Just another Nakaya Aka-tamenuri Piccolo

[seikoguy]

Ever since reading Phthalo's (Laura) wonderful review of her Nakaya Piccolo, I just knew that I had to get one! Seeing that Laura's already done such a wonderful review of the pen, I'm just going to post 3 quick and dirty pics of the reddish-red tamenuri Nakaya. I like my first pic the best, so I'm going to save that for last. All 3 pictures were taken with an old 5 Mp Sony F707 instead of my digital SLR. Now, on to the first pic.

 

In this shot, I exposed for the white paper. As such, the pen came out a tad underexposed. I wanted folks to catch a glimpse of the paperwork that came with the pen - a document showing the names of the craftsmen who performed the various stages in the pen's "creation" and their respective seals. As always, feel free to expand the photo to see it at its full resolution.

 

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In the picture below, the cream parts of the paper came out a little dark. However, the lustre of the pen is starting to become more evident here.

 

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My very first pic is posted below, and I think it captures the gloss and lustre of Nakaya quite nicely. It's the best 2-dimensional representation I could accomplish to illustrate the beauty of the pen's finish, short of sending the pen out to all FPNer's, and that's not happening!

 

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And for those of you who have not had the pleasure of reading it, I've linked Laura's review here: Nakaya Piccolo review

 

 

[Phthalo]

Oooooh... delicious! I especially like photo two... though three is pretty darn cool!

 

Very, very nice... it makes me want an Aka-Tamenuri Desk Pen more than ever now...

 

What nib did you get for your Piccolo?

 

 

(DAMN I should be getting a commission from Nakaya! )

[seikoguy]

Thank you, Laura! Appreciate the kind words. The pen has a Medium nib.

[seikoguy]

Took a couple more.

 

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http://www.fototime.com/BE14A13AFAE59AF/orig.jpg

 

 

[Freeloader]

sending the pen out to all FPNer's

 

PM sent!

 

 

 

j/k, great photos of a lovely pen!

[Dan Carmell]

I have the same reaction to your excellent photos as I did to Laura's, especially to the pen capped: I really, really like the shape of this pen! It is just very compelling for some reason, perhaps due to the compact feel, perhaps because of the shape of the cap and barrel ends.

 

And of course, tanemuri is my favorite of all these urushi finishes! Congratulations on the pen!

 

Dan

[seikoguy]

Thank you for the kind words, Freeloader (great name!) and Dan. Glad I could share. It certainly is difficult trying to do justice to the pen's fine finish. In spite of its dark finish, it's got an ethereal glow all of its own.

 

[IsabelHotchins]

thanks. very helpful post. I read a few of your other posts and they all helped me.

[Pennys33]

How much did it cost?