Does Urushi Pens Changes Its Patina With Age ?

[jskywalker]

I know ebonite pen will oxidise and changes its colour from black, greenish and brown.

 

Many people also tells me that urushi pens will age and there will be colour changes, but in real life I had not seen any ......

 

I will appreciate if you guys could post some pictures of your older urushi pens.

 

Thanks

[jar]

I'm not sure there is much that can be shown without two photos taken decades apart with precisely the same lighting. With urushi the difference is not so much a color change as the top layer becoming slight more transparent allowing more of an underlying color to show through.

[240KAR]

This is the beauty of Urushi though right? The fact that it changes and gains character as you use it.

[jar]

This is the beauty of Urushi though right? The fact that it changes and gains character as you use it.

Partly.

 

Urushi is also warm to the touch, does not get slick, hard, impervious to many solvents and has a depth to it like peering at a still pond. Even when only a single color is used it is beautiful.

 

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

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

[jskywalker]

The 2nd Pic first Pen : Is this the Platinum Izumo Tamenuri Akatame ?

 

I thought the body was originally black (just like the other 2) with red tint ?

 

This colour is due to the aging ?

[jar]

The 2nd Pic first Pen : Is this the Platinum Izumo Tamenuri Akatame ?

 

I thought the body was originally black (just like the other 2) with red tint ?

 

This colour is due to the aging ?

Yes, the top one is just that. It is the oldest of my urushi pens BUT it really hasn't change too much. It was never black, but rather a dark red over a lighter red. Also, the appearance varies depending on light source and type.

 

The following pictures are all the same pen, taken within a year or so but under different lighting conditions.

 

Indoors filtered light

http://www.fototime.com/6D8112AC72850F8/large.jpg

outside filtered light

http://www.fototime.com/B48311FB2C49FFE/large.jpg

outside direct sunlight

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

[jskywalker]

Thanks Jar for the nice pics and sharing. They are indeed a beauty.