It’s been 3 years since my first Nakaya. What an adventure in beauty it has been! I have always admired artists who are able to direct the lightning of their ideas through their fingertips. Nakaya’s pens are truly ideas solidified into fountain pen form. They could just as well be watches, or cutlery, or trousers …
I heartily approve of gawking. It effectively combines greed and regret into a word that sounds like a goose’s last gasp. Aesthetic Bay has turned gawking at pens into a retail experience, and as usual, I saw more pens than I had a sensible budget for. The Nakaya display had standard Piccolos with the equilibrium …
If your fountain pen stops working, you: check if the converter has worked loose; calculate the viscosity of the ink; flush the nib and feed with a 1/10th solution of ammonia in tepid water; use a syringe to force water through the feed; inspect tine alignment; wiggle a sheet of paper in between the nib …
It almost didn’t, actually, because it had been mailed to my old office address. Luckily my secretary is persistent, and she intercepted it at the EMS office on the day it came in. The nib is a Nathan Tardiff (he of Noodler’s fame) special, retipped with what seems to be a fistful of iridium. The …
I received a note from Mr. Tan the other day about the Sailor Pen Clinic in Aesthetic Bay. So who’s going? 🙂 Customers are allowed to bring any quantities or brands for the nib master to adjust the nib. In the event if the schedule is tight, we will limit 2 pens per customer. The …
I dug up an old bottle of Rotring drawing ink, only to find out the pigment particles had already separated from the liquid. No such thing as suspended animation for this guy. I drew this with the nozzle. I used a Speedball dip pen to mop up excess non-ink and direct it into lines. The …
Because you can never have too many infographics. Click to get the full-sized version.
When we are grateful, we are full of gratitude. When we say, “Be careful,” we wish for someone to be full of care. When we are mindful, we desire to be full of mind. A mind embedded in skin, a mind in each eye, a mind in every tastebud. It is near-impossible to be mindful …
Two of the Kamakura Pens General Grant LE, and one with three Pelikans and a note.