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

Length Capped: 17cm

Length Without Cap: 15cm

Section Smallest Part: 12mm

Section Widest Part: 13mm

Cap Diameter: 22mm

Barrel Diameter: 17.5mm

Cap Length: 6.2cm

Nib Size: M-B (21k Solid Gold Nib)

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.