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LOL! Yeah, it was a bit like that actually... :cloud9:

 

 

Phthalo after using her new Cigar Piccolo the first time.

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I use a fountain pen because one ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to write a few reasonable words with a fountain pen.

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Gee Laura! This thread refuses to die! :D

 

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I am in the process of ordering a Nakaya pen and hope you can help me with the color selection.

 

Is the pen in this post really a kuro tamenuri (blackish red) and not a aka tamenuri (redish red)?

 

Many thanks for your help!

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This is a Kuro-Tamenuri Piccolo.

 

I wrote this review when I had an older monitor, which over time had darkened a little, as a result my photos in this review are slightly over-bright.

 

Your Kuro-Tamenuri will be a very blackish colour when it arrives. :)

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This is a Kuro-Tamenuri Piccolo.

 

I wrote this review when I had an older monitor, which over time had darkened a little, as a result my photos in this review are slightly over-bright.

 

Your Kuro-Tamenuri will be a very blackish colour when it arrives. :)

 

Many thanks for your help and your excellent post - I will start with a Kuro-Tamenuri Piccolo too.

 

You should really get a "kickback payment" from Nakaya ... :-)

 

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This is a beautiful pen.

I would like to add an important detail regarding the Nakaya pen.

I ordered mine from Nakaya with special design, a writer model.

What is unique about Nakaya Pens and in my opinion more importand than its look is how it write

If you go to the Nakaya order web page, a significant detailed questions are asked by Nakaya to the purchasor of the pen in regards to how they hold their pens, how close to the nib is the pen held etc.... and with the resulting answer, the pen master grinds the pen to perfection to fit your own handwriting.

In addition the Urushi material is very light. Despite all of the guilding options one adds to the pen, this writing instrument is extremely light.

In my opinion this is one of the most amazing writing instrument money can buy and it is worth all of the money

 

Great Buy

 

David

 

 

[Moderator edit: Removed quote of entire original post -- please be careful not to do this, David. Thanks.]

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This is my all time favorite thread on FPN. I love the way Laura writes and I come back and read this thread time and again just to read her prose.

I use a fountain pen because one ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to write a few reasonable words with a fountain pen.

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Beautiful review, Laura, thanks, and YOU are partially responsible for the THIRD Piccolo at home. It arrived today and it is an Aka Tame nuri with a flex F which will be a present for my wife. She tried it and I think that she will not be able to wait till Xtmas! :wub:

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I should have a third Piccolo (special order) arriving in early November. No doubt there will be more sexy photos and gushing prose for all!

 

I must say though, the Kuro-Tame Piccolo remains my favourite, they say you never forget your first love... ;)

 

 

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I picked up a Cigar Piccolo in black-red with a medium cursive Italic nib at the Toronto Pen Show earlier this month. I had wanted a Nakaya Urushi pen for a while, but continued to vascilate on which one to get: a Piccolo writer with clip or a Portable writer with clip. I was leaning towards the latter until I went to the Toronto Pen Show. Prior to that I had dismissed the clipless models since I thought they looked unfinished and I had decided against the Piccolo as I thought it too small. Even after I tried the clipless Piccolo at the Pen Show I was hesitant and it took me several hours of contemplation before I made up my mind to approach the vendor again. The vendor and I talked about the pen for a bit as I held it and I finally decided I'd buy it if the vendor would do something on the price; well he did and I bought the pen. I've been using it for two weeks now and all my fears regarding its size and its being clipless have gone out the window. It truly is a unique and beautiful pen; minimalist yet very captivating in its minimalism. It doesn't feel small when I write with it, which I think is due to the diameter of the section, and the Deb Kinnie medium cursive Italic nib lays down a lovely line.

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Your reviews and the photos are perfect!

 

I send my order to Nakaya site after reading....

 

Great!

 

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This is a beautiful pen and the review a pleasant read. Before I read this I hadn't understood the fuss about Nakaya, but I believe I do now... :wub: I think my next wish/purchase will be a Nakaya.

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Just read all eight pages. Alas, my dream pen.. *paws computer screen meekly*

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