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The big news in the world of fountain pens in 2016 –at least in Japan— was the release of the Pilot Custom Urushi . The three points of ...

Maruzen, founded in 1869, is one of the reference stationers in Japan . It was also a key actor in the introduction of fountain pens in this...

On this text, some more notes on Ban-ei (挽栄) pens, including some corrections to my own words. These pens made by Sakai Eisuke (酒井栄助) an...

This text is the result of several emails exchanged between fellow blogger KMPN and myself. KMPN was very generous providing the pictures a...

Itoya is one of the reference stationers in Tokyo, and it has already shown up on these Chronicles. Most of the times, these appearances wer...

Pilot’s Capless, in all three or even more variations, are indeed successful models, well known by aficionados. Its design is often praised ...

Sailor has made a couple of shocking announcements in the last months. First was the suspension of the production of specialty nibs , includ...