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Moon Cat Is Back And She Is Fabulous!

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Back in December I posted a very sad post about my Nakaya Moon Cat. After opening her up on Christmas Day, the next day, while I was taking pictures of her, she fell on the floor and the cap broke.

 

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Classic Pens sent Moon Cat to Nakaya, and the master craftsmen there developed an ingenious solution to mend the cap using a string technique. Here are the results. I am amazed at how gorgeous Moon Cat is and the string just adds to her beauty. The last picture shows where they glued the cap back together. The string should reinforce that mending and it enhances the pen's beauty. She's a totally unique Moon Cat now. And, just in case you're wondering, she writes like a dream.

 

Moon Cat Capped

 

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Moon Cat Uncapped

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8531/8600175667_d4997de6f1.jpg

 

String Technique Used to Fix the Cap

 

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Where they glued the Cap

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8105/8600174225_3bee1b1144.jpg

 

One last photo of the mended cap:

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8098/8601275706_140f1e375a.jpg

 

 

Thanks to everyone who sympathized with me over this disaster as only fellow fountain pen lovers could.

 

Susan

I can't stop buying pens and it scares me.

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Spectacular. Let me be the first to predict that you will have begun a trend and that Nakaya will soon offer this as an option on new pens.

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It is a testament to the skill and generous spirit of the Nayaka Company. Only they could fix a problem on a masterpiece that would have destroyed it and make it more beautiful then it was before. Pure genius.

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Who could forget what happened to Moon Cat?

 

Such character she has now! Wow! Fabulous, indeed. happyberet.gif

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...and a pen that's comfortable in the hand.—moi

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Beautiful! I agree with Chris Burton that Nakaya will likely add it as an option to the pen.

 

If my pen broke and returned repaired like that, I'd be dizzy with joy.

 

Hooray!

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Congrats on getting your "new and improved" pen back! I really like that string look!

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." -- A. Einstein

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Nakaya creates Art, and out of disaster comes a gorgeous, personal treasure of a pen.

Wonderful solution, Congratulations!

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Looks great. I'm happy to see and read that this story has a happy ending.

 

Spectacular. Let me be the first to predict that you will have begun a trend and that Nakaya will soon offer this as an option on new pens.

 

If I recall the older thread correctly the technique was already listed on the Nakaya website when they suggested this repair method. Most likely they've offered this technique for awhile but it languished in an obscure corner of the Nakaya website where nobody saw it.

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Congratulations. A fitting story on Easter weekend.

May we live, not by our fears but by our hopes; not by our words but by our deeds; not by our disappointments but by our dreams.

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My Moon Cat is jealous! I will have to keep an eye on him that he doesn't roll off the desk so he can get a handsome sash too.

Nihon no urushi ga hitsuyo de!

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