Danitrio Genkai in Tamenuri Urushi

[Drawing61]

My god that is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[thiagojp]

WOW, stunning pen!! I think I´ll sell a kidney to buy one...

[Mew]

Here are a few comparison shots between a Namiki #50 and a Danitrio Sho-genkai. The Sho-genkai is essentially a shorter version of the Genkai, but is the same diameter and uses the same size nib. the Sho-genkai is 18MM shorter when capped, the cap is 10MM shorter, and the uncapped length wioth the nib is a significant 47MM shorter than the Genkai (all official measurements from the Danitrio website).

 

 

So I think the Genkai is a little shorter capped than the Namiki and a bit longer when uncapped. Also it has less girth than the Namiki. The Namiki also has a more sohpisticated ink shutoff system, but much less variety in urushi finishes. And forget going into Maki-e, both can be in the new car range (though Namiki goes farther up than Danitrio).

 

Hope that helped.

Hi Zaddick,

 

I apologize for my late attention to your replies.

 

I had looked up the dimensions of both pens (Genkai and Emperor or Urushi #50) on nibs.com

Both pens have same dimensions according to them and I cannot verify whether that is true or not because I only have the vermillion emperor. They have listed that section girth of both the pens are same.

I am a little hesitant to rely on what they have listed because they have also listed that emperor is a piston filler for one of the models.

 

So I'm assuming that since you took the measurements from Danitrio website, they would be correct. Thank you for correcting me.