Namiki koi w/ urushi, but not a pen....

[markh]

I received an ad from Al Pascia, an Italian company that among other things carries Dunhill pipes. I have attached a picture from their web site and a couple of links.

The image is 2 koi carp swimming upstream on a Dunhill Namiki pipe. Price approx $25,000 US.

 

Here is a brief part of the text from the web ad:

 

It was back in 1927 that the British company, Alfred Dunhill Ltd. and the Japanese company Namiki Manufacturing co. Ltd. set up their partnership, after the sales representative for the Japanese company had showcased his products to Dunhill in London. Initially, the companies experimented with finely decorated lacquered fountain pens in the traditional Japanese style, but several years later this technique was also extended to adorning pipes, and today they have become rare, sought-after collector’s pieces all over the world.

 

I had always assumed that Namiki was just a brand name that was part of Pilot Pen. Maybe I was wrong.

 

 

More data here:

https://www.alpascia.com/moments/en/detail/119/two-carps-and-an-exceptional-p

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smoke in peace......

 

 

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[mke]

Pilot started as Namiki Manufacturing Company (see Wikipedia). ""Namiki" is the surname of Ryosuke Namiki, the founder of the Pilot Corporation, named "Namiki Manufacturing Company" until 1938 when it became "Pilot Pen Co., Ltd.". "

Regarding the Namiki-Dunhill collaboration, see e.g. here: http://www.smokingsamurai.com/DUNHILL_NAMIKI.html

There is more about it on the web. Just type "Namiki-Dunhill" in your favorite search engine.

[samasry]

Interesting,  $35,000  for a pipe 

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/223848885560?hash=item341e6eed38:g:kt0AAOSwgY9Xf~rB

[Erad67]

Also, Namiki/Pilot worked together with Dunhill to make pens for many years.

[MartinPauli]

Some other urushi pipes you can find here

https://www.manupropria-pens.ch/welcome/Collection/SHIBUI_Convertible_Pipes/SHIBUI_Convertible_Pipes.html