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How not to get cheated on Makie Pens.
by kamakura-pens( 1374)
A few weeks ago a well known ebay seller listed what he described as a perfectly mint 1930’s Platinum maki-e pen. The final bid was nearly $2,000. The pen was signed by Rosui, one of Platinum’s main artists in...
Tags: pen | makie | Japanese | urushi | lacquer
19 of 20 people found this guide helpful
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Watch Out for Fake Dunhill Namiki pens
by kamakura-pens( 1374)
Recently I have learned that there is a group of scam artists out there passing off fake Dunhill Namiki pens to the Japanese pen community. I guess this was inevitable.Wherever there is value and money,...
Tags: Dunhill | Namiki | Makie | Fountain pen | Japan
12 of 13 people found this guide helpful
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Maki-e pens and artist signatures
by kamakura-pens( 1374)
There seems to be some confussion about the Japanes "Kao" (red seal) and the Mei (usual artist signature). In Japan, maki-e artists are nearly always part of a guild. If they are rogue artists, then they would...
Tags: Fountain pen | maki e pen | maki e | Japanese pens | Pen
7 of 8 people found this guide helpful
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A Field Guide to Vintage Japanese Nibs
by kamakura-pens( 1374)
No two writers are the same. That is a very simple self-evident sentence, but when it comes to pens it becomes very important. Pilot pens realized this back in the 1920’s as they tried to move the traditional...
Tags: Fountain | Pen | Nib | Calligraphy | Gold
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