The Pilot Ishime is a unique and wonderfully comfortable pen with great hand feel. The body is brass that has been hand lacquered and urushi coated. The word “Ishime” is roughly translated to “stone path” which is represented on the cap and barrel in the design that is hand drawn into the wet lacquer. Artisans utilize a “”Kawari-nuri,” or unique painting, technique to give each pen a handcrafted, individual look.
The pen is equipped with a Pilot 18K gold #10 nib in Fine. Anyone who has written with Pilots knows how smoothly they write and this one is no exception. The nib is fairly stiff and writes with a typical Japanese fine line.
The Pilot Ishime is a very comfortable 136 mm long capped and 126 mm long uncapped, with a barrel diameter of 12 mm. Weight with the Con 70 converter is 37 grams. This pen has been extremely lightly used and is complete with original boxes and papers.
You can find this package sold at dealer prices from $765 (Goulet, Nibs.com, Pen Chalet) down to $612 (Goldspot, The Nibsmith)
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$450 includes shipping within US
Shipment outside US may be available at cost. Please inquire.
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