New Nakaya - a Piccolo Writer in Toki-tamenuri

[dms525]

 

 

 

Beautiful pen, and it writes okay. I will confess that I much prefer how John Mottishaw ground cursive italic nibs to the way the new nibs dot com owners are doing them.

 

David

[Frank C]

Beautiful pen. I bought several cursive italics from nibs.com when John Mottishaw was still there. I haven't bought one since—and I don't plan on buying one anytime soon. I do like Nakaya pens; they are great.z

[Doug C]

+1. I still have three Nakayas. They are forever pens.

[whichwatch]

I have about 130.  People sometimes ask me how I ended up with so many. I always say "I bought one".

[jchch1950]

6 hours ago, whichwatch said:

I have about 130.  People sometimes ask me how I ended up with so many. I always say "I bought one".

You must be one of the biggest Nakaya collectors. Among so many possibilities which one do you use the most?

[whichwatch]

Actually, I don't write all that much.  I usually have one or two inked, but I rotate those depending on my mood the day I ink one.

 

An easier question for me to answer is which Nakaya is my favorite.  It is the Bamboo Woods, both for its beauty as well as the story of how I happened to stumble across it at a pen show.

[Linger]

Can you perhaps elaborate a bit on the stumbling story? It is always nice to learn how fellow enthousiast got inspired.

[whichwatch]

I was walking along the row of tables at a pen show.  I got to the table of a person well known to the pen community.  He had a lot of pens in a pile on his table that people were picking through, as well as a bunch of assorted other things.  Out of the corner of my eye, off to one side partially hidden behind a small stand containing his business cards, I saw a pen laying uncapped that caught my eye.  I asked the dealer what it was and the dealer causally said "oh, some pen".  There, laying uncapped, was a Nakaya Bamboo Woods.  The dealer did know the fair market price, and while it may not have been a financial bargain, the way I found such a gorgeous pen kind of casually tossed aside and being ignored was pure serendipity for me.

 

 

 

 

 

[Linger]

Nice one! Good memory attached to an acquired heirloom. 

 

As you know, I got my inspiration from one of your posts here. I got the portable cigar and I love it to bits. But the neo standard with "painted" clip is fantastic too...and has the elongated section for a nicer grip...so do I have doubts? Noooo, although...

 

Besides this, another member here pointed out that he got his neo standard because the theme of the maki-e artwork helps him to remind the proverb "the bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists"...which can be quite helpful in daily human interactions.

[dms525]

I thought the nib on the Toki-tamenuri piccolo was not crisp enough and was too wide for my everyday handwriting. I took it to the SF pen show, and Michael Masuyama worked his magic on the nib.

 

 

David