Nakaya 17Mm Portable Cigar- Ao-Tamenuri

[mk2579]

Nakaya 17mm Portable Cigar (Ao-tamenuri)

I managed to snag one of the last Portable Cigar’s in the Ao- Tamenuri finish (now discontinued). This is the 17mm version. I hadn’t heard of this before, but after some quick research found the 17mm referred to larger diameter of the section compared to the regular Portable Cigar.

This was a much bigger and more substantial Nakaya than I thought it would be, and has a much more subtle Ao- Tamenuri finish than that of the Decapod Twist, which shows quite a lot of blue-green already. This nakaya veers more towards a grey/ blue- which is what most people want from the Ao- Tamenuri finish. Here are some pics…

Shiny Ao-tamenuri finish- very dark initially, will lighten with age...

Close- up of the soft fine nib with added flex. Still, not that flexible.

 

Here is a size comparison of all three Nakaya’s. A sombre looking bunch but I prefer these to the more traditional (some say chintzy) Aka/ Heki/ Kuro- Tamenuri options.

For some reason the 17mm Portable Cigar looks better in person and the Decapod Twist looks better in photographs…

In photographs it’s difficult to show the Ao-tamenri finish of the Portable Cigar, hence my cropping efforts here...pardon the dust.

http://s29.postimg.org/cv09at707/17mm_Portable_Nakaya.jpg

This Ao-tamenuri finish really is my favourite and not offered by any of the other Japanese fountain pen brands specialising in Urushi. I wish I had heard about it being discontinued earlier so I could have grabbed a Naka-Ai and Neo- Standard. Oh well.

Edited October 5, 2015 by kunju123

[jandrese]

Wow, very nice, thanks for sharing!

[da vinci]

Yet another interesting pictorial review -thanks

[sannidh]

Thank you for this review.

[mk2579]

Yet another interesting pictorial review -thanks

 

No problem- I always scroll around Nakaya and Danitrio reviews searching for the pictures, so I thought I'd load on the pictures for my review to push people towards that next purchase

[Highbinder]

Any chance of a writing sample? I'd like to know more about what you mean by ''still, not that flexible''. The standard soft nib gives a bit of spring, correct? Is it just more pronounced? Or has line variation increased too?

 

Lovely collection and lovely photos!

[Sailor Kenshin]

All I can do is siggghhhhhhh....

[da vinci]

No problem- I always scroll around Nakaya and Danitrio reviews searching for the pictures, so I thought I'd load on the pictures for my review to push people towards that next purchase

Its working

[zaddick]

Thanks for the review and pictures. I like this size pen as the extra girth makes a real difference for me.