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There are several blogs discussing the retirement of Yukio Nagahara from Sailor. Can anyone confirm or add to this story?

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20 January 2019

Nagahara 2020

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Nibmeister Yukio Nagahara will retire from his current position in Sailor in February of 2020. He plans to pursue an independent career under the name “The Nib Shaper”. Nagahara is already preparing the website of this new operation.

https://estilofilos.blogspot.com/2019/01/nagahara-2020.html

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Will sailor nibs have a different writing sensation and nib grinds?

That's not to be expected or shouldn't happen unless a deliberate decision, because apparently Nagahara trained 3 people in the past few years to step up for him, so Sailor nibs should stay the same.

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Not likely. The vast majority of nibs were not touched by Nagahara. The specialty nibs can still be made but they may have different characteristics with another grinder, just like Yukio's nib grinds were different than his father's (they have greater line variation).

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Not likely. The vast majority of nibs were not touched by Nagahara. The specialty nibs can still be made but they may have different characteristics with another grinder, just like Yukio's nib grinds were different than his father's (they have greater line variation).

Makes sense, like an artist and their apprentices. My concern was when Nagahara Sr. Past away a few years ago and then there was a pause on the more complex Nagahara nibs. I hope the skills were really passed down. Even now with the nibs back in production I am curious why the cleaner less detailed nib design.

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Still planned for Feb.

 

I have heard that there are 3 who are working to substitute him, but not sure how the quality will be after his departure

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I have heard that there are 3 who are working to substitute him, but not sure how the quality will be after his departure

it should be just fine. Companies are bigger than individuals.

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