Pilot Pens NAMIKI HIRA

Pilot Pens NAMIKI HIRA MAKIE SAKURA Fountain Pen = $319

Pilot Namiki pens reflect the age-old transition of writing style through its ambitious models. Pilot Namiki Hira Makie Sakura Cherry Fountain pen is latest in this range. Ryosuke Namiki, the founder of Pilot Corporation apprehended the need for executive class pens for drawing during his term as a professor at the Tokyo Merchant Marine College. He then developed a prototype historic fountain pen and associated with his colleague Masao Wada to start the pen making company in the year of 1918. Shortly, the Pilot and Namiki became popular Pilot pen brands producing the best of quality Maki-e pens with impeccable beauty and design.

Thus, Pilot Namiki Hira Makie Sakura Cherry Fountain pen is one of the most renowned designer pen set created with the ancient technique of the Maki-e lacquering. This classic beauty of pen is hand-painted using Hira Maki-e technique. The gold and silver powder is sprinkled with the help of makizutsu or kebo brush. This technique of pen making was innovated in the Heian period (794 – 1185) and bloomed in the Edo Period (1603 – 1868). Maki-e lacquering technique was earlier used for the household items. Later, such products became more popular among the royal families and military leaders portraying the symbol of power and luxury.

Maki-e artists use different metal powder like gold, silver, lead, platinum, brass, aluminum, and their alloys to obtain different colors. Moreover, they also used bamboo tubes and soft brushes for placing the powder and drawing lines. It needs a long practice of years to master the classic art of Maki-e lacquering.

Hira Maki-e is the easiest pen designing technique of all and needs the least time to accomplish the task. Since, a design is drawn by using E-urushi on the surface of this Pilot pen and polished immediately after it gets hardened. Hence, a mistake made seizes the writing instrument to be approved, as the design is quite visible and can not be repaired.

The Namiki Pilot pen measures 14.2 cm in cap and weighs 18.8 grams. The nib of the pen can be either of fine, medium or broad, which is made with 14K gold. The pen set is available for the pen collectors inside a gift box at a reasonable price of $319. For more information visit an authorized online dealer for Pilot Namiki pens.