Sailor Urushi Colors

[tubular]

Because I adore the nib in my King of Pen more than any other nib I've had and because I can't seem to shake the craving for another one (as if, had I a second one, I could write with one in each hand, a double pleasure), I have been looking at Sailor's urushi Kings of Pen. For weeks and weeks I thought about the green one (https://www.nibs.com/pens/sailor/sailor-king-pen-green-urushi ). Then, hearing that in certain lights the green showed shades I wouldn't necessarily like (a cold, grayish teal or a greenish yellow), I began thinking about the blue instead. Googling around, I see the blue sometimes like navy (as in https://www.nibs.com/pens/sailor/sailor-king-pen-blue-urushi-gold, which I am not keen on) and sometimes as cobalt (as in http://www.pensinasia.com/kings_of_pens_urushi_blue_gold_plated_clip_fp___sailor.htm, which I like a lot). But photos and screens are both unreliable. In fact I don't know what either one really looks like.

 

I wonder if anyone has a KOP in either of these colors and can tell me what the urushi looks like.

 

Edited to add links.

Edited October 25, 2019 by tubular

[GardenWeasel]

The green in the link is certainly bold. And I like

It. The blue seems quieter and quite nice. I look forward to a response from someone thats an owner of one or the other.

[zaddick]

For less money you can buy a KOP from Japan and have urushi applied, or even other decorative elements. You can then pick the color and even finish. You could even buy a used pen in decent shape and get the work done. Something to consider.

[tubular]

The green in the link is certainly bold. And I like

It. The blue seems quieter and quite nice. I look forward to a response from someone thats an owner of one or the other.

 

The two colors are so different the pens beneath them seem entirely different beasts.

[tubular]

For less money you can buy a KOP from Japan and have urushi applied, or even other decorative elements. You can then pick the color and even finish. You could even buy a used pen in decent shape and get the work done. Something to consider.

 

This had not occurred to me at all, zaddick. I didn't know that finding an independent urushi worker was even possible.

 

Though I am fussing about colors, it is really the exquisite nib that matters. I think I would feel uneasy buying a KOP from someone who wasn't a nibmeister. And yet clearly people do it all the time. I'll have to think about this.

[tubular]

I am going to movie this question to the Japan-Asia section and hope for more responses.

 

Am I right that posting a notice of this is the correct thing to do?