What Nakaya Model Is My Pen?

[zaddick]

I am putting out a call to the Nakaya experts. I recently picked up this pen in order to try out the music nib, but I am having trouble determining for sure the name of the model. It is a snap-on cap and it looks like the same form factor used on the briarwood pens and even an older Platinum 3776 I have seen in resin.

 

 

The nib is clearly marked Nakata like all modern Nakaya pens before they switched nibs to say Nakaya. The pen came in the older wooden box with the hinges used until about 2008 or 2009 (as far as I can tell). The outer paper box was the older golden colored paper, not the off-white paper used now. The pen body is definitely ebonite with urushi. The section is probably resin. the cap is coated in urushi, but I cannot tell over what for sure. I am guessing ebonite, but the inside had a white plastic cap liner to seal the pen when not in use. (Similar to the "slip and seal" system on some Platinum pens.)

 

This got me curious. I found one review which referred to this as the "simple" model but it may not be the proper name. I think the threadded urushi pens like we see now have been around since 2004 or maybe earlier. Perhaps this was an earlier pen, or maybe it was made later as an entry model? Any information would be much appreciated.

 

I like the form factor, regardless of the name. It is a large pen, similar to a Pelikan M1000 as seen below. A snap-cap makes quick notes much easier also.

 

[zaddick]

Looking around on the web this apps to eb the same pen as the older Platinum Century #3776 that was used as the basis for their higher end Maki-e pens.

 

http://platinumpenusa.com/luxury-writing/3776-collection/3776-century-urushi-maki-e/

 

So far I cannot see an exaple where just the plain urushi pen was sold. Perhaps Nakaya co-opted this pen as an easy to start selling urushi model while they were developing other models? It looks like they kept the form factor for the wood pens, and even have a pen that is half urushi and half brarwood.

 

http://www.nibs.com/nakaya-briarwood-black-urushi-light-gloss.htm

 

The search for a name still continues if you have any information.

[Algester]

search lead me 3776 Urushi...

https://twitter.com/jougahongetsu/status/453898820774944769/photo/1

it may have been an early 3776 model and then handed of to get it's "Nakaya" skin 1990+ ish

Edited June 12, 2016 by Algester