Rare Sailor Susutake Smoked Bamboo Fountain Pen with 21k Naginata Crosspoint Emperor Nib.

This Pen and the Nib on it, is the handmade creation of the Legendary Nib Master Nobuyoshi Nagahara. (A heritage Pen)

Mr Nagahara started working for Sailor Pen Company in 1947. After 64 years of dedicated service Mr Nagahara retired in 2011.

It takes from 100 to 150 years to collect a solid Sustake and it took around 7 months to make one Susutake Fountain Pen.

The Pen has a 24-carat Gold Plaque with the Nobuyoshi Nagahara sign and the word “Pure Gold” in Japanese.

The Nib on this pen and all the other furniture were hand wrought by the Master Craftsman himself. (Mr Nagahara Snr)

The Japanese Susutake Smoked Bamboo is one of a kind bamboo that is obtained from the roof timbers of the old tradition Japanese house. The special of the susutake bamboo is the difference in the colour of the bamboo.

The colour of the bamboo was lighter on one side than the other. This is because the Bamboo was formerly used in the roofs of Japanese houses, one side facing towards the house has a dark colour because its exposure to the “Irori” fire that burned within the house, while the other side was always faced outside and has a lighter colour.

Nowadays, it’s very difficult to find a susutake smoked bamboo, even in Japan, because people are not using susutake bamboo to build houses anymore.

The unique and very scarce Sailor Specialty Nibs are inspired by the art of Japanese brush painting and are part of Sailor’s exclusive Bespoke collection.

The Naginata Crosspoint Emperor Nib:

This unique hand formed Nib provides an exceptional smooth writing experience.

The Nib is made from 21k Gold and is hand turned

The Nib gives very good ink flow.

The Pen Nib allows a broad range of writing angles and smooth calligraphy.

This is one of the supreme writing instruments produced by Sailor experienced craftsmen.

The “Emperor Nib” is hand crafted and created by placing a solid 21k flexible Gold tab onto the top of the original nib, this added tab has a special shape and tip which acts as an extra ink reservoir for added ink consumption thus allow stable ink flow to the Nib.

Length Capped: 18.5cm

Length Without Cap: 15.7cm

Section Smallest Part: 12mm

Section Widest Part: 13mm

Cap Diameter: 18.5mm

Barrel Diameter: 18.5mm

Cap Length: 6.9cm

Mother of Pearl to top and bottom of Pen.

Hand Crafted Decoration to Cap and Barrel of the Pen.

Filling System: Cartridge Converter.

Condition: New, comes in its original box, Japanese Kimono Sleeve and Paperwork

What you see is what you get.

Make no mistake about it, this is a heritage pen the likes of which we would never see again.