Nagasawa Le?

[mke]

Nagasawa tweeted that they start preparing a fountainpen based on the color of Kobe ink 27.

 

「2018 万年筆サミット記念万年筆 企画」

12月7日から梅田茶屋町店にて開催予定の2018年万年筆サミットに向けて記念限定万年筆を準備中。今回のテーマ色はKobe INK物語、No.27「甲南マルーン」。ロングセラーのこの色のテイストを生かした上質で味わい深い万年筆を目指しています。

[NinthSphere]

Cool. Hope for gold trim.

[mke]

> Hope for gold trim.

Send them a message.

Edited November 12, 2018 by mke

[NinthSphere]

"Hey, this random guy in America wants gold trim."

 

My pen budget's blown for a bit anyway. I was just a bit disappointed that the Framboise got stuck with rhodiuim.

[mke]

The announcement of the pen is here:

an LE of 100 pieces.

http://kobe-nagasawa.co.jp/blog-umedachayamachi/nagasawa-no27maroon/

 

Don't get their concept/idea - a maroon demonstrator (partly). As if one could see with the demonstrator part which color is in the pen. This is already difficult enough with clear windows/eyedroppers.

And white endcaps? For me, this is a disappointing design.

 

http://kobe-nagasawa.co.jp/system/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_1675-768x329.jpg

http://kobe-nagasawa.co.jp/system/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IMG_1677-768x329.jpg

[NinthSphere]

Have to agree with you there. The semi-demo setup they got going with the opaque cap/section/barrel end would appeal to me if this was a piston or ed, but it's just not working as is.

Edited November 17, 2018 by NinthSphere

[A Smug Dill]

As if one could see with the demonstrator part which color is in the pen. This is already difficult enough with clear windows/eyedroppers.

There are logical differences between:

• seeing (or 'demonstrating') the inner mechanisms of the pen;
• seeing how much ink remains in the pen, as an operational concern; and
• seeing the original/unadulterated colour of the ink the user has chosen to put in the pen.
• I don't think there is an implicit agreement or understanding that the 'point', objective, or success criteria for a translucent pen barrel is to allow all three.

[mke]

Who would want to see the mechanism of a pen? Blue/green/black ink in a translucent red pen doesn't look good at all.

Seeing, how much ink remains in the pen - OK, this is the only function I can accept.

 

A pen showing remaining ink plus having an ugly color (ink+barrel) for 32400 Yen - no thanks. For 23220 I get a Sailor Realo in Maroon.

Edited November 17, 2018 by mke

[A Smug Dill]

Who would want to see the mechanism of a pen?

Not me, since in general I don't like demonstrators (or piston-fill pens), but recently when I was doing 'research' on Pelikan M20x, I've come across a couple of mentions in posts on FPN that being able to see "the inner workings" of the pens is why those commenters like demonstrators and that it "gives [them] comfort."

[Greenpenman111]

I like the fact that there are no engravings on the nib.