A Date With Yukio Nagahara, Sailor Pen Event 2012

[hari317]

William penn, a pen store chain in India have brought Yukio Nagahara to India again. They were showcasing some New Sailor LEs like the 108 pieces Lord Venkateshwara LE etc. The Mumbai event was held yesterday and today. I managed to get an appointment with Nagahara san today and got two pens tuned up.

 

Some pictures of the event:

 

The High Street phoenix William penn store:

 

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The Sailors on Display, Closeup pictures were prohibited:

 

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Yukio Nagahara tuning some customers pens:

 

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Heater for heat setting feeds, US cleaner and other tools on top of the hard box used to transport all the equipment:

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I had a 146 and a custom 845 tuned up. The pens are now even better. He explained through his translator, what exactly was wrong with the pens and why they were misbehaving and what he was doing to correct the problem...

 

Thanks to William Penn for bringing such legends to India and thanks to Yukio Nagahara and his team for visiting us here.

 

Best

Hari

Edited August 15, 2012 by hari317

[Preetham]

Wonderful initiative by William Penn! And as usual, a great photo essay. Is that you Hari in the last pic?

[Ghost Plane]

Oh to live in a civilized place Thanks for the pictures! :notworthy1:

[de_pen_dent]

Hi Hari - nice post and photos, thanks!

 

Where in Bombay is the William Penn store, btw?

[Uncle Red]

What a great event! Great photos too Hari. I almost feel like I went along except none of my pens were tuned.

[hari317]

Thank you all.

 

Here is the store locator of William pen stores in India, just select the city:

 

http://www.williampenn.net/store-locator/

 

Hari

[georges zaslavsky]

thanks for the report

[sitaram82]

Hi Hari,

 

It is a pity that he did not come to my city, Bangalore.

BTW was the service free??

 

 

 

 

Thank you all.

 

Here is the store locator of William pen stores in India, just select the city:

 

http://www.williampenn.net/store-locator/

 

Hari

[FPFan]

I've had the pleasure of having a pen "tuned" by Nagahara-san, Sr. What a pleasure it would be to have a new Sailor with a "cross" nib tuned by his young son. We must all be greatful for having these kinds of nibmeisters available to us. Nagahara-san, Sr gave us so many wonderful nibs. I look forward to what the son will create for us in the future.

 

Thanks for the nice photo review. Tells us what you think of what he did and how you like your "new" nibs? ? ?

[hari317]

Thanks for the nice photo review. Tells us what you think of what he did and how you like your "new" nibs? ? ?

 

The first pen he worked on was on my new 146. The pen used to miss the first 1 mm of any stroke. He removed the nib, showed me the piece of crud in the feed channel, removed it, conformed the nib to the feed and reset the nib to feed using hot water. I was not satisfied with the initial result, he worked on the pen further and this time the pen was perfect. It continues to be perfect.

 

The second pen was a slightly randomly skippy B nib on a Pilot 845. It seems the feed was dry, he showed it to me and exclaimed "no ink". He adjusted the flow to be as wet as I liked saying " oh, more ink!". The pen is more superb now paired with Aurora Black, my staple for this pen.

 

I had carried my staple paper for testing the pens.

 

In the end I gifted him a new Indian made mechanical wristwatch as a token of appreciation. It was a nice experience.

Edited September 5, 2012 by hari317