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Nakaya Sizing + Question


MShreyas1

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Hello,

I'm contemplating finally pulling the trigger on a Nakaya, but I'm trying to decide which model I should get. While I most admire the Decapod Twist, I am buying the pen to use, than to look at... and I am worried the section might be too small. I find the Platinum 3776 Century quite comfortable, but very slightly on the small side. Does anyone have any thoughts on the sizing of Nakaya's grip sections, and perhaps some comparisons to some other popular pens? Pilot custom 74, CH92, etc? Alternatively, does anyone have thoughts on how the 17mm thick Portable Writer would fit? I understand the section is 0.1inches wider, but in my opinion, the design is a little bit ordinary, compared to the Decapod TW.

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!

Picture of my grip position, apologies for the poor quality: https://imgur.com/gallery/E8D9GKG

One another question: I must have read every thread on this site, and on reddit regarding Nakaya pens. While there is certainly are a lot of good reviews, I have also read some threads about some rather worrisome issues("awful writer, unsolvable issues, drying up, etc."). While any pen manufacturer/model will have issues, the ratio of good feedback to negative feedback almost presents itself as "taking a chance" to me. Is there a general consensus on the overall quality control from Nakaya(I do not plan on going through nibs.com)? I am not opposed to feedback, as some of my favorite writers are Platinum's UEF,EF, and thanks to some minimal experience with tuning, I can work on flow? 

As this is a rather large monetary purchase for me, I'd like to make sure I'm getting a product that will "likely" work for me.

Thanks!

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Your first question I answered on reddit. Regarding their nibs, they do by default write dry. I asked them to tune mine to 7.5-8/10 for wetness and it writes exactly as I wanted. I have had it inked with Platinum Carbon Black for the last month and the seal is perfect: no drying out, no hard starting.

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My experience is exactly the same as silverlifter's.  I have two from Nakaya Japan - the first wrote way too dry (but I had requested normal ink flow, I think.  Probably Japanese standards for ink flow are different.)  A nibmeister sorted it pretty easily.  My second I requested liberal ink flow, 8-9 if I remember correctly, and it's just great.

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Regarding the right model you should get, keep in mind that you cannot post every Nakaya.  And because of the beautiful Urushi lacquer, you don't even want to!

Apparently my hands are quite big and I have to post almost every fountain pen.  That applies to my Pelikan M605 and M805, Diplomat A2 and Sailor 1911 Large.

I have tried writing with the Nakaya Neo-Standard and normal Cigar unposted, but found them too small. The Long Cigar was the only pen I could write with unposted. I can't remember having trouble with the sections of the Neo-standard and cigar, the section of the Long cigar is fine for me.

 

I like the nib (M) of my Long cigar, but it is a tiny bit dry and picky; on some paper, with some inks, I sometimes get hardstarts and skips. Nevertheless, I choose the Nakaya almost every time if I want to write something longer in my notebooks. 

 

Marc 

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Right! Sorry, I confused both.

 

My fault, which only comes to show two things: it is no good writing when you are tired and busy, and I am such a dumb*ss that shamelessly makes mistakes in public without any concern for making a fool of myself.

 

Again, sorry for the confusion. My fault. I'll try to fix it in the post.

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Oops! Double mistake. I now realize that series of posts has been (wisely) deleted by the moderators. Double fool of me!

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