21 November 2015

More by Mr. Iwase

Mr. Iwase is this raden master who customized his pens in unique ways. I already reported on his workd over relatively rare pens crafted by Mr. Momose and by nibmeister Kubo Kohei. But Mr. Iwase also decorates more common pens—Pelikan M1000 and M800, and Montblanc 149.


A collection of Pelikan M1000.


Pelikan M800 and M1000, and Montblanc 149. The reddish pen is just coated with urushi.

As before, Iwase uses sea shells, usually abalone, and tries to preserve on the pen the colorful patterns of the uncut shells.

The collection of these pens is simply spectacular, but they are for the personal use and enjoyment of the author. Mr. Iwase does not sell them.


(Click on the pictures to enlarge them.)

Once again, these are unique pens even if, in essence, they are well known products.

My thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Iwase.


Sailor ProGear Senior – Nagasawa Bokkô

Bruno Taut
Over Siberia, November 9th, 2015
etiquetas: Iwase, Pelikan, Montblanc, raden, urushi

4 comments:

Surya said...

How to contact Mr. Iwase?

Bruno Taut said...

I do not know as of now.

BT

Anonymous said...

Hi Bruno - Your span, scope and research are appreciated! I came across a MB 149 pen by Iwase-san and was captivated, and captured it. Of course, afterwards I tried to find out more, and your site had the answers. Kudos!

I will contribute that the pen I found has raden applied to all 4 “sections” of the pen, including the top-cap to the Star, and the piston/blind cap, as well. In your images of the Montblanc tray it appears that on the pictured pens those ends are still black resin.

Ez

Bruno Taut said...

Thanks, Anonymous. Enjoy your pen!

BT

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