23 October 2013 • Pilot 95th Anniversary Pen – The Rising Dragon 昇り龍 As we waited anxiously for Pilot 95th Anniversary pens, The Rising Dragon 昇り龍 , to be launched to commemorate its heritage and to feature the beautiful pens they had made. Let us take a retrospective look on some of the Pilot Limited Edition Pen that was… Read more >
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Dunhill Namiki ~ The Enchanting Story of Singapore between London and Tokyo
11 October 2013 • Dunhill Namiki And Singapore Dunhill Namiki were introduced to the world because of the need to bring Japanese made Namiki fountain pens to the international market when the sales agreement was signed between Alfred Dunhill and Namiki Pen Manufacture Japan in 1920s. The agreement to sell Namiki Pens under the name Dunhill Namiki was the… Read more >
How Pilot Uses Dragonfly motif on Namiki DragonFly Limited Edition Pen?
25 April 2013 • Namiki DragonFly Limited Edition Pen Inside the quiet corners of the Singapore Botanic Gardens, the large lotus pond at the Symphony Lake never fails to attract my attention. As I watched the dragonflies frolic among the lotus flowers, it reminded me of how brilliant Namiki conceptualize 2013 Limited Edition Fountain Pens – Namiki Kachimushi <<… Read more >
A Heritage of Maki-e Pens: The Briggs Collection – The Best Book On Japanese Maki-e Pen
20 February 2013 • The Ultimate Book On Japanese Maki-e Pen The Briggs Collection – A Heritage Of Maki-e Pens Collecting Japanese maki-e pen is like a sharp J-curve learning experience. Starting with appreciating the simple form of Japanese lacquer works on pens, the motifs that were used on the pens and eventually, learning the intricacies of the… Read more >
Namiki Chinkin Collection – Master of A Thousand Dots And Lines
8 December 2012 • Namiki Chinkin Collection Many collectors like the looks of Namiki Chinkin Collection because it revealed a lot of details with the mere lines and dots of the maki-e master. In this special video, Elephant & Coral pays A Tribute To The Late Shouji Michikami with the title – Telling A Story with A Thousands Lines… Read more >
Namiki Chinkin Fountain Pen Collection 沉金－Telling Stories of A Thousand Lines And Dots – A Tribute To the Late Shouji Michikami of Namiki
5 November 2012 • About Namiki Chinkin Fountain Pen Namiki Chinkin Fountain Pen 沉金 万年筆 is such a beautiful piece of art to adore. The technique itself is a commonly used traditional Japanese maki-e art form whereby thousands of lines and dots were carved onto a hard surface and then hand filled with gold powder to highlight the patterns… Read more >
Reincarnation of The Pilot Buddhist Scripture Hanashinkyo 《般若心经》 – It’s Past & Future
2 July 2012 • Pilot Buddhist Scripture Pen The Pilot Buddhist Scripture Pen, alias Hannashinkyo 《般若心经》is one of the most unusual fountain pen collection ever made by Pilot in the 1970s. ·The kanji characters are the direct extraction of the Heart Sutra. Two Hannashinkyo, Buddhist Scripture designs were made in 1980s of which one is made of red coloured… Read more >
Is there really a Namiki Fountain Pen that has 12 oriental zodiac on just one fountain pen?
6 March 2011 • Rare Namiki Fountain Pen Whenever one is thinking of oriental zodiac fountain pens, one is thinking of 12 different animals and hence 12 different fountain pens with each pen representing one animal. There is a chronology on the order of oriental zodiac starting from Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Ram, Monkey, Rooster,… Read more >
