Some time ago someone was looking for pictures of the Buddhist series I posted. Unfortunately, I needed the bandwidth for other puposes and took them down. Below are a few pictures of the four Buddhist pens plus two similar. The sutra printed on the pens is the Hannya Sutra. Pilot chose the Custom model as the platform for this group of pen. the Custom series was made from 1972 to about 1981 and included twenty plus (and counting) designs. Some ofthe more common are the black striped stainless, sterling cisele, maple, and plain black. They are mostly found with FINE nibs with EF, MEDIUM, and BROAD less common. When first introduced, some had smaller inlaid nibs which included MUSIC and SIGNATURE types.
From right to left, as shown in the first picture:
Polished sterling with engraved characters.
Etched (am not sure if this is the correct term) design on sterling creating raised characters.
Black urushi lacquer over hyomon makie characters.
Red urushi lacquer over hyomon makie characters.
Pilot made other models as special orders with the same techniques. I include the other two in my collection.
Etched sterling with Chinese (not Japanese) characters related to medicine. Signed by artist.
Red urushi lacquer 'Song of Human Revolution' for Sokagakkai, the worlds largest Buddhist organization.
There must be others and the hunt continues..................................
