Full Version: How is Nakaya's Urushi Lacquer ?
Is this a very durable material. Ive been considering an portable cigar model for quite some time. I have been curious as to whether this lacquer will last. Are these pens heavy, light or medium in weight? Thanks in advance for any and all input.
Please see the Nakaya website for size and weight measurements: http://www.nakaya.org/esize.html.
For general information about Urushi lacquer, please consult these web pages: http://www.nihon-kogeikai.com/TEBIKI-E/3.html and http://www.urushi-kobo.com/process.html. A quote from the latter website: "Well made urushiware lasts more than 100 years, possibly even another several thousand years."
Learning as much about urushi as you can will enhance your appreciation of fine lacquer pens from Nakaya, Namiki, Danitrio etc, as the basic lacquerware process is the same.
In regard to "whether this lacquer will last" - well, under what circumstances? If you throw the pen onto the pavement, the lacquer will not last.
If you treat any pen in a nice, respectful manner, it will provide you many years of enjoyable use. I have urushi pens from the 1930's which are in excellent condition.
Also, a search of the forum will reveal much discussion about Nakaya pens!
For general information about Urushi lacquer, please consult these web pages: http://www.nihon-kogeikai.com/TEBIKI-E/3.html and http://www.urushi-kobo.com/process.html. A quote from the latter website: "Well made urushiware lasts more than 100 years, possibly even another several thousand years."
Learning as much about urushi as you can will enhance your appreciation of fine lacquer pens from Nakaya, Namiki, Danitrio etc, as the basic lacquerware process is the same.
In regard to "whether this lacquer will last" - well, under what circumstances? If you throw the pen onto the pavement, the lacquer will not last.
If you treat any pen in a nice, respectful manner, it will provide you many years of enjoyable use. I have urushi pens from the 1930's which are in excellent condition.
Also, a search of the forum will reveal much discussion about Nakaya pens!
Pthalo...............If I am not wrong , you had a Nakaya Urushi in Olive Green made to order with a gold speckled section.................hows that doing?
What does the colour look like now?
What does the colour look like now?
Yes, that was me - my Olive Green has been in my daily rotation since I got it!
The colour has lightened, but not as much as I'd hoped. I'm really not fussed - either way it is still beautiful. (But if I used it exclusively, the colour would have been lighter by now.)
I have just commissioned my third Piccolo... I'm looking forward to it as it will be a different finish to my my existing pens.
The colour has lightened, but not as much as I'd hoped. I'm really not fussed - either way it is still beautiful.
(But if I used it exclusively, the colour would have been lighter by now.) I have just commissioned my third Piccolo... I'm looking forward to it as it will be a different finish to my my existing pens.
Would it be possible for you to post a pic of it? (present condition)
There is a tendency to assume that urushi is very fragile, because it is so beautiful, expensive, and delicate-looking. But in fact, an urushi finish makes a surface more durable, not less. A plain resin/plastic/ebonite/etc finish is easier to scratch and dent than a surface that has been treated with urushi finish.
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