I am looking for my jaw, It dropped at the beginning of the video and is still dropped. Somewhere. Thank you! I warned me about this review, but I did not expect it to be SO KIND!

Stephen, what a great review and what a wonderful pen. Truly one that I must look into. Thank you Michal for making Urushi so affordable and with such great quality.

Great review ! I have been following Michal's channel for some weeks now, and find it fascinating. I like that he explains to us not only what the specialized tools and techniques are, but also why they must be used/obeyed, taking no shortcuts.

Love “discovery” reviews like this. Special. Also enjoyed the description of Urushi technique. Many thanks.

Very nice review. It's good to see someone putting in all the hard work and dedication to make an excellent product - something that's rare in this 21st Century. Bravo Michal.

wow ive been waiting for a ranga 5 video and also wanted to urushi mine so this is golden thank you!

Enjoyed this. Note: Voice sync is way out after the writing demo.

Thank you, Stephen. Great to show the craftsmanship of a dedicated man and the quality he makes. I’ve seen quite some pens of his hands passing by on Instagram and I’m very impressed by his work. That impressed that I have asked him to make a pen for me with not many specs, with complete confidence. Of course I’m thrilled, but in a positive way. Beside that Michal is a very kind man, who also loves to share his knowledge, and his enthousiasm is contagious.

Come on Stephen! I thought I already bought my last pen. Everytime I think I’m out...

Wonderful pen and review. I always like your enthusiasm. Also enjoyed reading Michal's comments -- very interesting.

Holy crap. I didn't realize how HUGE that pen was. I've learned so much about urushi from Michal's videos so far and it's great to see the quality that he's reached. I think it's a no-brainer to say that I'll be getting something from him in the future.

Thanks for another enjoyable and informative video. I've been watching Michal's KZfaq channel for a few months. I couldn't get my head around him not being a Japanese master. By that I mean, could he be any good without the tradition. He's seems amazing. It is almost like watching someone demystify an ancient art. I know that's not what it is but he walks through and describes the painstaking details in such a clear way that it almost makes it seem that anyone can do this. Of course, without his rare level of dedication that wouldn't happen. He provides a great window into why these are such prized pens when the work is well done. Thanks again for the video.

Michal is a great guy, he helped me very generously with some tips on urushi!

Wonderful Review! Thanks for Sharing and Bravo Michal on producing such wonderful works of Art. Can't wait to Order a pen from Tamenuri Studios.

It's a beautiful pen! Thank you for sharing.

Lovely to see you this excited about a pen, its artistry and a new studio. Eccentricity is good. You’re eccentric, we’re eccentric, Roger’s eccentric and Michal is eccentric. I’ll take a little weird but interesting over the alternative all day, every day.

I've been wanting a heki tamenuri nakaya for a long time now, so I think this is beautiful. I'd want a music nib I think. Thanks for showing.

Incredible work Mikhail. Add a gold clip and size 8 broad nib. Make an eyedropper out of it? Big beautiful pen that writes forever, no pit-stops.

Gorgeous pen.

Thanks for showing us this beautiful pen. Urushi pens are the only high-priced pens that speak to me. How great that a westerner is adding to the urushi ranks.

Very impressive.

Nice review. Can you compare this pen to Wancher since we are trying to decide this pen vs Wancher

It's really beautiful pen.

I was lucky enough to win a pen from Michal on instagram. It is a Parker Frontier Flighter. The cap is the original chrome but he coated the barrel with a deep maroon/ burgundy lacquer. He does beautiful work.

A true artist!

That pen really looks great. Although, you werent kidding when you said it was big. I didnt realize how big it was until you put the namiki emperor and danitrio genkai next to it.

It's difficult to catch glimpses of gReen, but you did it, man, you did it!

Wow wish my Ranga 5 looked like that.

Make a video on camlin trinity fountain pen

my SBREBrown ink arrived today - luvvvvverleee :-)

Looks like I need to give Michal a call to come and paint my car next!

A ridiculously beautiful fountain pen...maybe one day!

Hi Stephen, I have just noticed that some of the pens are of the same shape and size of the pens that the Indian company Ranga Pens sells. I am not sure if tamenuri is using Ranga Pens and base and finishing them off with Urushi? May be you have some insight into this.

Speechless ... congrats to Mikhail ! Yes a #8 nib would do justice to this pen!

I'd call the finish on this pen midori-dame. It looks to me like black over dark green, like Danitrio's interpretation of midori-dame, though I've seen others use this name for finishes with brown over light green..

Looks to be an impressive pen. But when you compare this to the Platinum Izumo Urushi Tamenori fountain pen (for example), I’m not so sure the Tamenori Studio pen is such good value as first impressions suggest. The Platinum Izumo is hand made and hand finished by Japanese craftsmen and has an 18k nib. It can be bough brand new for around the same price too. But this is an excellent and promising start for a western Urushi creation. Thank you Stephen.

@sbrebrown That is one large pen. Is is comfortable to hold?

How much was the pen originally - $100 - $150. How much would that urushi process cost?

Very beautiful pen and work done on it. You should warn others though that some people can have allergic reactions to urushi.

Should put a link to Michal's site in here somewhere... sorry if you did, but I did not find it.

Michal: "mee-how" - short vowels like in words "me" and "how", quite an easy one :).

Hello! Beauty of a pen!! I am learning about fountain pens, as I have always loved them. Could you tell me please what people mean when they say "it (the pen) has a little "feedback"? Thank you for your video and for your time. Lily 🌷

7:20 what name dark durgundy pen?

Well done Mikkial. ... only thing I'd suggest for the future is your own proprietary converter, , a big fat one. .. The price for this ,, well in comparison.... I'd get Polskimikkialurushi. .. Thanks DocStephen for the review.... your ACE. Best wishes to all PenPeople 💙 LeZc @@

A cabinet of stable humility. I think Gandhi had one of those.

I have owned expensive fountain pens and I have put a $17.00 steel nib on a less than $4.00 fountain pen. I have seen in print some fountain pens costing as much as an expensive automobile. For me, I just love fountain pens and when it comes to expensive pens like I was told many years ago, I am enthralled for different reasons or justify by using many excuses which draws me to perhaps an expensive pen. Yet, not so much because of its cost. If I can afford it, expensive, but well worth it to me. I have had limited editions and lean towards them. I fell on hard times many years ago and had to sell several of my pens. Although selling the first one hurt so much, as far as what I received for them, basically either what I paid or a little more in what was paid to me. However, my interest, if I were to say what attracts me at this point is perhaps that there are only a certain number of pens made of the limited editions and therefore it seems like being in an even more exclusive club of sorts by owning one that very few others own, or even for that matter afford or care to spend on a fountain pen. There are all kinds of reasons, some people collect and use only vintage pens. I have a penpal who writes me and she is enthusiastic about a new acquisition of her latest find in a vintage fountain pen. I prefer new pens myself. Each of us loves what we love in our general love of fountain pens, drawn by more than the cost or it being expensive to acquire. We just love them!

Yea I can't do pens w/ out clips.(infact I buy only stuff w silver clips 99.9% of the time.

6:15 nicee. so glad to hear that furo cabinet has low *humility* - you know how I hate all them _ostentatious_ ass furo cabinets…

Let's hope that this chosen-one doesn't fall to the dark side...

Although this is a absolutely awesome finish, the pen in itself is a beauty as I have seen other Ranga pens. But here is the question, does putting a new finish on a pen changes it so much as to give it a different name? If this was done on a Montblanc, would you care to think of a different name for the pen other than calling it a Montblanc? Thanks.

It's a fair price if you think it is period.

Sir please give me that pen please

That definition of crazy... is it clinical? Because... y'know... I'm interested in knowing.

こんにちは♪・日本の万年筆はペン先がよくないと思います。The pen tip is bad.