Pen Kimono Project

[dinhlongle]

Hello pen friends,

My name is Long Le from Otis Handmade, Vietnam.

Some of our pen lovers at Otis have just made a fabric pen case for their daily carry fountain pens and many people ask us to bring the case to the public. We have decided to run a project for Single pen Kimono and Pen Wrap. Before we introduce the products to the world, we would like to hear from the pen community for what people want for their pen case.

Here is the Single pen Kimono prototype. We use Japanese cotton for the exterior and US cotton for the interior. The kimono can eaily hold the Conklin Duragraph (Length: 140mm capped; Cap max diameter: 15mm). The bigger pen can also go with this Kimono and the smaller will not get lost.

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The cord and the lock ball are also imported from Japan.

We will upload the 4-pen-wrap case as soon as the prototype is ready.

Kindly let us know what you expect from the Kimono so that we could alter the current design before mass production. We will sell them online via Etsy and Amazon US.

Thank you for your time. Feel free to contact me, should you need anything.

Long Le

[Karmachanic]

It would be more attractive without a mismatched seam in the front. Not as easy to produce, but a more harmonious and pleasing effect.

Edited July 19, 2018 by Karmachanic

[dinhlongle]

It would be more attractive without a mismatched seam n the front.

Thank you for the feedback. I have come up with one solution that we could move the connecting stitching line to the side of the case to avoid the issue with matching pattern. However, doing so would make the case looks flat.

 

Worth a try. We will keep this a design element and make a prototype.

[almoore]

Hi

 

I like the design and the material, in the future I'd be interested in seeing this developing a double and possibly a pen roll.

 

I'm definitely interested in ordering when they are ready, in the meantime I would be happy to buy a prototype and test it for you.

 

 

Al

[dinhlongle]

Update July 22.

 

The pen wrap prototype is ready. Seem a lot more work to do with this.