Short review of my current inventory of urushi fountain pens I finished in last weeks. Since shooting this video there are some more, so I will make such "showreel" from time to time.
Contents:
Nakaya pen wrap: 0:20
Multilayer gold leaf urushi 0:40
Akebono (black and red urushi gradient) cigar shape fountain pen 1:15
Ishime-kanshitsu in red and maroon 1:40 (ishime = stone surface)
Aka-tamenuri 2:32
Silver dust (coarse) nashiji - spider web lines and sterling silver spider on cap 3:15
Aka-tamenuri Namisu Horisone Ebonite with gold flakes 4:20
Aka-tamenuri with gold flakes and lacquered clip 4:50
About me.
BLOG: tamenuri.com/
INSTAGRAM: / tamenuri_studio
FACEBOOK: / tamenuristudio
I'm Michal and I'm a fountain pen addict and I lacquer pens with urushi lacquer. On my channel, you fill wind tutorials, videos from my urushi workshop, presentation of techniques, tools and materials used in urushi craft. I am also showing pens lacquered by me and other artists. I review pens but mostly urushi and I focus on this aspect of pen, not usual build, nibs and writing performance.
I am self-taught in this craft, most I know I do I learned from my own experience, trial and error. A lot of them. But also from Japanese books, and videos on urushi.
I make bespoke urushi pens to order, too, so please contact me If you are interested. It can be an ebonite pen I provide (I cooperate with several hight quality pen-makers) or you pen, provide the clip is removable and trim is not too elaborate.