New Namiki-Pilot Yukari Royale Urushi Fine Nib

[Autodex]

Hello all, new to the forums thought I would post a few pics

 

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x32/stevengold_2007/Pen/35F78C37-6232-467C-B8F9-0EA7394033CE_zpsimy5u484.jpg

 

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x32/stevengold_2007/Pen/A3981D7F-77FC-44E7-B238-6B63C7223834_zpsptnahpyf.jpg

 

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x32/stevengold_2007/Pen/91B357B9-7706-406A-8271-C9E964DBC8F9_zpspcrzuh2c.jpg

[jar]

Luverly.

[ChadRiggsbee]

Wow -- that is a beauty! Congratulations, and enjoy!

[jmccarty3]

A beautiful pen! Welcome to FPN!

[GutSchrift]

Great pen! This has recently become my new grail pen so I loved seeing these fun photos. Welcome to the forums!

[Diderot]

Nice, very nice.

Never regretted getting mine.

[Autodex]

Thanks all

[Jackson]

Just picked one up at the Philadelphia Pen Show--love the feel and look of elegant simplicity with such richness of color.

[GutSchrift]

I have this as my 2017 grail pen. However, I am now going back and forth about whether I want the Emperor or the Yukari Royale...the nib on the former is very tempting.

[jar]

I have this as my 2017 grail pen. However, I am now going back and forth about whether I want the Emperor or the Yukari Royale...the nib on the former is very tempting.

There is a really big difference between the Yukari Royale and the Emperor. The former is brass based, the same size as the 743 (and using the same cartridge/converter) or 823 and with the same nib as those pens while the Emperor is much bigger, urushi over ebonite and with a truly enormous nib and a piston filler.

[oldrifleman]

Really nice pen!

[oldrifleman]

I thought the emperor was an eye dropper.

[jar]

I thought the emperor was an eye dropper.

You could well be right.

[jmccarty3]

I have both pens. The #50 Vermilion Urushi (Emperor size) pen is indeed an eyedropper, while the Yukari Royale is a cartridge/converter. The nib on the Yukari Royale is the same length as the Pilot #15 nib, but the Yukari nib's shoulders are not quite as wide. The #50 nib is gargantuan.

 

You will find people with Emperor size pens who say that they write comfortably with them every day, and there is no reason to doubt them. For myself, I have two eyedropper pens, the #50 and an even larger Danitrio, and I have never inked either one. It's silly, but I'm afraid of making a mess, doing it wrong, or having my wife come in and laugh at me. The Yukari, on the other hand, is a large pen, but I keep it inked with a beautiful sheening Kobe red ink, and it's very practical to write with.

 

GuttSchrift, did you attend the Philly pen show and hold these pens in your hands? Until you do, it's very hard to judge which you would like better.

[zaddick]

I have both pens. The #50 Vermilion Urushi (Emperor size) pen is indeed an eyedropper, while the Yukari Royale is a cartridge/converter. The nib on the Yukari Royale is the same length as the Pilot #15 nib, but the Yukari nib's shoulders are not quite as wide. The #50 nib is gargantuan.

 

You will find people with Emperor size pens who say that they write comfortably with them every day, and there is no reason to doubt them. For myself, I have two eyedropper pens, the #50 and an even larger Danitrio, and I have never inked either one. It's silly, but I'm afraid of making a mess, doing it wrong, or having my wife come in and laugh at me. The Yukari, on the other hand, is a large pen, but I keep it inked with a beautiful sheening Kobe red ink, and it's very practical to write with.

 

GuttSchrift, did you attend the Philly pen show and hold these pens in your hands? Until you do, it's very hard to judge which you would like better.

Spot on on the differences between the two.

 

You need to ink up those pens. No excuses.

[jmccarty3]

You need to ink up those pens. No excuses.

 

You're right. My wife will laugh at me no matter what.

[Maurizio]

Beautiful, just beautiful I want one someday soon in black.

[GutSchrift]

I have both pens. The #50 Vermilion Urushi (Emperor size) pen is indeed an eyedropper, while the Yukari Royale is a cartridge/converter. The nib on the Yukari Royale is the same length as the Pilot #15 nib, but the Yukari nib's shoulders are not quite as wide. The #50 nib is gargantuan.

 

You will find people with Emperor size pens who say that they write comfortably with them every day, and there is no reason to doubt them. For myself, I have two eyedropper pens, the #50 and an even larger Danitrio, and I have never inked either one. It's silly, but I'm afraid of making a mess, doing it wrong, or having my wife come in and laugh at me. The Yukari, on the other hand, is a large pen, but I keep it inked with a beautiful sheening Kobe red ink, and it's very practical to write with.

 

GuttSchrift, did you attend the Philly pen show and hold these pens in your hands? Until you do, it's very hard to judge which you would like better.

The one that Anderson Pens had at the Philly show was sold before I got there. I ended up with a Nippon Art (Dragon with Cumulus Clouds.) I just wonder if the #50 will seem comic or totally outlandish to use. I love my m1000 and 149 so big pens are not a problem, but I'm not exclusively into over-sized pens. I keep seeing the nib on the Yukari Royale and it looks sort of small. Seems hard to guess by photos.

[gerigo]

I have both the pens and have found them to be the absolute pinnacle of Pilots pen manufacturing ethos. The Yukari is such a lovely pen with the flawless urushi over the brass body with it's uniquely special cinnabar crimson hue. However the pen is not problem free. The grip section really is quite inkphilic. It's hard to get ink off the section if you dip too much of the section into ink. The felt inner lining on mine has sort of sloughed off so only parts of it is left in the inner cap.

 

Contrary to what you'd think, the Emperor is a absolutely delightful pen to use. It's not super heavy and in fact quite well balanced. The problem arises from the ability to transport the pen around. It's so big that it would not fit in most pen cases. It's also one of those pens you don't want rattling around with other pens in case you mar it's absolutely flawless finish.

[jar]

The one that Anderson Pens had at the Philly show was sold before I got there. I ended up with a Nippon Art (Dragon with Cumulus Clouds.) I just wonder if the #50 will seem comic or totally outlandish to use. I love my m1000 and 149 so big pens are not a problem, but I'm not exclusively into over-sized pens. I keep seeing the nib on the Yukari Royale and it looks sort of small. Seems hard to guess by photos.

The Yukari Royale fountain pen and the Pilot 743/823 are almost identical in size in both body and nib. The base material is slightly different but the overall sizes are very close.