Taccia Kaku-Tate Thin Stripe Le Urushi

[jandrese]

Here is my Taccia Kaku-Tate Thin Strip LE urushi in navy or ao-tamenuri. This is an urushi lacquered faceted ebonite body pen with gold Sailor music nib branded Taccia.

 

The finish is tamenuri so it has a navy (ao) basecoat that is covered by many layers of semi-transparent urushi that allows the base color to show through. It's an attractive and living finish in that the top coats will gain transparency over time.

 

Full size pen in length but slender making it nicely balanced and easy to grip. It's ebonite and so weighs very little. Some folks evidently are put off by the nib size. Many a high-end urushi pen has a big nib but this nib fits the pen and it's a Sailor so it writes like a pro.

 

The facets really let the tamenuri finish strut its stuff.

 

In sunlight it almost explodes with color.

 

Signed by the artist, whom I need to research, and a numbered LE.

 

Solid, functional clip/roll stop. The tamenuri finish is an ideal palette for wabi sabi.

 

The robust cap treads are not lacquered (a design choice not a limitation) and allow the cap to twist off with barely more than a single turn.

 

The cap has Sailor's spring loaded seal system to keep the nib ready to write and the music nib lays down a fat line with well regulated ink flow. Not too much ink, not too little.

 

Nicely made bit of kit this.

[jchch1950]

Writing examples?

[SoulSamurai]

Very nice, I really like how the facets create the soft stripes of colour that show through the urushi.

[jandrese]

Writing examples?

[zaddick]

I really like everything about the Taccia urushi and maki-e pens except the clip. I just don't find it aesthetically appealing.

 

The Sailor music nib looks great.

[jchch1950]

Thank you. Congratulations, a very nice pen and a very good writer.

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

Gorgeous pen, love the picture under sunlight the most.

[flipper_gv]

Really cool pen, congrats.

[adamselene]

...ink please?

[Tom_Moritz]

Gorgeous. I'm always amazed at how the artisans are able to make the edges so perfect.

[jandrese]

...ink please?

 

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[Honeybadgers]

Very much dig it. Don't think I'll ever be able to afford to splurge on something like this (I already have my expensive sights on an M1000 and a conid kingsize) but I do really, really love everything about this pen.

[bone215]

Wow, very pretty pen! Good luck.

I also compliment you on the pictures.