Well, after one year suffering from the RSPV (Rising Sun Pen Virus) I have to admit that it may not have any cure, I've been infected by the "Danitrio" variant, but many others are well known, ranging from Namiki, Nakaya, Pilot, Sailor... to a few others... You know what I'm talking about!

Enjoy the farm picture (if the link works) as I have no spare space to upload...


ID's Left to Right:

1.- Mikado Ishimei (stone finish)
2.- Mikado Roiro migaki
3.- Mikado Tame nuri
4.- Mikado Najishi nuri (pear skin finish)
5.- Mikado Moon Shadow
6.- Mikado Wakasa nuri
7.- Mikado Hellier (Maki-e LE by Kevin Cheng)
8.- Densho Wisteria and Swallows
9.- Takumi Peacock feathers (Maki-e prototype)
10.- Takumi Leopard (Maki-e prototype)
11.- Takumi Sakura kawa in brown (Cherry tree bark Urushi)
12.- Takumi Kara nuri in bright red
13.- Takumi Moon Shadow
14.- Takumi Nami nuri red
15.- DenshoTame nuri blue

Hope you enjoy it (I do...)

that's alot of Dani Trios

Kurt

Congratulations, that is a magnificent collection!
Alejandro

So cool. And a nice picture!

Thanks a lot... but this is not a collection...

...it is a DISEASE!!!

Jopen,

Beautiful collection!!!

I picked up the RSPV here on FPN....after having just recovered from GPV (German Pen Virus). My PPV-Strain 51 (Parker Pen Virus) antibodies titers are weak also. I was not practicing good infectious disease protocols. I blame Haywoody, MYU and Stan for my infection of RSPV.

Please, please people...PROTECT yourselves. Wear gloves, mask and caps while perusing these forums.



Rick

Holy! That is a fabulous group of symptoms you have there.

Kathryn

Looks like someone has been assimilated by the Danitrio.


Seriously, wow... I am... in admiration and envy at the same time. I take it you have a variety of nibs with those too? Congrats on the great collection. I am especially seduced by the Wakasa nuri.

AWESOME!!! I understand and appreciate your disease! Thank you for showing us the results of your affliction...I hope you never recover

Jopen, truly lovely collection. I also understand your plight, I've been suffering from (C.R.A.P) (Can't Really Afford Pens) but still here I am!

If you feel you need to reduce your collection at all then I'll gladly take some away from you!

Most of the pens have soft EF snd soft F nibs as they are the nibs I use, and I use most of them (I try not to use the Makie pens). There is also one with M nib ad also a Stub nib.

It is difficult to get rid of this virus as every pen shares not only its beauty, but also some of the artisan's soul, the time and effort involved in achieving such perfect works and finishes and finally, the outstanding performance of their nibs... what a pleasure and experience is to use them "every day". Since I started (a year ago), no german nor Italian FP's have been out of their chests... This is the worst prognostic sign of the DISEASE! and I'm happy to be ill

and... Kathryn... there are more symptoms to come... for sure!

Doc. Kevin sure has something to say about all this mess!!

Jopen,

Fantastic collection of Danitrios.. Been wanting to get a Dani Densho but was wary of the the size (it seemed too big) and the price.. I tried out a friend's pen and I was surprised that it was a comfortable size and weight. The Makie prices are out or reach.. I am now hoping for an urushi or raw ebonite to pop up in the boards.

That's a fantasy collection !

beautiful pens; certainly worth getting ill over!

If you like them, then it it just a matter of time... I thought the same way as you and perhaps as many others... "look at them but keep your hands in your pockets" ...
Let me push you a bit, Carlos... Many FP's around are the same price as an Urushi one and do not offer the pleasure and the writing experience of those Danis (well and Nakayas and Namikis..)... as I said, just a mmater of time...
... and yes, Carlos, the size is just that... when you have a Takumi in your hand it is like a prolongation of you, nothing to do with MB149 or M1000 which always sooner or later you may feel you have it there. About Mikado, in my experience, at first you may feel strange, but after a short time, and being bigger, it feels perfectly. I never became used 100% to M1000 or MB149, but this last year I have ONLY used Mikados and Takumis, and this has a clear meaning for me... I feel perfectly with both of them...

Wow... I can't sleep for a week if I get one of these...

Awesome.
Don't think you want to cure the disease.

NO, NO... definitely NOOOO

The peacock feather is amazing. Very nice collection!

Wow. Wow. Wow.

/Woody

p.s. Very nice photo.

The Najishi-nuri and the Nami-nuri finishes are especially exquisite. You have a wonderful, wonderful collection.

Thanks Leigh... nice words comming from someone suffering RSPV Nakaya variant!!
All finishes received to date are really exquisite and done to perfection. The artisans work is excellent and as you well know... it is easier to meditate with one of those pens in your hands...

I have 3 raw ebonite Danitrios and feel blessed. You must feel truly blessed with this lot.

Andy, thanks indeed.
No matter what the finish is... the writing performance continues to be outstanding, and thus the pleasure of every moment it is used...
That is the worst thing that could happen... to try one (You know!!!)

I am willing [sighs and looks winsome] to help you with a cure. You must [spoken in serious but calm tones] separate yourself of the infecting agent(s). It may take a while, but you should begin by sending at least one of your contaminated pens to me [shoulders drop slightly... the weight of the sacrifice, you see]. There may be others here who are willing to help you as well [gentle sigh, primarily for effect]. These FPN people are kindly folks. It's the least we can do for one of our own.






WOW! What a collection!!!

I guess it is indeed inevitable .. only a matter of time .. and I definitely agree with your take that there are more expensive pens that do not offer the same pleasure, but also considering that each one of us has different tastes.. hence the marginal utility of owning a Dani is differential across persons (that's the economist in me speaking)...

With regards the size, I guess some people, like me, who are used to small and medium-sized pens automatically assume that larger pens would be awkward or uncomfortable... I found out that this is not the case -- especially with the Takumi or the Densho, which one would normally use unposted... the larger girth is unexpectedly quite comfortable , and as you said, an extension of your hand.. I do hope you also get to use the two Denshos in your collection....

Your profile says that you're from the Canary Islands... beautiful place... I was fortunate to go to Gran Canaria several years back with some German friends... They practically stayed in the beach (Maspalomas) for the whole week.. but I explored the island from the capital city to the mountain towns.... Beautiful island...It gave me a chance to practice my Spanish....

Thanks Carlos. I think that you have described the situation very well. First of all there is a matter of tastes and purses (time can help here also). But at the end, once you overcome the natural inertia, if you try one of those, tou may get quite a lot of surprises, because we all tend to pre-judge and many times we fail to be right beforehand... It is always better to be openminded...

Gran Canaria (the round island) is perhaps one of the most known, the "richest" and more commertial of all 7 islands. To stay only in Maspalomas is a bit shortminded, but perhaps your friends only wanted sun and more sun!! You did well, one must walk and mix with the place one wants to know... I live in Tenerife, in an old town (La Laguna) which was the first capital city for all the 7 islands. It is very nice and withmany old and splendid buildings. This year I spent 2 weeks in the smallest of the 7 islands, El Hierro, which I did not know before. It was my first visit. The island is known for its marvelous diving and snorkeling "landscapes". On the other hand it gives the impression of being stopped in the time. You may hate it or love it, there are no mid-terms, and I love it. I leave here a link to a small album that will grow with some of the pictures taken during those 2 weeks (I took 2500 photos in total!) EL HIERRO ISLAND PHOTO GALLERY

Just an incredible collection.

I had trepidation about getting an eyedropper Danitrio, but recently got a raw ebonite Mikado, and I love it. I just leave the ink in it a little longer than I do for my other pens, and no worries. It starts right up everytime, and the issue of opening the tail is just not a big deal.


Your Wakasa Nuri is one of my grail pens, but after seeing several of the different models side by side, I now see why you are afflicted.

Wonderful pens.

I find your collection truely admirable. It strikes me as almost funny how smallish the Densho and Takumi sizes look in contrast to the Mikados. Yet, the Densho and Takumi are 149/M-1000 sized handfulls. It is all relative, of course.

I agree 100%, the apparent size difference is quite important, but what makes me think about is that when in use, and I may carry both, Takumi and Mikado, if I have to change pens when writing, both feel absolutely comfortable just from the beggining. Takumi nib, being noticeably smaller has a perfect performance which is almost comparable to the monster nib from Mikado, of course, there is a difference favouring the bigger mikado nib. Other think I have noticed is that when using F Pel M1000 nib, it is not easy to use, Mikado nib is a joy and a kid task to control absolutely. Perhaps this is why I use mostly Mikado, I feel it as a very well designed fountainpen allround. Now I have Wakasanuri in use and it will be perhaps for a couple of weeks more. About the ED and the shutoff valve, it is something one becomes used to very fast...

The one thing in your reply that concerns me is that your Pel M-1000 is a problem. Is it too dry? It might just need to be tuned to write wetter. I have three M-1000's, two with B nibs and one with a BB. All of my 1000 nibs write true lines, yet they are, I admit, a bit dry. That dryness is helpful with larger nib tips, but could be a real problem with a F or EF nib.

I have stub nibs on my Densho and Takumi, and a M nib on my Mikado. They all wrote wet and wonderful out of the box. All of them are graet writers, yet I do feel as if I am painting letters with the Mikado nib. That sensation of painting seems to help the flow of ideas in some peculiar way. My Takumi has a cartridge/converter filling sustem, but my Densho and Mikado are both eye droppers. I agree the shut off valve became second nature to me almost immediately.

Do consider a nib adjustment on your M-1000.

Hi Jose,
I know you have a lot of Danitrio, but did not realize you have this many. Just for the record, I want to publically say I did asked you to slow down and excercise moderation and to consider your marital harmony BUT, no, you did not listen. LOL.

BTW, time to step up to a Genkai

Best,

Kevin

About Pel M1000 I have 2 nibs, an F and an EF. Both had serious flow problems just from the begining (I remember there were some issues in there by that time). Both nibs were dissasembled, inspected, modified and the nibs adjusted for correct flow, propper alignment and needed a bit of regrounding as the finish was poor. Now both nibs have good flow, they are smooth but feel like nails if compared to Danitrio big nibs out of the box. Danis use to start right off with no skipping bit Pels (M1000) tend to dry in comparison and after a while they need to be restarted. This is something annoying for me (it does not happen to my M800 nibs)... I will not try more with them, unless I'm really bored, which is not the case, as I spended more than 2 weeks (partial time) investigating and working on those nibs and feeds. On the other hand, any of my Mikado nibs+feeds works perfectly with no issues from the beggining and what my hand feels is much more like what I expect from a "sweet" pen to be used frequently and for prolongued periods of time. Perhaps it may be a matter of taste, but I feel it this way...

And PLEASE... WINEDOC... DO-NOT-PUSH-ME MORE

Youuu know we use to say over here "Don't throw the stone and then hide your hand"...

Don't mention me again the Genkai !!!

BTW, I found a picture of you in my desk...

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U like it???

Jopen, I bow to the Master. I am starting the path of the Dani. I have a Raw Ebonite flexy fine and a Tame-Aka Bokashi- nuri in Takumi. I am getting a Nami Nuri in green currently. I was thinking about a Densho, how do you like it compared to the Takumi? Your collection is a great example for me. Thanks for posting the picture.

Doc Kevin is such a tease, I had not thought of a Genkai.

Hummm... Densho versus Takumi....

The main difference is the filling and ink capacity. I may use Densho some times and Takumi much more frequently... Why? well, as you see I have 2 Denshos (one of them Mali-e which I do not use) and a bunch of Takumi, many of them for use in Urushi. Both feel very well and have perfect performance when writing. On thing, the threads on Densho (on the urushi one I have got) seem to be much more delicate than the ones in Takumis. Perhaps it is a one-off issue, because the ones in Swallows and Wisteria Densho are perfectly OK.

I would end telling you that the main decission point should be CC or ED. In my case, Dani's ED work very well, are not difficult to use and in one year I have not got inky fingers, so they are cleaner than expected...
About apperance... that is absolutely to your taste...

Poor man... you have started the Dani way!

Not so much of a start for Missy, Kevin started me on Ebonites, and Celluloid Cum Laudes, but my love of Japanese art has gotten me into the more expensive Dani's. So the Densho is a eyedropper. I expect I will end up with at least one of each of the larger sizes just because.

I am planning on getting a cherry bark next. How do you like the feel of that one?


Thanks

Ooohhh... Sakura kawa... That is something SPECIAL and worth every penny. As you see I have the brown one, just mater of tastes.

I like it a lot, how it feels, how it looks and how it performs. It may be my more frequent Takumi in use (with Karanuri bright red as companion). I like it a LOT... and this is true 100%

The Urushi finish is something to be experienced directly, not by photographs and the perfect detail of the Maki-e ring is one of the greatest surprises once you inspect it the first time... and the second... and... and... What else can I say?

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HEY! Kevin...
Don't push too hard... I start to feel some secondary effects!

WOW...JUST WOW!!

What a beautiful collection. I do have what I believe is a cure for RSPV, though it is, admittedly, rather drastic. Give your collection to me. That's right. In the interests of protecting your health I'm selflessly volunteering to take on the RSPV infection for you. Remember, the sooner you ship me the pens, the sooner you'll be disease-free and able to carry on a normal life. I also offer this public service to others in the community who suffer from similar afflictions with other makes of pens, such as Pelikan, Sailor, and Esterbrook. Inquiries welcome. Remember, this is a free service, offered simply because I care about your health.

Here's to your health,
Ron
P.S. My shipping address is available upon request.

Thanks Ron for your very kind offer, I know you only think after my health, but don't worry I will sacrifice myself and keep the infection isolated over here. You know, it is an illness like being in love , but much cheaper!!

If this is a disease, how can I catch it?

Donnie

Ah, well. It was worth a try. I'm not sure my wife would agree with your contention about the Fountain Pen Illness being cheaper than love, though.

Take care,
Ron

I believe Winedoc has a vaccine for it. I think I got it at the LA Pen Show this year.
I was holding a Nami Nuri red when I got a sudden chill.

Sorry, but this was not a vaccine, you really got infected there!!!

BTW, the last picture is just the result of having high temp (fever) due to RSPV while playing around with Photoshop

Hell of a good idea, though.

I'm sure Kevin can persuade Danitrio to buid one, and you to part with a large sum of money for it...

Ha ha... Mr. Doc. WINEDOC has changed Avatar!!!
Perhaps he feels some kind of identification with it???

Sure he will convince Dani to build one... but I will have to pay for it !!

Jose.... I think I am going to put you in ICU for close observation just in case... Well, I hope at least you are sitting down.... OK, ready....



I just got 10+ prototype urushi from Japan with different types of urushi. My hands last night were literally shaking with excitement. Many of these urushi I have never seen before: Urushi to make it look like pine tree, to look like rocks, silver wave, one even purposely tried to make the urushi worn and slightly cracked much like old urushi in museum, not to mention 3rd generation wakasa-nuri... oh, mine, this will give me something to do this weekend and to take some nice photographs. I'll show them of course.


I think we are going to have a code blue

Kevin

Ohhhhh I want to see too!