Platinum Modern Maki-e Crane Designed Rollerball Pen

Description

Product Description Founded in 1919 purely focussing on the manufacture of fountain pens, Tokyo’s Platinum Pen Company now produces mechanical pencils, multifunction pens, rollerball pens, mechanical pencils and some extremely sought-after fountain pens. Maki-e, when translated from Japanese literally means ‘sprinkled picture’. The Japanese Maki-e technique was first devised in the Tempyo Era (710-794), and was further refined in the Heian Era (794-1194), when the method was perfected and several distinct styles emerged. The beautiful traditional patterns, featuring rich lustrous surfaces enhanced by elegant touches of gold and silver, are highly appreciated by art enthusiasts throughout the world. Modern Maki-e is the technique which is achieved by silk screen printing under the layer and finished by Maki-e craftsmens’ hands one by one. This particular pen has a stunning silk screen printing of two cranes adorning the barrel, which is then hand finished with blue strokes representing their natural wetland habitat. This rollerball pen has distinctive writing qualities, on account of the gel or water-based ink it uses, as opposed to the viscous ink used in a ballpoint pen. This particular pen uses OHTO’s ceramic rollerball refills, should you need to replenish the ink (the pen is fitted with one black ink refill). The pen is packaged in luxury Platinum-branded presentation gift box. Box Contains Platinum Modern Maki-e Rollerball - Crane