How Do You Keep Your Mikado?

[sjldaniel]

I just received my Dani Trio Mikado. It's a great looking pen with a wonderful tamenuri urushi finish. But the Mikado is much, much bigger than I thought. It will not even fit in any of my pen display cases. So I was wondering how other owners keep or store their Mikados. Fortunately, mine came with a nice, single pen leather case that fits the Mikado. But I don't think I have much a choice other than to keep it on a pen rest on top of my desk at home or at the office.

 

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh145/sjldaniel/Large_Pens/Large_Pens.jpg

 

Edited to include picture of Mikado with other large pens (from top - DT Mikado, DT Densho Raw Ebonite, DT Octagon, Delta Dolce Vita OS, MB 149, Pel M1000, and Sailor KOP Marble Ebonite).

Edited April 11, 2008 by sjldaniel

[Pengrump]

That pen is big enough to have its own apartment! :ltcapd:

[bobioden]

I never realized how big they really are. Thanks for the comparison shot.

[CharlieB]

Great photo! I love large pens, and you've got a great collection of them.

 

I think you need to keep your Mikado in the box it came in. Nothing else is large enough.

[Johnson]

Great photo! I love large pens, and you've got a great collection of them.

 

I think you need to keep your Mikado in the box it came in. Nothing else is large enough.

 

x2. I keep mine on my desk in the original box. I enjoy polishing it to a shine with the included cloth.

 

I love my black urushi mikado, but eventually I hope to own tamenuri.

[ethernautrix]

I keep mine next to La Traviata.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If I had one, I mean. That's where I would keep it.

[Excoriar]

I'm going to a pen gathering this weekend, and am wondering how people carry their Mikados when not wearing a blazer. At work, I just pop the pen in the pen pocket of my suit, but I will not be wearing a suit to this gathering, and I can't think of anything that the pen will fit in.

[Deirdre]

I keep mine next to La Traviata.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If I had one, I mean. That's where I would keep it.

Snarf.

[FrankB]

Sorry I am late to the thread. I do not yet have a Mikkado. I have a Densho and a Takumi, and I keep them in a pen wrap I got from Elizabeth Wilde. When I do eventually get a Mikkado, I will keep it in the same wrap.