{"product_id":"nakaya-naka-ai-cigar-housoge-kikyo-tamenuri-charcoal","title":"Nakaya Naka-ai Cigar Chinkin Housoge Kikyo-Tamenuri Charcoal","description":"\u003cp\u003eDesigned by Nakaya master pen designer Shinichi Yoshida in collaboration with Classic Fountain Pen's John Mottishaw, the Naka-ai, with its peaked ends and tapered body, combines many of Nakaya’s most distinctive design features in a single model. \"\"Naka-ai\"\" has the meaning of middle or in-between, and brings to mind the Middle Way of Buddhist practice with its emphasis on balance, integrity, and centeredness. Appropriately enough, the Naka-ai occupies a midway position between Nakaya's smaller Piccolo series pens and the longer Deskpen - this is a pen that will be a very comfortable fit for most pen users.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe tapered lines of the Naka-ai provide a superb surface for the painstaking chinkin engraving work involved in the creation of the Housoge Kikyo-tamenuri Charcoal. Sumi charcoal is hand-applied into the engraved lines, which are set against the dark Kikyo-tamenuri base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Housoge floral pattern has its origins in the Tenpyo period, 729-749 CE, during which time Buddhism was becoming an officially recognized state religion in Japan. The Housoge represents an idealized hybrid \"\"flower in paradise\"\" as envisioned by the Pure Land Buddhism of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNakaya pens can be filled with bottled fountain pen ink using the provided converter, and can also use Platinum brand cartridges. Hand-painted Maki-e converters are also available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Naka-ai Cigar Housoge Kikyo-tamenuri Charcoal fountain pen is provided with solid gold 14k single-tone nib in your choice of tipping size.\n\u003cbr\u003eThe double slit Music nib is available at an added premium, as are plated nibs in Pink Gold, Rhodium, Ruthenium, or Two-Tone.\n\u003cbr\u003e14k nibs are well-suited to customizations including Stub, Cursive Italic, and Left Oblique, as well as the modification for added flex.\n\u003cbr\u003eNakaya pens ship in a solid softwood shipping box decorated with Japanese Kanji script and lined with decorative rice paper. A fabric pen \"\"kimono\"\" and starter box of Platinum brand cartridges are also included, making this pen a lovely presentation item. Sensible and elegant packaging has long been a hallmark of the Nakaya brand.\n\u003cbr\u003eNakaya pens are individually handcrafted in a process that requires a minimum of three to six months and often much longer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nakaya","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43700975173927,"sku":"","price":1300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/0486\/9168\/files\/NakayaNaka-aiCigarChinkinHousogeKikyo-TamenuriCharcoal.jpg?v=1717655392","url":"https:\/\/nibs-usa.mom\/products\/nakaya-naka-ai-cigar-housoge-kikyo-tamenuri-charcoal","provider":"nibs-usa.mom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}