A collection of Nakayas and Danitrios

[reprieve]

For the first time, I put all of my Nakayas and Danitrios (along with a few Platinums) together in the same pen drawer. As hard as it is to believe, I've never looked at them all together like this before. I hadn't realized, um, how many Nakayas I'd accumulated over the years. Here are some quick photos.







Starting with the pens laying horizontally up top:
Nakaya Desk Pen, aka-tamenuri
Nakaya Naka-ai Writer, kuro-tamenuri
Danitrio Mae West, raw ebonite
Danitrio Sho-Hakku, ki-dame

From left to right:
Nakaya Long, heki-tamenuri ascending dragon
Nakaya Long, suzaku redbird
Nakaya Portable, spiketails (This was my first Nakaya bought used from a very nice FPNer six years ago--the pen that started my Nakaya addiction)
Nakaya Portable, sumi maki-e cherry blossoms
Nakaya Neo Standard, fox with nine tails
Nakaya Piccolo, housoge kikyo
Nakaya Piccolo, housoge shu
Nakaya Piccolo, ishi-me kanshitsu black
Nakaya Dorsal Fin Version 2, ishi-me kanshitsu suzuishi-me
Nakaya Portable, ishi-me kanshitsu heki-tamenuri
Nakaya Piccolo Decapod, ishi-me kanshitsu heki-tamenuri
Nakaya Decapod, heki-tamenuri
Nakaya Portable Writer, awai murasaki-iro
Nakaya Neo Standard, nanohana-iro
Nakaya Naka-ai, unpolished shu
Nakaya Piccolo Writer, shiro-tamenuri string-rolled
Danitrio Take-nuri Bamboo
Danitrio Densho, seirei-nuri
Danitrio Takumi, nami-nuri wine
Danitrio Takumi, silver wave
Danitrio Takumi, byakudan-nuri shishi (imaginary lions)
Danitrio Densho, Mount Horai
Danitrio Densho, sato no akari (lightning bugs)
Platinum 3776, red and black ebonite
Platinum 3776, koi celluloid
Platinum 3776, shoji demonstrator

[85AKbN]

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Do you have a picture, by any chance, of an uncapped Piccolo next to an uncapped Lamy 2000?

[reprieve]

Do you have a picture, by any chance, of an uncapped Piccolo next to an uncapped Lamy 2000?

Yes, I happen to have such photos handy (originally posted in this FPN thread):

[85AKbN]

Thanks reprieve. I should be able to write with an unposted Piccolo with no worries!

[kia]

Beautiful pens! Stunning! Damn, I want more.

I know who the master was who created your Danitrio Bamboo, too. It has a "signature" spot on it that became a part of Master Masanori Omote's works. It started here:

[tandaina]

I'm in awe of that collection. Just awe.

[AltecGreen]

For the first time, I put all of my Nakayas and Danitrios (along with a few Platinums) together in the same pen drawer. As hard as it is to believe, I've never looked at them all together like this before. I hadn't realized, um, how many Nakayas I'd accumulated over the years.

You need to come to our Pen Posse Sunday. The Post-LA Pen Posse is turning into Nakaya-con. You need to check out the traffic on our Pen Posse page on FaceBook. We may have to take a group picture on Sunday of every Nakaya there.

[reprieve]

For the first time, I put all of my Nakayas and Danitrios (along with a few Platinums) together in the same pen drawer. As hard as it is to believe, I've never looked at them all together like this before. I hadn't realized, um, how many Nakayas I'd accumulated over the years.

You need to come to our Pen Posse Sunday. The Post-LA Pen Posse is turning into Nakaya-con. You need to check out the traffic on our Pen Posse page on FaceBook. We may have to take a group picture on Sunday of every Nakaya there.

If I were anywhere within driving distance, I would absolutely be there! Hopefully I will make it out west to the LA Pen Show one of these days… "Go West, young [pen geek]."

And, yes, please take photos!

[Laura N]

These look great! Congratulations on such a nice collection, and thanks for sharing it.

[klpeabody]

Reprieve, I always love your show-and-tell. =)

[purplepencils]

oh my goodness. what a collection! thank you for sharing.

[Crazyorange]

Stunning collection. Thanks for sharing.

[velo]

omg.

Thankyou for this post, especially for the comparison shots with the Lamy 2k. Almost impossible for me to see a Nakaya in person and most comparison photos only show Nakayas next to each other.

[earthdawn]

HOLY SMOKES !!!!

That is just incredible .. Ill be over to play ASAP !

Seriously that is a stunning collection

[ethernautrix]

For the first time, I put all of my Nakayas and Danitrios (along with a few Platinums) together in the same pen drawer. As hard as it is to believe, I've never looked at them all together like this before. I hadn't realized, um, how many Nakayas I'd accumulated over the years. Here are some quick photos.

*Jaw drops


WOW!

Is it weird how happy this makes me feel? Hahaha. I love it! What a gorgeous collection of Nakayas and Danitrios!

Thank you for sharing, reprieve. Wow, wow, wow!

[Tracy Lee]

I think I just broke out into a sweat and I am shaking a little. What a lovely family of pens. :thumbup:

[pengeezer]

That neo-standard in nanohana-iro is beautiful! I'm curious though......just saw the same
color on two different Nakayas on Nibs.com,and one looks yellow(moving to a slight lime
color) while the other looks more like bamboo. How's that possible?

I should also ask--on the non Maki-e pens,is it possible to post the cap?

John

[emraher]

I think this is my first comment on this forum: HOLY S...!

[Wile E Coyote]

I should also ask--on the non Maki-e pens,is it possible to post the cap?

John

Possible, yes...recommended, no. Like diamond, urushi will scratch urushi.

[pengeezer]

I should also ask--on the non Maki-e pens,is it possible to post the cap?

John

Possible, yes...recommended, no. Like diamond, urushi will scratch urushi.

Not what I hoped for,but kinda what I figured. The only thing I can't do with a Nakaya........


John