best pens in my collection. The lacquer finish is impeccable. The photo shows three, the one in the back is the oldest one. Ruud

 

http://www.rhkoning.com/penpics/nakaya/2010-09-11%20three%20tamenuri%20pens%202%20(800).jpg

 

 

[RPB]

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[Sketch and Doodle]

My first Nakaya is...

 

Portable Cigar in Heki-Tamenuri F nib. Love it!

 

My second one is previously loved one. Portible Cigar in Aka-Tamenuri.

 

For the third, I'd love to have Kuro-Tamenuri.

 

Self-portrait

 

Family portrait

 

[R. N. Dominick]

I just ordered my first Nakaya -- a light briar, matte finish, with the standard gold nib (fine), clip and ring. I really like the way they look together in the pictures I've found -- though it seems to me like the dark briar is much more popular.

 

I've been looking at their website since they opened the English side, and I guess I finally got tired of saying "well, maybe later..." It's still a bit nervewracking -- hope I answered the survey questions correctly. Their policy on adjusting the nib, my biggest worry, is quite generous. What I'm looking for is a pen I can use all the time, so the nib has to be just right.

 

I'm sure I'll post pictures when I get it.

[elderberry]

Beautiful Nakayas! Especially these Dorsal Fins V2 are amazing. One day I might get one of these. For now, a Naka-ai in unpolished shu is a more realistic goal. Might be I'll order one in November. <3

 

If I remember correctly my first Nakaya was from Stylo Plume in France when they still sold them. It was a Piccolo in yellow tame-nuri. It came with a soft fine nib and actually was quite the disappointment. It's now my only Nakaya Frankenpen sporting a Platinum music nib - much, much better!

 

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lxRtW1ZtxbQ/UI0D-WcWZCI/AAAAAAAAAPc/AjySwSmINH4/s1600/NakayaRainbow1WM.jpg

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KuAWQLIFbzg/Ur_wurh9GqI/AAAAAAAABB8/5NmMNYNInfA/s1600/Karamell1.jpg

 

I also ordered the Platinum Izumo that day which is an amazingly beautiful Urushi pen and, so I believe, widely underrated.

[R. N. Dominick]

They didn't even tell me it had shipped so it was a very pleasant surprise this morning when an EMS package arrived. I couldn't be happier with this pen; it feels wonderful in the hand and it writes with a gorgeous thin fine line. I've felt nervous about the order off and on for the past five weeks; not any more...

 

 

 

[Doug C]

They didn't even tell me it had shipped so it was a very pleasant surprise this morning when an EMS package arrived. I couldn't be happier with this pen; it feels wonderful in the hand and it writes with a gorgeous thin fine line. I've felt nervous about the order off and on for the past five weeks; not any more...

 

I have this pen but got the furniture in the white finish. I agree that it is a beautiful pen.

 

 

[Bijouxandbeads]

I bit the bullet and ordered a Piccolo Midori Tamenuri with ebonite urushi. The nib is the "flex" in medium. Got it about two weeks ago and I have used it every day, and don't see that changing. My other pens just seem to fade into the background. I love the softness of the nib, and even as a lefty overwriter find it a joy to write with. The bright green against the black is just wonderful, and I can't wait for the green to become even more obvious - how cool to have a pen that changes over time. I have - I mean HAVE - to save up for a decapod next, and the tamenuri is absolutely my favorite finish. Ah, the joy of a new obsession!

[perfaddict]

The first Nakaya i ordered was a Portable Writer in Aka-Tamenuri, directly from Nakaya in November. It was shipped on Christmas day and is still in transit.

 

However, the first Nakaya to land at my doorstep was a Portable Writer Decapod in Kuro Tamenuri (below) already in stock at Iguanasell. Took a week to ship (excellent service - no affiliation.

 

 

 

Also expecting a Black Portable Writer as well.

 

I hope i can control myself in future

Edited January 4, 2015 by perfaddict

[Drawing61]

My first was a Portable Cigar Kuro-temenuri with medium nib. I paid for it with one of my rare art sales. I have never been so much in love with a pen. If I had to give up the rest of my (modest) pen collection this is the one I would keep. My second purchase which I await with great anticipation is a Dorsal Fin 2 Kuro-tamenuri with music nib. This effectively takes me out of the pen market for the coming year.

[ProfMS]

I am waiting for my first Nakaya which will be a Portable Cigar Shiro-tamenuri with a Fine nib.

[Dr. Joseph M. Vitolo]

My first was a Naka-ai in an Aka tamenuri finish. I have since purchased 3 more Nakaya's:

 

Joe

 

http://www.zanerian.com/NakayaPens12-2014.jpg

[Dr. Joseph M. Vitolo]

Here is my Nakaya Desk Pen Stand in the Aka tamenuri finish. The stand is absolutely gorgeous, the image does not do it justice.

 

http://www.zanerian.com/NakayaPenStandAkaTamenuri.jpg

[whichwatch]

My first was a Naka-ai in an Aka tamenuri finish. I have since purchased 3 more Nakaya's:

 

Joe

 

http://www.zanerian.com/NakayaPens12-2014.jpg

 

 

I really like this picture, which helps me clearly see the difference among Naka-ai, Long, and Neo Standard. Would you happen to have a similar photo of the pens with caps off that would show the relative length of the sections?

 

Your desk pen in Aka Tamenuri makes me drool! What a color and finish!

[Dr. Joseph M. Vitolo]

 

 

I really like this picture, which helps me clearly see the difference among Naka-ai, Long, and Neo Standard. Would you happen to have a similar photo of the pens with caps off that would show the relative length of the sections?

 

Your desk pen in Aka Tamenuri makes me drool! What a color and finish!

 

Hi,

 

As per your request:

 

http://www.zanerian.com/NakayaPensLengthCapsOff.jpg

[Dr. Joseph M. Vitolo]

Note that the nib on the Piccolo says Nakaya, not Nakata.

 

http://www.zanerian.com/NakayaNakataNibs.jpg

[whichwatch]

 

Hi,

 

As per your request:

 

 

 

Perfect! Thanks.

 

So I can clearly see that the Neo Standard has a longer section and shorter thread length (though apparently coarser threads) than the Naka-ai. I am thinking this might make the Neo Standard a little more comfortable than the Naka-ai is in my hand.

 

Naka-ai is my only Nakaya, but with the LA show coming up next month, I'm thinking of my next!

 

Thanks for the superb pictures! I just can't seem to stop drooling!

Edited January 12, 2015 by whichwatch

[Diderot]

 

Hi,

 

As per your request:

 

http://www.zanerian.com/NakayaPensLengthCapsOff.jpg

 

 

Beautiful pens.

Also thank you for putting them together for size comparison.

Can I assume that the section on the Neo is slightly slimmer/thinner than that on the Naka-Ai?

 

Diderot

[Earthdawn]

 

 

Beautiful pens.

Also thank you for putting them together for size comparison.

Can I assume that the section on the Neo is slightly slimmer/thinner than that on the Naka-Ai?

 

Diderot

 

I have both and measured them. It is just an illusion... they are the same just the the Neo is longer.