Products of NAKAYA handmade fountain pens The price which appeared is in case of standard clip equipment. A price changes when the clip of 18K is equipped.

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NAKAYA -Equilibrium- (Balance control model)

This is Nakaya's original model. Try by all means.


"Is it possible to change the weight or the balance of a fountain pen as it is according to the holder's condition in writing? " --- We at Nakaya have been studying this subject. After experiencing a continuous process of trial and error, we finally reached this pen "Balance control model" It has a mechanism that a part called "Weight Ring" is inserted into a pen which has a spiral thread cut with the lathe on the whole inside of the barrel. The weight ring can be set at any position inside the barrel and as many as you like, so you can adjust the weight and the balance as you want. detail

5 weight rings are initially supplied.(Maximum 10pcs, in case of a portable size model, 9pcs.)
If you would like more, one piece costs $5.
The time limit of delivery of this model is 5 weeks.

(A1).NAKAYA - Equilibrium- Black $385

please choose the size, a long type or a portable size.
A cap is screw-type. Black (Acrylic-resin), ring and trim with cap and barrel.



(A2).NAKAYA - Equilibrium- Wajima Urushi Black $585

It is the excellent piece whose luster with the luxury of 'Wajima Urushi lacquer' is very beautiful.
All of the Nakaya Wajima products undergo a special finishing process known as "Roiro-shiage."
This process is reserved for high class Wajima products, and causes the finish to be exceptionally bright.
A cap is screw-type. Black (Ebonite), ring and trim with cap and barrel.
please choose the size, a long type or a portable size.
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*The balance control model of the skeleton transparency and red is being made in these others, too.
- Equilibrium(skeleton) - detail

(B). NAKAYA - Equilibrium- Wajima Aka-tamenuri (redish red -tamenuri-) $670
The luster and the depths of the red color are very beautiful.
The shape of this pen is based on the NAKAYA special model which allows you to adjust your pen's balance by replacing its tail, or end cap.
It is popularity to write a name to this model by the gold.

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For your reference,
here is the Araishu color of the Equilibrium
(portable size) model.
 $670
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　                



                                    
※   For more pictures , please go to this page.




Skeleton model, 2types

So many customers have asked us, "Why don't you produce a clear pen that shows the inner mechanisms?"
So Mr. Matsubara turned some clear acrylic material on his lathe and we upload a photo of these prototype pens
on the "Trial Product" page of NAKAYA web site

(C). Skeleton model $550   (Sorry; This item is now discontinued to improve the quality.)
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The demonstrator Lizard model in particular proved to be so popular that Nakaya has added this model to its regular product line. Mr. Matsubara has also polished the inside surfaces of the barrels, so they are even clearer than before! And just like the regular NAKAYA Lizard model, you can change the "tail" of this demonstrator pen and convert it to either the longer type or the shorter type in order to change its center of gravity. The tails simply unscrew.




(D). Skeleton model red $550  (Sorry,this item is now discontinued to improve the quality.)

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This time, red of the skeleton was added to the standard model, too.




*The balance control model of the skeleton transparency and red is being made in these others, too.
- Equilibrium(skeleton) -

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**NAKAYA Fountain pen original model- Urushi -

Wajima-urushi nuri
An introduction to Urushi

The art of Urushi (Lacquerware) originated in the Jomon period (ca. 12,000 B.C. - ca. 400 B.C.) and is recognized worldwide as a distinctively Japanese traditional craft. And has attracted worldwide attention in recent times. "Wajima-nuri" is the most famous lacquerware producing city in Japan. The Nakaya original Wajima nuri fountain pen is carefully coated with several layers of urushi lacquer.

NAKAYA Fountain pen original model - product list -

Design		long size	portable size	PICCOLO size	Decapod
				smallest
Writer model (with clip)
	Black	$385	$335	$385	$540
	Araishu	$460	$460	$460	$540
	Shu	$460	$460	$460	$540
	Shu (un-polished)	$460	$460	$460	$540
	Midori (green)	$460	$460	$460	$540
	Kuro-tamenuri (blackish red -tamenuri-)	$460	$460	$460	$540
	Aka-tamenuri (redish red -tamenuri-)	$460	$460	$460	$540
	Heki-tamenuri (blue/green -tamenuri-)	$460	$460	$460	$540
	Kikyo (blue)	$460	$460	not available now.	$540
	Shobu (purple)	$540	$540	not available now.	$630
	Gold	$1400-	$1400	special order	special order
	Silver	$1100-	$1100	special order	special order
	Silver*Black	$850-	$850	special order	special order
Cigar (without clip)
	Black	$385	$335	$385	$540
	Kuro-tamenuri (blackish red -tamenuri-)	$460	$460	$460	$540
	Aka-tamenuri (redish red -tamenuri-)	$460	$460	$460	$540

*For the colors other than the above-mentioned of the PICCOLO, order is accepted as a special.      Price will be similiar or near to similiar with the price of  conventional long and portable size.      *The PICCOLO with clip also is under development process.      The length shall be a little bit longer than the piccolo.      The dimension of conventional long and portable size is requested to treat as for immediate reference.       Regarding price, it will be similiar or near to similar with the price of long and portable size of "Writer".

- A comparison of Nakaya products -

From the top,　          Writer model long size,        Cigar model long size.                  Writer modle portable size,  Cigar model portable size.          Decapod Writer model.       Decapod Cigar model.           Piccolo Writer Model    Other pictures are here.          PICCOLO Cigar model.                                                      A picture without a clip is here .               We call clipless model ''Cigar'', model with a clip ''Writer''.

Nakaya may make the other models (color) but for above standard models .
(It may take over 4 weeks.)



(E1) NAKAYA original fountain pen, PICCOLO  $385
As known by all, PICCOLO is the smallest woodwind instrument.
This time, Nakaya released a smallest and cheapest fountain pen made of ebonite and named it PICCOLO.
A cap is screw-type, barrel is made from an ebonite.
Black Urushi lacquerware "Roiro"finsihed, a special polishing method to make the surface as shiny as a mirror. 
All of the Nakaya Wajima products undergo a special finishing process known as "Roiro-shiage".

The process is reserved for high class Wajima products and causes the finish to be unexpectionally bright.



Due to the two-tone nib, the products as shown in above pictures will cost additional $80 


Above three are the most popular colors in NAKAYA. Top on the picture is "Redish red -tamunuri-" followed by
"Blackish red -tamanuri-" and "Black".
The unit price of "Redish red -tamanuri-" and "Blackish red -tamanuri-" is $460

For other pictures, please click here.

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(E2) NAKAYA original fountain pen, Writer Model $335-

*BLACK long size $385 Portable $335

A cap is screw-type. Black (Ebonite). This model has no trim and no distinction between cap and barrel. The total length is longer than Briar Model, and is best used with the cap unposted, the same as Equilibrium Model.

All of the Nakaya Wajima products undergo a special finishing process known as "Roiro-shiage."
This process is reserved for high class Wajima products, and causes the finish to be exceptionally bright.

Gold-plating



Long size model with Rhodium-plating clip

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*Decapod Writer model   Shobu (purple)   $630


(Caution) As you know, the screw of Nakaya cap has four entrance in order to close a cap promptly.
 On the other hand, Nakaya designs 10 aspects of a cap and a barrel of  theDecapod model are flat when you close a cap. 
You can make the same aspect by only one enterance of screw.
(For sealing the nib, this is no problems by using all of these four entrance of the screw. )

For the picture of the product with cap behind the barrel, please click here.
The product on the above picture have Rhodium coated clip and Two tone nib.
Therefore, the additional cost will be US$80 making the total price of US$710

Remarks: About a naming on this pen by Maki-e , only a cap and a grip section are possible. (a barrel section cannot put the name.)
 
*Decapod Writer model   Kikyo (blue)   $540


For the picture of the product with cap behind the barrel, please click here.
The product shown on the above picture have Rhodium coated clip and Two tone nib.
Therefore, the additional cost of US$80 and US$8will be added by making the total price of US$628.

*I am sorry, 'Shobu' and 'Kikyo' color for the Decapod model cannot make now.
  Black, Shu(red), Araishu, Green and "Tame-nuri" series are available for the decapod model.

*Decapod Cigar model   Kuro-tamenuri (blackish red -tamenuri-)   $540


 The color when just produced.














 
The color which passed almost 1 year. 


For the picture of the product with cap behind the barrel, pleaseclickhere.
Zoom picture(top of the cap) is here.

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*Decapod Writer model  "Heki tame" version        $540
  "Heki-tame" lacquer ware is very
  popular for Nakaya customers,but
  it is so hard to express this color
  when produced.
  This shape of barrel has 10 angles, 
  so that we can see this light color.

  Of course you can get Nakaya
   Cigar model (without clip).
 You can make sure the color which
  passed almost 1 year here.

 Other model of Heki-tame, please go to this  
 sight.

 A special size Cigar

 A writer model
                                                  

*Decapod Writer model  "Araishu" version     $540
  
    *Expansion images are here.
*I am sorry, this color of the Decapod model is not available now. 
*Other techniques on the Decapod model , please visit.
   The Decapod with Ishime-Kanshitsu with Raden is this corner.

*Araishu (orange-red) $460(long/portable)
Regarding the Japanese name for the color "Arai-shu".
Even among the Japanese, the origins of this name are not are not generally known. The dye in fabric begins to lighten in color after many launderings. In the past the Japanese would describe light colors with the term "arai" which means "wash." Japanese deep red is called "shu" so "arai-shu" is the most brilliant and lightest of urushi colors.

Pens which have a colored urushi lacquer finish such as "Arai-shu" and "Midori" will become even more brilliant as the urushi itself becomes more translucent with the passage of time. So the color of the pen at the time you receive it will change and improve.

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*Shu (red) $460(long/portable)
Pens which have a colored urushi lacquer finish such as "Arai-shu" and "Midori" will become even more brilliant as the urushi itself becomes more translucent with the passage of time. So the color of the pen at the time you receive it will change and improve.




The difference between "Araishu" and "Shu" is shown in the following picture:

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*Shu (un-polished)

In addition to our already launched "Shu" items, we added un-polished new "Shu" in the range.
Since the technique does not do the polishing process after the work of paint is finished, it is said as
"self-indulgence paint".
Selecting the materials, need to pay very high attention. Because, it becomes defective if there is any failure in paint due to that there is no post-processing of paint. This is the reason why popularity gathers in its color shade from the old times.
The pictures left hand show the pen with fumigation silver clip. This fumigation silver clip costs additional US$8/-
For the normal clips(gold and rhodium), there will be no additional cost.
Price(for reference):
Body: US$460/-
Fumigation clip: 8/- 
Two tone nib: 80/-



Please click here to view enlarged picture.

Click here to view gold clip version.



$460(long/portable)

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*Midori (dark green) $460(long/portable)
Traditionally, Japanese people have admired pines or evergreens as the symbol of the vitality of plants as well as immortality. The color in this photograph is a little darker than the actual product. If you are familiar with the RGB color system, this pen's color is very close to R30, G92, B22.


Pens which have a colored urushi lacquer finish such as "Arai-shu" and "Midori" will become even more brilliant as the urushi itself becomes more translucent with the passage of time. So the color of the pen at the time you receive it will change and improve.

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*Kuro-tamenuri (blackish red -tamenuri-) $460(long/portable)
"Tame" means "pool" and "nuri" refers to the lacquer coating process.
You can actually see through the layers of clear urushi lacquer as if you were looking into a pool.
Wajima artists use "shu urushi" (red color) for the base urushi on the barrel,
and "shu-ai-urushi" (mixtures of red and clear lacquer) for the finish coats.


When the process is finished, you can still see the base surface of red urushi.
After this coating process, craftsmen polish the surface over and over by hand for months in order to attain greater transparency, allowing you to clearly see the underlying red usurshi surface.

Tame-nuri sample page
A portable size "tame-nuriAka(red) " model is called "Joan M" model.

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You can see the sample of 1 year later model in case of "Aka-tame" and also "Heki-tame".  Please proceed this page.


Nakaya has also produced "Tame- ao" (blue) and "Tame-midori" (green), but these are still trial products and have been produced in very small numbers.
The "Tame-aka" (red), however, has been added to our regular product line.
In addition, we have added two more colors of regular Urushi in addition to "tame-nuri" versions.
For more details, click here.
to trial page

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*Aka-Tamenuri (redish red -tamenuri-) $460(long/portable)
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When the process is finished, you can still see the base surface of red urushi.
After this coating process, craftsmen polish the surface over and over by hand for months in order to attain greater transparency, allowing you to clearly see the underlying red usurshi surface.

 

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*Heki-Tamenuri (blue/green -tamenuri-) $460(long/portable)
Nakaya finally added "Heki-tamenuri " (blue/green-tamenuri) to our regular product line from our trial products.
Though we introduce now the writer model (long/portable) of this color, the cigar model is also available.

Look at the color of this model "Heki-tamenuri ".
"Heki" is the color between blue and green. It is one of the Japanese traditional colors.
"Tamenuri" means the technique which is the same one as Wajima artists use to make "Kuro-tamenuri " (blackish red -tamenuri-).

In the recent three years, "Kuro-tamenuri " is the most popular model at Nakaya.
Many of our customers all over the world asked us if we can make a blueish green version of "Kuro-tamenuri ".
As you might know, urushi lacquer painting doesn't have a concept of blue or bluish color traditionally. So Wajima artists need a few years to succeed in expressing beautiful bluish green just like "Kuro-tamenuri ".
The color will become more brilliant as the urushi itself becomes more translucent with the passage of time. So the color of the pen at the time you receive it will change and improve.
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*Many other  type of "Heki Tame" model 
 has been ordered by customers.
 Please go to this website.

 A decapod "Heki-tame" is here.

 A special order Cigar model (Heki-tame) is
 here.








The rhodium clip as well as the gold-plating clip fit with color of the pen.

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*Kikyo (blue)  $460(long/portable) ZOOM
This is a Wajima-Urushi nuri lacquer coating blue( purple) version.
We call this color "Kikyo". Kikyo is the chinese bellflower.




If you are familiar with the RGB color system,
this pen's color is very close to R40, G20, B200.


18K White Gold clip

*Shobu (purple)  $540(long/portable) ZOOM
As we know, Urushi lacquer painting doesn't have a concept of blue or bluish color traditionally. So Wajima artists use some paints to express bluish, but after some process such as "Roiro", the bright color makes a little darker, of course it will be bright after three months because Urushi will be clear. However, Nakaya expresses purple by maki-e method not painting in this time. An artist must take much time in sprinkling powder and polishing it up. Since a pen barrel has steep curve, to polish(togi) especially at the top of pen barrel is very difficult. Even a craftsman who has an experience does over again. After some trial and error, Nakaya finally completed a beautiful Purple color. Nakaya call this purple color "Shobu". @



If you are familiar with the RGB color system,
this pen's color is very close to R70, G12, B100.

"Shobu" is familiar flower among Japanese people. Traditionally, people trust a leaf of "shobu" can avoid a evil thing, so on May 5th (Japanese children's holiday), we Japanese put these leaf into the bathtub .

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*Gold (Maki-e) (long/portable)

Gold-plating $1400

This is very detailed artwork where patience is needed.
Smoothen the urushi lacquer surface. If the surface is bumpy Togi-dashi (polishing) cannot be finished smoothly. Flat part is easy to do, however, it is very difficult when it comes to the round surface like barrels.
Apply urushi lacquer on the whole surface and sprinkle gold(or silver) powder. After the powder has stiffened, coat with urushi lacquer thin on the total surface and fix the gold(silver) powder. Apply urushi lacquer on whole surface. Detail


with 18K Yellow gold clip $1650

*Silver (Maki-e) (long/portable)
with Rhodium-plating clip $1100

*Silver (Maki-e),Black (long/portable)
with 18K White gold clip $1100

*The variation of the gold and silver Maki-e can be ordered for it except for the above as well.
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(F). NAKAYA original fountain pen, Cigar Model$330

Screw type cap with no band, cap, barrel and section are made of ebonite lacquered with Wajima urushi.
This model is very long therefore it is supposed to be used without the cap when writing. As ebonite is a very light material it is possible to make the barrel thicker and longer. Therefore the balance point can be set easier to realize confortable writing for every one.
You can choose a long type and a short type.

*Black long $385 Portable $335




*Kuro-tamenuri (blackish red -tamenuri-) $460(long/portable)
Same as Type ;Wajima Urushi Aka-tamenuri ( redish red -tamenuri-).
The shape of this pen is based on the NAKAYA special model which allows you to adjust your pen's balance by replacing its tail, or end cap.

Tame-nuri sample page


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NAKAYA fountain pen Briar model, 4 types

Description briar

(G1). Briar deep (gloss type) $450

(G2). Briar light (gloss type) $450


We Nakaya are introducing the pen made from a briar wood from the time of our foundation, On the other hand ,we eager to release the barrel which has brilliant finishing on the surface.
We tried several method in order to be so, but failed to keep the balance between brightness and intensity so Nakaya broke the many expensive briar materials and almost gave up.
This time of briar finishing , the brightness and the textures of grain have been expressed faithfully looks like "bijoux of wood."

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We suppose this barrel is match with 18 carat yellow or white gold clip and trims with bijoux such as diamonds.
We hope you will have same imagination with us.

(H1). Briar deep color $295

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(H2). Briar light color $295

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NAKAYA fountain pen Celluloid model, 7 types Description of celluloid


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(I). Celluloid Jade $295


(J). Celluloid Goldfish $295


(K). Celluloid Tortoiseshell $295

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Nakaya original model - Celluloid -
4 patterns of Nakaya original celluloid models were released again !
To compleate a celluloid model is so difficult that even Nakaya cannot anticipate how many pieces will successfully made.
So please let us know if you are interested in these. (I am sorry, these 4 kinds of celluloid has been sold out.)

 

(L). Celluloid WOODRED $295 (SOLD OUT) 


(M). Celluloid WOODGREEN $295.(SOLD OUT)


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Nakaya original Leather roll model, 8types Description of Leather





*"Gold" (brown leather)and "Rouge"(red leather) are sold out.
*A Medium and braod nib are available for this model. (A fine nib has been sold out.)


(P). Leather PASTEL PINK $170 ZOOM




(Q). Leather PASTEL BLUE $170 ZOOM




The nib of these Leather models are only available in "fine", "medium" and "bold".
However the NAKAYA nib craftsman can create an "extra fine" nib from the fine,
and can also create a "extra bold" nib from the bold.

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