Japanese Pen Brag Page

[mallymal1]

Here is my most recent acquisition, a Platinum 3776 Maki-e and Raden with an Ancient Bird (古代鳥) design. The artist's signature looks to me like "Kosono". It's a great writer!

 

 

Very nice indeed.

[da vinci]

Here is my most recent acquisition, a Platinum 3776 Maki-e and Raden with an Ancient Bird (古代鳥) design. The artist's signature looks to me like "Kosono". It's a great writer!

 

Spectacular!

[Kelly G]

Added a Nakaya Neo Standard Aka Tamenuri with a Mottishaw stubbed double broad nib.

 

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Very nice Jar! Aka Tamenuri is pretty tough to top.

[Kelly G]

Here is my most recent acquisition, a Platinum 3776 Maki-e and Raden with an Ancient Bird (古代鳥) design. The artist's signature looks to me like "Kosono". It's a great writer!

 

 

A great looking pen Sugna!

[AltecGreen]

The lot that arrived today

 

 

 

 

My favorite out of the group.

[mallymal1]

Really cool...but I still prefer the Kois.

 

Nice lot.

[ShortRound131]

Beautiful.

 

 

 

My new Pilot Custom 823 which comes with Broad Nib and it is currently inked with Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku. The pen is a real beauty and yes the clear transparent one is so perfect.

Would love to know how is your experience with this pen and what is your favourite colour in Pilot Custom 823??

 

[mehandiratta]

Beautiful.

 

 

Thank you

[ScienceChick]

From the Dallas Pen Show, a Taccia Winter Crystals - an utterly gorgeous urushi/raden FP and piece of art. The only available nibs were F and M so a B nib will be en route to me this coming week.

 

In talking with Mike Masuyama, it turns out I bought the pen from the founder of Taccia - a very gracious woman who taught me a lot about the manufacturing process.

[da vinci]

From the Dallas Pen Show, a Taccia Winter Crystals - an utterly gorgeous urushi/raden FP and piece of art. The only available nibs were F and M so a B nib will be en route to me this coming week.

 

In talking with Mike Masuyama, it turns out I bought the pen from the founder of Taccia - a very gracious woman who taught me a lot about the manufacturing process.

 

Would you be able to post a pic when you get the time? Would be interested to see the look of this pen.

[zaddick]

Would you be able to post a pic when you get the time? Would be interested to see the look of this pen.

http://www.nibs.com/taccia-reserve-maki-e-winters-crystals.htm

[ScienceChick]

Would you be able to post a pic when you get the time? Would be interested to see the look of this pen.

Sure; I'll do my best to get some flattering pics.

[da vinci]

Thanks both!

[Uncial]

I;m patiently waiting on my first Nakaya (a Heki-tanemuri Long Cigar) which should arrive some time this week. I'm getting a bit worried though. I ordered the pen at the beginning of February and it's been such a long wait that I'm now worried that I've built it up in my mind so much that when it arrives I might be underwhelmed..............tiny bit worried and excited all at once.

[pollandakuma]

 

My new Pilot Custom 823 which comes with Broad Nib and it is currently inked with Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku. The pen is a real beauty and yes the clear transparent one is so perfect.

Would love to know how is your experience with this pen and what is your favourite colour in Pilot Custom 823??

 

 

 

Vaibhav your photos are gorgeous! And that pen is soooooooo juicy

[mehandiratta]

 

Vaibhav your photos are gorgeous! And that pen is soooooooo juicy

thank you

[jar]

Not too long ago but on another board I posted a topic about how I first became interested in Asian arts and culture. One of the folktales I learned back then was the story of Momotaro or The Peach Boy.

The story goes like this.

An old man and old woman lived a meager life. The old man earned a living by collecting bamboo for others. They earned enough to get by but their life was empty. They had no children and the old woman knew how hard it was for her husband to climb the mountains and cut the hard bamboo then carry it back down the mountain and sell it. How much longer would he be able to keep it up and what would happen to them if he got sick or could no longer climb the mountain?

One day when her husband was off cutting bamboo she took the washing down to the stream. As she washed the clothes an enormous peach came floating down. What a treat that would be for her husband. She caught the peach and used her clothes basket to carry it home.

When her husband got back that evening he was surprised to see the peach, so big it covered half of their table, waiting. He got a knife but as he was about to cut it open the peach split open on its own and instead of a pit, there was a baby inside.

They named the child Momotaro. Momo is Peach in Japanese and Taro is an honorific for Eldest Son.

The boy was a happy child and the joy of their lives and soon he was old enough to start helping his father harvest bamboo as well as start a small garden where they grew their own food.

When he was around middle teenage years the area was suffering attack from Oni, demons, that lived on an island. Momo feared they would attack his family so he told his parents he would go and kill all the Oni. They feared for his life but he insisted so with their blessing he prepared to head off. His mother mad a bag full of her special dumplings and rice cakes for him to take with him and he set off.

During the journey he acquired three companions, first a dog, then a monkey and finally a pheasant. After many adventures the four arrived at the Oni's Castle on the Island. The Pheasant flew over the wall and saw that the gate was held closed by a great bar. The Monkey climbed over the gate and lifted out the bar while the Dog pushed the great door open.

The four travelers then attacked the Oni's, Momotaro using his speed and sword, the Dog biting the Oni's legs, the Monkey clawing and scratching while the Pheasant flew at their faces pecking at their eyes. Soon all the Oni's were defeated and Momotaro and his friends gathered up all that the Oni's had stolen to return to the village. There was still enough left after all the stolen property was returned to provide a comfortable living for the old man and woman and Momotaro and his companions were celebrated as heroes.

That great Enabler hated by my Bank but loved by many fountain pen owners Bryant has had a Danitrio Takumi on his site for years that featured a Boy with Peaches and I had been watching it, hoping someone would buy it.

But they never did.

And I finally decided that the next pen I bought really would be the next to last pen I would EVER buy and so it made it's way to me.

The Takumi is the smallest currently made pen in their line up but still about the same size (but with a smaller nib) as the Montblanc 149. I already had one and loved the size so that was fortunate, AND the Peach Boy pen was available with a stub nib.

So... here is the Danitrio Takumi Momotaro created by Dento Kogei-shi Kosetsu (Tatsuya Todo).

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[zaddick]

Wonderful jar. Thank you for sharing. I have also stared at that pen many a time. Congratulations on taking the leap.

[Kelly G]

Beautiful pen Jar, a work of art that writes!

[mallymal1]

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