Just pulled the trigger on getting my first Japanese pen - Dorsal Fin 2. They told me that it will take 10-12 months to deliver. Quite excited to get this piece of working art which will exist well beyond my own life-span.
Wonderful video. Thank you for the education and the opportunity to see 3 wonderful pens! I hope, someday, to own a Nakaya. Any one of the 3 pens you showed would be an honor! Cheers!
Great review and very informative. I have a Nakaya Dorsal Fin V2 in heki-tamenuri on back order so there is no telling how long it will take to receive. But the Urushi pens that Nakaya crafts have actually pulled me away from Namiki. I still prefer Namiki's Maki-e, but both pen companies are masters in their own right.
Nice content. I consider Nakaya pens are more beautiful without clip. Maybe clip can have some charm in portable model, even in piccolo, but I think the main aesthetic factor is the work with lacquer. Also, unclipped models differenciate from tipical design and, in my opinion, fits better with japanese aesthetics. Some questions about you and your channel: what do you think about Namiki pens and maki-e technique? Have you worked on kintsugi technique? Than you
I agree with you opinion on clips ;) Namiki pens - very wide range, from very basic screen printed models with next to none manual work apart from “artist” singnature from Kokokai group, to absolutely stunning pieces, typicaly on Emperor size models both in maki-e and chinkin, made by real artists. Kinstugi - yes, I have, important part of “urushi education”, I learned a lot. But not my favorite. Still - I use it from time to time on my own broken pieces ;) good training of fine lines, gold polishing, creative solutions.
@@TamenuriStudio Thank you for answering. Sooner o larter I will face a session of kintsugi to repair some teaware. Glad you have some videos about working with urushi. By the way, in a video you show a very fine brush which is important for fine lines, can it be replaced by a small brush (western brush) or it has a special kind of hair which makes it unique? I ask because I got a kintsugi pack but it did not include such brush. And I guess to order only one of such brush is not worthy.
@@Ginebraconvention these brushes i use for fine lines are various. From basic western fine-liners which are sometimes enough, to high-end Japanese brushes made of cat hair, pretty expensive but outstanding at this. For start western fine liner, with long fibers, should be good.
Nothing compares to a heki tamenuri nakaya. I wish the dorsal fin was easier to get, but I'm definitely getting a piccolo at some point in heki tamenuri.
I'd love to hear about other brands of Japanese urushi pens. I have seen a number of videos of Nakaya pens, and they all take my breath away. I've only seen a little about other brands, which seem both less beautiful and much more expensive.
