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I really love these comparisons. I have all of these Pilots, and I keep thinking I'll get more Sailors (I've only got a 1911L at the moment). This is really useful, and more than a little enabling!

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Totally lost me there.

 

Sorry, I meant that your comment on the depth of urushi on the Izumo line made me consider this instead of the Tagayasan, particularly in light of what I had heard about problems with Nakaya. At the price point of the Izumo it sounds like a good alternative with - potentially - a more reliably consistent nib (nibmeister's excluded).

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Sorry, I meant that your comment on the depth of urushi on the Izumo line made me consider this instead of the Tagayasan, particularly in light of what I had heard about problems with Nakaya. At the price point of the Izumo it sounds like a good alternative with - potentially - a more reliably consistent nib (nibmeister's excluded).

I have found no problems with Nakaya and would certainly consider any nib from Nakaya to be more consistent than from Platinum. I like both but my experience with Nakaya has been consistently perfect.

 

I currently have five Nakayas and only four Izumos.

 

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Thank you. Currently I am struggling to match pens to a personally relevant theme. I do like urushi, though I have yet to see it on a pen. Your yagumonuri is stunning.

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I have found no problems with Nakaya and would certainly consider any nib from Nakaya to be more consistent than from Platinum. I like both but my experience with Nakaya has been consistently perfect.

 

I currently have five Nakayas and only four Izumos.

 

http://www.fototime.com/286DB25CF1DCEF3/large.jpg

http://www.fototime.com/C6FC68A67D5F020/large.jpg

http://www.fototime.com/405D64928CED22C/large.jpg

 

 

Those are some achingly beautiful pens!

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