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 >
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Articles on rare pens and the art of pen-making.
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 >
不忘初心的笔与书交换
31 May 2000 • 自1996年创业以来，ELEPHANT & CORAL 就一直在支持文化事业上默默耕耘的作家或刚萌芽的作家。多年前，要出版一本书已经很不容易因为当时出版商都会要销售量和需要一些其他的要求。特别是一些刚萌芽的年轻作家更是很难完成要出版他们自己的作品。 当然已经出版的作家更是难能可贵的顺利把他们的作品公诸于世，与广大的读者分享文化世界的美。所以，ELEPHANT & CORAL 就从开始创业到现在超过若干年后还是以一支笔与愿意亲自到来本店址的作家朋友做个交换以示鼓励和支持。 那么有没有什么限制或条件呢？以下是条件： 任何出版过的文学作品包括小说，诗文。不包括论文和工作有关的作业。 任何语言，国籍，宗教信仰，成名作家或新手作品皆可接受。 亲自到本店在员工面前签上阁下大名，日期在内页。不必担心，我们不需要以一个作家的名气与否来为我们打广告或扶持，这已经不重要了。这是一举诚心的交流也不需要阁下做什么特别的事情。 多产作家也只能够拿到一支笔而已。 期待各位的光临也很高兴认识大家并有这愉快的缘分相聚。 Read more >
