Danitrio Takumi kara-nuri

March 24, 2009

For some reasons did not notice this thread until now, so I have PM you.

A word of clarification. I have own and sold my Aurora Tsugaru-nuri, and there is no way that pen is lacquer for 30 to 40 times, plus the metal cap ring would have cover up any man made variations. As with any man made objects there will be human variations. I own handmade violins and the perflings on them is not as "perfect" as machine made, but they sound better :-)

The small spatula used is to creat the designs, NOT use for applying urushi. As I said in another post, these pens are done by urushi artist, NOT maki-e artist and hence lower price point to begin with. To be an maki-e artist, he not only has to master the art of urushi, but of course maki-e, much more years in training. This is why Danitrio have move to have all their current production of urushi and maki-e all done by Maki-e artists instead, hence bear their signature and red seal. None of the any other pen maker can claim this right now. So, if you have a urushi pen bought before this change, most likely you bought it at lower price point (or on one of the close out sale) and can't fairly compare to current production pens.

Hope this clarify things.

Best,

Kevin

March 24, 2009

Soloworx, the adjustment I mentioned would be a physical adjustment to the cap, to smooth out the roughness. Not a price adjustment. Hopefully they'd be willing to smooth it out for you, free of charge. If you really wanted to bother. Heck, you could probably do it yourself with a little micromesh.

Sorry I misread your meaning, MYU. Kevin and I have an understanding already; we have resolved this matter privately.

Chito

Edited March 24, 2009 by soloworx