Nakaya Dorsal Fin 2 in heki-tamenuri.

[leighpod]

Here's a quick, besotted review (http://www.leighreyes.com/?p=4839). Nothing impartial here or anything like that.

Eye candy:

http://www.leighreyes.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_20141030_163209-600x444.jpg

[tandaina]

OOoooooo

[amk]

That is gorgeous. I wasn't aware of the heki-tamenuri variation of urushi - I have an aka-tamenuri pen, which I imagine is more common - but it's superb.

As for the dorsal fin... It's what the Waterman Serenite could have been if it had been born with wabi-sabi in the DNA :-)

The pen may be mightier than the sword, but that doesn't mean it can't look like one!

[00Photo]

that is the exact Nakaya I want!

Congrats!

[bone215]

eye candy is right, nice looking pen.
good luck!

[Tony Rex]

I love the shape and can totally appreciate the amount of work in making those dorsal fins, but I'd probably go bonkers from aligning the cap all the time.

[tandaina]

Tony that's exactly why I have avoided certain pens. I'd have the same issue as you!

[leighpod]

With the Dorsal Fin 2, the Decapod and Twist Decapod, and on maki-e pens where the designs must align, there is only one correct thread entry. So it is easy enough. [emoji4]

[Jon Szanto]

Leigh, you gotta post that pic that shows your other, the matte black one. That pen is so beyond belief, I don't know what to do! It's all personal aesthetics, but when I saw the photo of the two of them on FB, my eyes immediately jumped to that other. Wow.

[tandaina]

Good to know Leigh. It's the one thing that drives me insane about my Edison, getting the material to line up cap and body is almost impossible.

[amk]

Oh dear. I was able to try out the dorsal fin pens in Mora Stylos today. Then I tried out the Nakaya Music Nib that belonged to one of their decapods. Oh dear. Smitten.

[Tony Rex]

With the Dorsal Fin 2, the Decapod and Twist Decapod, and on maki-e pens where the designs must align, there is only one correct thread entry. So it is easy enough. [emoji4]

But it is still one correct out of four, right?

[leighpod]

Yep! Once you know the position though - like with my Decapod it is clip up, nib down - then it works every time. :)

[Tony Rex]

Yep! Once you know the position though - like with my Decapod it is clip up, nib down - then it works every time. :)

Cheers. It's minor really, certainly it won't detract me from the models you mentioned. My periscope is up for the second Nakaya. I've got a gloss briar for quick jots on the go, so I might go for something more desk bound. Your blog was most helpful, thanks!

[ethernautrix]

Gorgeous!

[leighpod]

Leigh, you gotta post that pic that shows your other, the matte black one. That pen is so beyond belief, I don't know what to do! It's all personal aesthetics, but when I saw the photo of the two of them on FB, my eyes immediately jumped to that other. Wow.

http://www.leighreyes.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0388.jpg
:) :) :)

[Jon Szanto]

^^ Swoon!

[Crazyorange]

Ohhhh.....beautiful....wow.....what's the one with the dragon? The color is beautiful.

[reprieve]

It's interesting to see the heki Neo Standard and the Dorsal Fin next to one another. The Neo Standard is so much darker and the green under layer is more turquoise looking. The Dorsal Fin is much lighter and earthier and the under layer looks more yellow-green.

I have two shiro-tamenuri pens that are quite different like that. It's interesting, though, that my older shiro pen is much, much darker--almost black-brown--while the newer pen is lighter and closer to the color of crème brûlée.

That kind of color variance is one of the reasons for my love for Nakaya. It's an easily visible symbol of their handmadeness and artisanship.

Thanks for posting, Leigh. Your collection is an inspiration.

[MY63]

Wow what stunning pens

[Finalist]

Love it.

[GING GING]

that is the exact Nakaya I want!

Congrats!

You already have too many amazing pens

[Finalist]

Leigh, how do you carry your Nakayas? Case, wrap, etc?

[Sammyo]

Here's a quick, besotted review (http://www.leighreyes.com/?p=4839). Nothing impartial here or anything like that.

Eye candy:

http://www.leighreyes.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_20141030_163209-600x444.jpg
Drooooooooool! I have thought long and hard about this... and beleive that may be my perfect pen.

[barnaby.bumble]

Leigh, how do you carry your Nakayas? Case, wrap, etc?

Good question. The DF2, especially, doesn't look very pen case-friendly. Gawgeous, though.