Your REALLY want pen.

mikeschu said:

I shouldn't have been looking at Nakaya. How about one in Ao-Tamenuri, or the Milky Way Raden?

Makes the VP Raden that much more affordable.

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Did you look at the questionare you have to fill out just to order one:

1. How heavy is your writing pressure?2. What part of pen section do you hold when writing?
3. Your writing speed is
4. Your writing is
5. About your letters.
6. At what angle do you hold your pen?7. How do you hold your pen? (rotation)
8. Which hand do you write with?

jzuzphreek said:

Actually just the 100 and 140 would suffice.

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I have a 140 with a KF nib... it's glorious. Definitely one of my keepers.

LouieGrandie said:

Did you look at the questionare you have to fill out just to order one:

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I'd probably order from nibs.com and have Mottishaw tweak the nib a little.

Maybe a Pelikan Toledo.

Namiki Emperor double dragon.

So gorgeous...call me a doctor.

Teppanyaki said:

Namiki Emperor double dragon.

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Teppanyaki said:

Namiki Emperor double dragon.

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What..? No pocket clip?

Got 'em. Delta Dolce Vita, one in classic orange, the other a limited edition, # 1 of 18. Next pen is a custom Dolce Vita from Delta. Not sure how to make that happen, but I'll give them a ring.

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Very nice! Orange and lemon.

Teppanyaki said:

Very nice! Orange and lemon.

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Maybe a lime next?

I've been talking to some people and the Nakaya may not fit my hand; I guess I have to go to a pen show or find a Nakaya owner to find out.

Having said that, I've been very curious about the Pilot Custom Heritage 912, either in the posting (PO) nib or the Wavily (WA) nib.

mikeschu said:

I've been talking to some people and the Nakaya may not fit my hand; I guess I have to go to a pen show or find a Nakaya owner to find out.

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Just bought it, a Namiki Falcon.

Now I just want these (I'll never own them though ):

God helpe remoce Nakayas from my mind before DC... i dont want a want for them at abplace i can see, hold, amd write with one

syngent said:

God helpe remoce Nakayas from my mind before DC... i dont want a want for them at abplace i can see, hold, amd write with one

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To be honest, James, I didn't see that many high-end Japanese pens at DC last year. A lot of those god-awful Italian monstrosities, but not too much from Asia.

Backordered since I saw the pen . . . 6 months ago? 9?

A lot of those god-awful Italian monstrosities

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<hysterical sobbing, accompanied by the anguished cries of my dear departed Italian ancestors>

If it's Italian, it has to be good! Think of calamari fritti, Ferraris, gondola rides in Venice, handblown glass from Murano, pizzas at the seaside in Naples, eggplant caponata from Sicily, . . . and we were once the dominant military power in the region. Admittedly, that was the Holy Roman Empire, but still . . .

I was thinking more along the line of this...

LouieGrandie said:

What'chu talkin ' 'boutWillis? The Nakaya is no bigger or smaller than most pens. Some such as the Piccolo are a bit shorter and some a bit longer but none would be considered over-sized or overly small.​

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I practically have kid-sized hands. I prefer pens in the size of Pelikan M200/M400 or Esterbrook J (and roughly that weight). I had an M800 and sold it because it was too unwieldy to use in the hand for extended writing sessions.

The Nakaya sizes on nibs.com that I reference are generally closer to M800-size, but there are a couple like the mini Decapod that might be feasible. I just want to try them out before committing to a $700 pen.

mikeschu said:

I practically have kid-sized hands. I prefer pens in the size of Pelikan M200/M400 or Esterbrook J (and roughly that weight). I had an M800 and sold it because it was too unwieldy to use in the hand for extended writing sessions.

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The Piccolo is somewhere between the M600 and M400 in size.