Pilot Custom URUSHI 18K FM-nib Ebonite Red Urushi Lacquer with converter

Description

Pilot Custom URUSHI
Resin Luster Ebonite Red Urushi Lacquer
#30 Large 18Kt Bicolor nib / Fine Medium
nib
FM-nib
Size: 155 mm long /
Weight:
44.0g
with converter (CON-70)
This nib is very soft and flexible compared to the custom 845.
Please refer to this movie.
Pilot Custom Urushi Review
Note
If put the ink to the pen, No returns accepted.
Pilot Custom URUSHI
The Pilot Custom Urushi fountain pen is the latest addition to Pilot’s Custom pen range. It is an oversize fountain pen and the largest in the Pilot Custom family, a flat-top pen made of ebonite, coated with many layers of pure black urushi lacquer. The Pilot Custom Urushi comes with a large #30 nib made from 18k gold available in 3 widths: fine-medium, medium, and broad.
This Pilot Custom Urushi lacquered ebonite fountain pen was created by maki-e artisans (kokkokai) in Japan. It features the Roiro Urushi technique which requires time and skill to create a uniform and mirror-like finish. Each Custom urushi pen is lacquered, cured, and polished three times to create a beautiful quality result.
Urushi is a lacquer derived from a natural resin from a tree bearing the same name. The peculiarity of Japanese lacquer, unlike other forms of traditional handicrafts, is that it has a totally autochthonous origin without being imported from abroad.
The Urushi differs substantially from the other lacquers by the way it dries. In fact, it does not follow a drying process, but requires exposure to specific temperatures and humidity (between 10 to 20 degrees centigrade and between 70 and 90 percent humidity) to properly cure. Under these conditions, significant components of urushiol and lacquer undergo a chemical transformation that produces a “curtain”, that is, the lacquer layer. Once cured, the lacquer creates a durable and brilliant sheath with great adhesive strength.
The Japanese Urushi lacquer is the most precious lacquer in the whole East. For this series of pens, Pilot has used the “Roiro Urushi Shiage” polishing technique, which consists of rubbing a piece of raw lacquer repeatedly, with final polishing done with special carbon.
After a couple of weeks, when the lacquer is dry, it turns out to be harder than the glass.”Roiro Urushi Shiage” lacquering technique is considered the most difficult since the process takes a long time.
The pen comes with a con-70 converter and a cartridge.
Japanese Urushi
Urushi ( Japanese lacquer ) art is unique to Japan, China, Korea and the countries of Southeast Asia, each country preserving to the present day its own particular traditions. Japanese urushi art is especially rich in terms both of variety and sophistication of technique. In addition to the highly developed skills that Japanese craftsmen have used to elevate urushi art to the heights for which it is renowned, Japan is blessed with an abundance of trees producing high quality hard urushi as well as a variety of timbers suitable for the making of the bodies of urushi wares.
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Worldwide shipping
(DHL or EMS)
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Customs, import duties, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility
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Shipping and Handling
Asia
EMS: .00 USD
Usually takes 5-7 days. Comes with a tracking number and is insured against loss, theft and damage.
U.S.A/CANADA/Australia
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South America
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Usually takes 8-10 days. Comes with a tracking number and is insured against loss, theft and damage.
Payment
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