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The Vestaere Takuya leather fountain pens are handmade with finest quality of leather from Italy. It is made by Japan’s famous Takuya who also produce the Maison Takuya leather products. The stitches on the fountain pen demonstrate the intrigue design by one of Japan’s best house of leather. The base of the pen is from the Sailor Professional Gear and come with a 21K gold nib.

Sailor have collaborated with Kuji Kohaku (Amber) Co. Ltd to develop the pen and help with the restoration of the industry there natural top quality amber from the Kuji area of Iwate Prefecture, Japan’s largest source of quality amber is used for the decoration of the cap emblem. Specially made and pressed brown/red colored amber is used for the barrel and cap itself. Amber has a special warmth and combined with the special deep coloration it is said to represent mystery, romanticism, and happiness. Each pen has a unique amber stone embedded in the top of the cap.

Sailor celebrates the 1911 Profit model which was introduced in 1981 and has always been well liked and supported by customers globally. Such enthusiasm has now led to the 30th anniversary in 2011. Limited to only 1000 pieces worldwide the fountain pen is made of Brier wood which is taken from the root of the White Heath tree (grown in the Mediterranean coastal regions of Europe). It is called the Jewel of wood because of the beauty of the unique spiral grain. The wood is bright and shiny, is very hard, and has very high heat resistance and durability.

The pen features:-
Nib: 21K solid gold with Rhodium Plating, Large size
Barrel and Cap: Made of Brier wood
Gripping Section: PMMA Black
Size: Diameter 18mm
Length: 143 mm
Weight: 30.4 gms.

The package consist of
30th Anniversary Memorial Profit Brier Fountain Pen
Bottled ink (Black) 1 bottle
Ink Converter
Cleaning Cloth
Package size is 212 X154 X68 mm Special Wooden box

Sailor celebrates its 100th anniversary with the issuance of the Shima-Kuwa limited edition fountain pen with only 1000 pieces to go around worldwide. With majority of the pieces reserves for the Japanese market, there are only handful of them for the rest of the world. The limited edition is made of a special mulberry wood from Mikura-jima in the Izu group of Japanese Islands. The mulberry wood come with beautiful grain has been adorned for many generations for the Japanese. To maximize its beauty, the pen has been given an extreme gloss finish by Makie artist using the same technique in applying urushi.

Nib type: 21K medium nib with special engraving

System: Accepts converter or Sailor ink cartridges.

We received this special piece of Chinkin fountain pen by Sailor which is limited to 10 pieces world wide. This special piece is crafted by master craftsmen. We took detail pictures of this pen and please feel free to email us if you are keen.

Model name: “Cat and Chrysanthemum”
Number: 10-9023-821
Materials: Ebonite
Filling system: Converter & Cartridge type
Nib selection: Nagahara ‘Cross Point’ 21K Gold
Limited Edition: 10 pcs

The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. The Maya script, also known as Maya glyphs or Maya hieroglyphs, was the writing system of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica, presently the only Mesoamerican writing system that has been substantially deciphered. Maya writing used logograms complemented by a set of syllabic glyphs, somewhat similar in function to modern Japanese writing.

Cap drawing depicts the famous Lintel 8 hieroglyphs from Yaxchilan in Mexico featuring the ruler Bird Jaguar capturing two prisoners. On the barrel drawing, it depicts the famous Yaxchilan Lintel 24 which show a the ritual ceremony of Blood letting. The ruler, Shield Jaguar, holds a torch while his consort, Lady Xoc, pulls a rope studded with what are now believed to be obsidian shards through her tongue in order to conjure a vision serpent.
The fountain pen features a 21K Nagahara Togi nib and the cap and barrel is made of sterling silver.

Dimension:
Length with cap posted: 15.6cm
Central circumference: 4.3cm
Nib type: 21 Naginata togi nib
System: Fountain pen accepts Sailor ink cartridges or converter

The Sailor wood pens are famous for their fine grain and it’s now available in their Sapporo series of pens with the launching of Ironwood and Ebony Sapporo fountain pens. These elegant fountain pens come with a flexible 14K nib and decorate with rhodium trims. This model comes with the lovely Sailor anchor logo in metal on the top of the cap and showing bands around the end of the barrel as well as both ends of the cap seemingly more blending with the entire fountain pen and the weight balance is at it optimum. This series is name after the Sapporo city in Japan. Both the pens are available at our website under the Sailor Precious wood category.

Dimension:

Length with cap posted: – 14.5cm
Length with cap closed: – 12.2cm
Central circumference: – 3.9cm

Sailor the Professional Gear fountain pen is now available in Micarta resin. It features a solid 21 carat gold. The cap, barrel and section are all made from Micarta resin and the trim is 24 carat gold plated. Micarta is a trademark of Norplex-Micarta industrial high pressure laminates and refers to a composite of linen, canvas, paper, fiberglass, carbon fiber or other fabric in a thermosetting plastic, originally used in electrical and decorative applications. Micarta was developed by George Westinghouse at least as early as 1910 using phenolic resins invented by Dr. Leo Baekeland. These resins were used to impregnate paper and cotton fabric which was cured under pressure and high temperature to produce laminates. In later years this manufacturing method included the use of fiberglass fabric, other resin types were also used. Today Micarta high pressure industrial laminates are produced with a wide variety of resins and fibers. The term has been inappropriately used to generically refer to most resin impregnated fiber compounds. Common uses of modern high pressure laminates are as electrical insulators, printed circuit board substrates and knife handles. This beautiful piece of fountain pen is available at our website at www.pengallery.com

Dimension:
Length with cap posted: 15.3cm
Length with cap closed: 13.7cm
Central circumference: 4.3cm

The Sailor Professional Gear Series now come with soft pastel colors that will certainly captivate those who are attracted to them. This elegant fountain pen comes with a flexible single tone gold nib and decorated with silver trim. This model comes with the lovely flat top seemingly more blending with the entire fountain pen and the weight balance is at it optimum. Check out the pictures and you can get them from our website at www.pengallery.com

I must say that Sailor have been very active in releasing new products and with these variety, they are catching up real fast in the industry. Sailor has added new colors to its ever popular Sapporo series and pen cases. Please check out their details as follow and they are also available at our website :