Crónicas Estilográficas

Nibmeister Kato Kiyoshi died in January of 2010. His former apprentice Onishi took over his legacy, or his remaining stock, to continue prod...

Last week I described the case of the nibs made by the company Ishikawa-Kinpen Seisakushô for Ferme and how those nibs were labeled with th...

Introduction: In 1968, Pilot gave another turn to the idea of a capless pen by creating the Capless without any pushing (or pulling) mecha...

When writing the Chronicle on the actual origins of the nibs of many pen manufacturers, my intention was only to provide an introduction fo...

Introduction: In 1965, Pilot had released the cheapest ever Capless model. For JPY 1000 the customer could buy a basic writing tool with t...

Many different elements already mentioned on these Chronicles come together today by the hand of a very interesting nib. At some point I s...

Introduction: In 1965 Pilot reduced the price of Capless pens even more by introducing yet another model. This was a much simpler pen init...