The Nakayas Have Landed!

[English John]

Who can guess which other pens are peeping out of my pen wrap ?

[geoduc]

Who can guess which other pens are peeping out of my pen wrap ?

 

I'm guessing the one in the middle is a Dupont Orpheo. No clue on the others.

 

 

 

And per Bigsurprise's request, here's a photo of heki-tamenuri. Hopefully elderberry will post a photo or two as well.

 

[English John]

I like the Heke pic thanks

 

Yep Dupont Orpheo.

The other two are a Montblanc 220 , and an Estie J

Very multinational my pen wrap - France, Germany, USA and now, Japan !

[mongrelnomad]

Dear EthernautrixHere is a picture of my Dragon and my friend's Bat on Mr.Mottishaw's desk prior to The first image shows our Kanji beautifully painted on the pen barrel and the second shows the dragon andbat side by side.The dragon nib is M ruthenium subbed by Mr.Mottishaw the dragon roller stop also has ruby eyes which match the blue green pen and the Kanji in red too.Waiting for it to arrive, it was a really long wait indeedBest wishesWideguy

 

Wow, wideguy - זה מדהים!

 

I have bought far too many pens recently, but will have to add one of those dragons sooner rather than later...

[Pen Nut]

a die hard Montblancer is getting interested in these Nakayaka thingys

[elderberry]

Didn't get around to make detail pictures of the heki-tame pen alone, but someone asked for comparison shots with the aka-tame so I made a group photo with all my tame-nuri Nakayas.

 

 

From left to right: kuro-tame (Piccolo writer), aka-tame (Portable Cigar), heki-tame (Long Cigar) and shiro-tame (Piccolo Cigar).

 

 

 

(My place seems to have a dust problem I never knew about! )

 

I definitely like the elongated section about the Long Cigar. It has that magic wand feeling when I uncap it to write with it.

Heki-tame nuri is a ... weird colour. I wasn't attracted to it at all when I saw it first, quite the contrary, but gradually that changed. I would describe it as a deep tobacco brown with seladon green highlights.

[ethernautrix]

Siv, you really captured the heki tamenuri. Sweet!

 

Elderberry -- gorgeous photos of gorgeous pens! So lovely!

[gwoodbridge]

Elderberry-

Love your pens! Any chance of posting some writing samples?

Gotta save my shekels for a Nakaya!

[Bigsurprise]

Thank you for the pictures They are magnificent.

 

Someday a Nakaya will be mine . . . someday . . .

[Siv]

Siv, you really captured the heki tamenuri. Sweet!

I assume you have me confused with geoduc - their photo is exceptional and as much as I'd like to take the credit, I cannot.

[ethernautrix]

Siv, you really captured the heki tamenuri. Sweet!

I assume you have me confused with geoduc - their photo is exceptional and as much as I'd like to take the credit, I cannot.

 

Doi. That's what I get for posting after a Pen Posse.

 

Apologies to geoduc, whose photo nicely captures the beauty of the heki-tamenuri.

[geoduc]

Siv, you really captured the heki tamenuri. Sweet!

I assume you have me confused with geoduc - their photo is exceptional and as much as I'd like to take the credit, I cannot.

 

Doi. That's what I get for posting after a Pen Posse.

 

Apologies to geoduc, whose photo nicely captures the beauty of the heki-tamenuri.

 

Thanks, Siv. That was very gracious of you.

 

No worries, Lisa. I'm glad you liked the photo, and I appreciate the compliment.

[Wideguy]

Dear MongrelnomadWell now that you have seen this section of the forum, it is inevitable that you will a Nakaya or two or ten to your collection.Mr.Dragon is my Nakaya number two, whereby my first long cigar is now my daily user, gives me tremendous pleasure to use and has me thinking that maybe its time to sell my Montblancs as I cant see myself using them again, and I would like a new guitar for my 50th....

Sooner is better and מדהים is nowhere near reality .........

Best wishesAdam

Dear EthernautrixHere is a picture of my Dragon and my friend's Bat on Mr.Mottishaw's desk prior to The first image shows our Kanji beautifully painted on the pen barrel and the second shows the dragon andbat side by side.The dragon nib is M ruthenium subbed by Mr.Mottishaw the dragon roller stop also has ruby eyes which match the blue green pen and the Kanji in red too.Waiting for it to arrive, it was a really long wait indeedBest wishesWideguy

 

Wow, wideguy - זה מדהים!

 

I have bought far too many pens recently, but will have to add one of those dragons sooner rather than later...

 

 

 

[legume]

You have great taste ethernautrix, I dream of the day I own a Nakaya.

[byronss]

So I've made a management decision and sent my Nakaya back to the USA for a nib change and possibly something custom. I came to dislike the writing experience with the Soft-Medium nib immensely, although I could have looked at that beautiful urushi finish forever! Even the weight and balance of the pen was lovely for me. Sad really, that this is going to cost me an arm and a leg more. Hopefully it'll be worth the extra expense, otherwise I might be the only person on the planet who has a Nakaya that is only good to look at!

[reprieve]

So I've made a management decision and sent my Nakaya back to the USA for a nib change and possibly something custom. I came to dislike the writing experience with the Soft-Medium nib immensely, although I could have looked at that beautiful urushi finish forever! Even the weight and balance of the pen was lovely for me. Sad really, that this is going to cost me an arm and a leg more. Hopefully it'll be worth the extra expense, otherwise I might be the only person on the planet who has a Nakaya that is only good to look at!

 

I just received two of my pens back from John; he swapped the nibs for me. I am much happier now, and these particular pens will see a lot more use! I think you made the right decision. The soft nibs aren't for everyone. Have you decided on a new nib?

[ethernautrix]

So I've made a management decision and sent my Nakaya back to the USA for a nib change and possibly something custom. I came to dislike the writing experience with the Soft-Medium nib immensely, although I could have looked at that beautiful urushi finish forever! Even the weight and balance of the pen was lovely for me. Sad really, that this is going to cost me an arm and a leg more. Hopefully it'll be worth the extra expense, otherwise I might be the only person on the planet who has a Nakaya that is only good to look at!

 

 

I feel your pain, bryonss.

 

I almost gave away my first Nakaya -- the solid black Piccolo Cigar -- cos I just could not write with it nearly two years after I bought it. (It spent most of that time in its box. I probably would have figured out the solution quicker if I hadn't been preoccupied with a pen accumulation spree.)

 

The right nib makes all the difference.

 

I hope the wait isn't too long.

[byronss]

The right nib makes all the difference.

I hope the wait isn't too long.

 

I do think you're right. But if I don't like the stiffer nib, then I'm in trouble. I have a couple of FPs with softer nibs, but the Nakaya, I suspect, was just too soft.

 

This comes with the territory of living in far flung places, where trying the pen you want to buy is impossible, and buying from a fountain pen store (if you can find one) in Australia means you're paying an exorbitant price. Even ink is really expensive here.

 

Cheers...

Sue

[ethernautrix]

Sue, I'll hope for the best for you. I hope this nib swap does it. *Trepidation!* *Crossing fingers!*

 

Hoping for the best,

Lisa

[drgoretex]

So I've made a management decision and sent my Nakaya back to the USA for a nib change and possibly something custom. I came to dislike the writing experience with the Soft-Medium nib immensely, although I could have looked at that beautiful urushi finish forever! Even the weight and balance of the pen was lovely for me. Sad really, that this is going to cost me an arm and a leg more. Hopefully it'll be worth the extra expense, otherwise I might be the only person on the planet who has a Nakaya that is only good to look at!

 

I am in the same boat.

 

I bought a new Nakaya Naka-Ai in Heki-Tamenuri, and absolutely fell in love with the pen itself. A work of art indeed!

 

But...the nib (let me preface the following by saying that there was no fault on the part of Classic Fountain Pens) - The nib tines were grossly misaligned, with a gap between nib and feed. There was abosolutely no way to get ink flowing. Truly, and sadly, the worst writer I have ever received. I managed to align the tines, smoothed them, and with an immense amount of work on this nib and feed, managed to get a tiny bit of ink flow, but would never last more than a line or so. After contacting Classic Fountain Pens (wondering how they could send me something like this), I was reassured to find that they had indeed done the nib work, and that it wrote well when it left - in fact they had the record of this. We came to the conclusion that it must have been opened and monkeyed with at customs. They quickly offered to take the pen back to make it right (and write) but also gave some advice as to what I could do on my end to try to avoid the return. After some further nib work, and feed work, I came the the conclusion that this was the first pen I have ever owned that I simply could NOT convince to write well. So, it is heading back to Classic Fountain Pens (Nibs.com) to fix or replace the nib/feed.

 

While I am very disappointed with this experience, I have been more than impressed with the quick and helpful responses from Classic Fountain Pens.

 

So, I will wait to see if John Mottishaw et al can work magic to turn this lovely pen into a lovely and useable pen.

 

Cheers,

 

Ken